Driver/Farm & Ranch Hand

Spalding, Nebraska

Overview

Talent Solutions is partnering with Pritchard Ag LLC, a diversified farm, cow/calf, and retail fertilizer operation near Spalding, Nebraska. They are looking for someone who will be driving truck and supporting the farming and ranching side of the business. This role hauls grain and dry fertilizer, delivers product, and keeps the sprayer supplied through the busy seasons, along with helping on farm and ranch work such as checking cows, fixing fence, moving cattle, harvest, and equipment maintenance. You do not need experience with crops or cattle; they will teach you if you are willing to learn. A CDL and experience driving truck are required. They need someone who can take a task and handle it independently. All hauling is local, so you are home every night. Spalding is a small town of about 500 with a great main street and good schools, about an hour from Grand Island, O'Neill, Columbus, and Norfolk.

What Sets This Opportunity Apart

• Home every night, with all hauling within 100 to 150 miles


• Variety from season to season across farming, cattle, fertilizer, and trucking


• Small town living with a great main street and good schools, about an hour from Grand Island, O'Neill, Columbus, and Norfolk


• No crop or cattle experience needed, they will teach you if you are willing to learn


• Housing provided

Responsibilities

• Haul grain with a semi and hopper bottom trailer for the operation and neighboring farms


• Haul corn out of the bins, scrape snow, and help with chores through the winter


• Haul and deliver dry fertilizer March through June


• Deliver product by semi or by pickup and trailer depending on the load


• Keep the sprayer supplied with product through spraying season in June and July


• Operate fertilizer application equipment


• Perform basic maintenance on trucks and equipment, including greasing and taking tires to town for repair


• Help with odd jobs around the place in late summer, including work on the fertilizer plant


• Assist on the farm and ranch side as needed, including checking cows and spraying weeds from the side by side, fixing fence, moving cattle, cleaning pens, and hauling manure


• Help with harvest September through November, and with fall spraying and fertilizer work in November and December


• Work independently on assigned tasks once trained

Qualifications

• CDL and experience driving truck required


• Willingness to support the farming and ranching side of the business. No crop or cattle experience needed. They will teach you what you need to know if you are willing to learn


• Ability to drive a semi and pull a hopper bottom trailer


• Ability to operate fertilizer application equipment, or willingness to learn


• Basic mechanical skills for minor repairs and maintenance


• Welding experience is a plus


• Ability to work independently and see a task through


• Flexibility to work around the weather, including occasional weekends

Compensation and Benefits

• $22 per hour, negotiable


• Two days off per week outside of main busy seasons, typically 8 to 5; days off may fluctuate depending on weather


• Housing Assistance 


• Company pickup provided as needed


• One week of paid vacation to start, plus paid time off


• Half a beef per year


• Help getting set up with health insurance through a trusted local agent