Agricultural​/Field Maintenance Mechanic

Overview

At Lakeside Foods and our family of companies, we are committed to providing wholesome foods to enrich people’s lives through food. We pursue growth and innovation with passion, confidence, and commitment. We value collaborative contribution, transparency and new ideas to enable change and growth, and we promote an inclusive and respectful environment with a healthy work-life balance.

Here at Lakeside Foods, our field maintenance team is the backbone of our field operations, ensuring equipment runs optimally. Field maintenance mechanics/technicians are respected team members, performing preventative maintenance, adjustments and repairs on harvesting equipment such as pea harvesters and sweet corn harvesters. If you are a creative problem-solver who likes to work outdoors during the summer and indoors in the winter, we want to talk with you.

• Work 4 days a week November-May, 5+ days a week June-October.
• Excellent market-leading low cost medical insurance, dental and vision insurance
• 401K Match, Profit Incentive & Profit Sharing
• Free Short & Long Term Insurance
• Free Life Insurance (1X your annual base salary)
• Paid Vacation (after 30 days of employment) & Personal Time.
• Prescription Safety Glasses & Safety Shoe reimbursement
• Stable work environment with a company that was established in 1887
• An employer that works hard to ensure your safety on the job

• Harvest Season (June-October)
• Responsible for the efficient operation of pea & corn harvesters and other equipment used in our planting and harvesting operations.
• Serve as a Mechanic for field operations. Train other seasonal field employees in the safe, proper, and efficient operation of field equipment
• Preventative Maintenance Season (November-May)
• Overhaul & repair machinery and vehicles used in field operations
• Maintain Lakeside company vehicles

• Should have three to five years experience as a Field Mechanic or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of the operation, preventative maintenance and repair of field equipment would be useful
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred
• Strong work ethic
• Safety mindset

Located in northeastern Oregon (just 8 miles south of Walla Walla, Washington), Milton-Freewater is a community surrounded by orchards, wheat fields and vineyards set against the beautiful Blue Mountains (yes, they really are blue!).

Lakeside Foods and our family of companies welcomes people of all backgrounds and the varied ideas they bring to the workplace. Being an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer is part of our heritage and culture. We recruit, hire and promote employees based on qualifications and merit, without regard to race, religion, age, gender, disability, marital or veteran status. Lakeside Foods participates in E-Verify.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities