Farm Technician

Job Title: Farm Technician
Duration: Acampo, CA 95220 - 100% onsite
Location: 12 months contract
Shift: 07:00 AM - 03:00 PM - Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Responsibilities:
Responsible for maintaining and preforming preventative maintenance on climate control systems, greenhouse structures and other greenhouse equipment
Find technical solutions and improvements in the daily work throughout greenhouses and the facility
Execute greenhouse tasks in cooperation with internal customers in order to provide support in the creation new varieties
Use power tools and field equipment in a safe and proper way to take care of maintenance and repairs in the greenhouse
Ability to obtain a pesticide private applicator license and spray pesticide with a respirator
Assist with monitoring growing conditions such as fertigation, lighting, pests and other environmental factors for growing Vegetable crops
Responsible for the operational work in the greenhouses and hardening houses in order to grow successful and healthy plants
Use modern computer systems for irrigation, climate control and operational administration.
Carry out basic steps of standard operating procedures independently
Conduct troubleshooting, repairs, and installation of basic irrigation systems such as replacing PCV and metal pipes as well as fixing solenoids
Farm Technicians have also to take care of certain tasks outside normal working hours, like irrigating crops, pest control, control of the growth of crops or watch and check premises and test security systems when needed.
These tasks are compensated in a specific way and can be an essential responsibility of the job.

Qualifications:
At least 1 year maintaining a greenhouse preferred or at least 2 years working in agriculture maintenance/construction/troubleshooting equipment
Good communications skills
Greenhouse experience preferred
Pesticide application experience preferred
Ability to learn new greenhouse management systems
Ability to come in on weekends and work after hours
Drivers license

Special Instructions:
Pesticide experience in an agricultural setting very important
Agriculture maintenance very important.
Greenhouse maintenance better but harder to find.
some people have greenhouse experience but it's just a crop technician pruning/harvesting plants etc. and not maintenance focused which we are looking for.