Job Information
NJ Employer Sod Truck Driver/Field Worker in Stillwater, New York
Anticipated period of employment: 02/21/2025 to 12/01/2025
Drive day cabs with flatbed trailer and tractor trailers containing Sod grown on farm to various farm-owned properties and to market. Load and unload trucks using forklift and tarp loads. Transport loads from field to shop. Move trucks to be loaded. Read load tickets. Perform other incidental activities associated with growing grass and sod in a nursery. Workers may load and unload empty pallets by hand. Load trucks, secure loads, safely drive delivery trucks to job sites, unload and place products. Perform necessary daily inspection and maintenance of delivery trucks and forklifts (i.e.: all fluids, fuel, tires, lights, etc.). Immediately report any needed repairs to shop foreman and follow through to ensure repairs are completed. Provide technical assistance to customers on proper sod installation procedures. For Big Roll jobs, communicate roll-out procedures with job foreman, operate forklift for roll-out as needed, educate, communicate with and supervise site labor crew for proper installation procedures. Complete and hand in daily paper work. Collect payment when necessary. Communicate the attitudes, interests, questions and concerns of customers with the office manager so we may most efficiently provide for the needs and desires of our customers. Routinely and effectively communicate with company teammates (dispatch, office, field/harvest crew, shop). Activities will be exclusively performed in an outdoor environment. May perform other activities associated with growing grass and sod in a nursery. Workers may load and unload empty pallets by hand. Workers will be paid overtime for more than 40 hours per week only for driving related duties. Work schedule will have an estimated start time of 4:00am-6:00am depending on schedule, and end time depending on schedule. Work schedule will potentially range from 40 to 50 hours per week with additional hours in the spring depending on weather and sales, and then a weekly schedule of 40-45 hours in the summer and fall depending weather and crop conditions. Work not required on Sunday.
Only workers meeting all qualifications on the job order should be referred by the Job Service Office. Interested candidates must contact their local employment office to receive a copy of the job order (ETA 790/790A) and applicable attachments. Once the applicant has a copy of the job contract they may call and/or email the employer to schedule an interview Monday-Thursday between the hours of 9:00am and 4:00pm; and Fridays between 9:00am and 11:00am and referred to NY1517360 as the JO is in connection with this NJ1490634.
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