Maintenance Technician

Company: Driscoll's
Location: Benton City
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

About the Opportunity The Irrigation and Maintenance Technician is responsible for supporting crop health through labor management, irrigation setup and maintenance, plant health monitoring, and operating farm equipment. This role requires supervising labor crews, applying fertilizers and pesticides, ensuring safety compliance, and adapting to evolving research and operational needs, flexibility, strong communication skills, and a commitment to safety are essential. Responsibilities --- Work Schedule: Commit to working 5 days a week, including weekends (Saturday and Sunday), as needed based on operational requirements. --- Supervision: Supervise and manage labor crews (2-10 people) to ensure tasks are completed efficiently and to standard. This includes delegating tasks, ensuring productivity, and addressing any challenges or issues that arise. --- Plant Health Monitoring: Regularly walk plant rows multiple times per day to monitor overall plant health, assess soil and drainage conditions, identify and correct irrigation issues, and record irrigation status. Record all relevant observations and update the team or supervisor as necessary. --- Fertilizer & Pesticide Application: Accurately mix and apply fertilizers or pesticides as directed by the supervisor, following all safety and environmental protocols. --- Maintenance Tasks: Assist with general plant and irrigation maintenance as required to ensure optimal growing conditions. --- Safety Compliance: Maintain a safe work environment by adhering to all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) guidelines, promoting safety best practices, and ensuring safety protocols are followed by the crew. --- Pesticide Application: Assist with pesticide applications, ensuring all tasks comply with safety and regulatory standards. --- Confidentiality & Security: Safeguard Driscoll's proprietary and confidential information, ensuring secure handling of company data and operational procedures. --- Additional Duties: Perform other related agricultural tasks as assigned, which may include troubleshooting issues, overseeing additional operational needs, and adapting to changes in research and operational priorities. This position requires flexibility, as research and agricultural practices are constantly evolving, and tasks may shift accordingly. Candidate Profile --- Ability to work independently and/or as a crew supervisor. --- Must be punctual and arrive to work at the scheduled hour. --- Must be able and willing to handle pesticides/fertilizers. This often occurs in the early morning and/or late evening hours so a flexible schedule is required. --- Must be able to work in a field setting that requires movement and standing for an extended period with frequent bending. --- Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred but not required. --- Ability to operate tractors and equipment for pesticide application. --- Safety compliant to all personal protective equipment rules and protocols. --- Basic math, reading, and writing skills. --- This job description describes the general nature of the work performed by employees in this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all the job's responsibilities. At Driscoll's, all our jobs include broad responsibilities for continual improvement. Compensation and Benefits The following information is provided in good faith as a general description of the salary range and benefits for the position posted. The actual compensation offered to the successful candidate is dependent upon experience, skills, education, work location, internal pay equity, and other objective job-related factors. Salary Range estimated for the Irrigation and Maintenance Technician : $37,450.00/year to $43,000.00/year. Driscoll's is committed to a culture of care and offers an benefits package that varies between our locations. Benefits may include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week (US). Other benefits may include: 401(k) with employer match, profit-sharing participation, paid sick time, paid vacation, paid personal and family care leave, and a free Employee Assistance Program (EAP). More detailed information regarding the benefits package based on your geographic location, will be shared during the application process. Employment Type: Full Time Salary: $37,450 - $43,000 Annual Bonus/Commission: No

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