Top Agriculture Jobs of the Week
For the week of 10-7-2024
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A little about the business: Welcome to Hunter Nutrition! We manufacture top quality texturized, pelleted, and mineral/premix feeds at our 58,000-sq. ft. plant. Unlike other feed manufacturers, Hunter Nutrition places the emphasis on quality rather than quantity. Our feeds are set formulas, made with the best ingredients and quality control. Better feed pays our customers back with improved health and livestock performance. We have a diverse group of both large and small customers, all of which came to us for high quality, better fortified feeds.
We’re hiring a Livestock Feed Nutritional Support Specialist to be based in our office in Brookston, Indiana, which is just north of West Lafayette. In this role you will have a varied role in both management and customer support within our feed company.
What you will be doing:
- Working with nutritionist on feed formulas, feeding program support, and processing sales for our customers.
- Providing dealer support, customer service, answering phones, processing orders and advertising.
- Assisting with ingredients and supply ordering, scheduling, and inventory.
- Attending some occasional trade shows and sales calls as necessary.
- Performing light accounting and general office duties as necessary.
What we’re looking for:
- A B.S. Degree in Animal Science and 2 years of previous agri-business/agriculture, or office experience is required.
- Good computer skills with experience in QuickBooks Accounting software, MS Excel, MS Word, and MS Publisher preferred.
- Someone with dedication who is concerned about our business and the quality of service we provide.
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A little about the business: Welcome to TRULAND Equipment! We are a John Deere dealer with 18 locations in Indiana and Ohio that supplies and services a wide range of new and used equipment for residential, commercial, and agricultural applications. We pride ourselves on providing our customers with the best possible assistance from skilled and educated team members. We're looking for team members who strive to be the best, are dedicated, hardworking, and eager to learn.
We are hiring a Service Manager for our location in Huntington, IN (about 25 miles southwest of Fort Wayne, IN). In this role you will manage service operations within the location to maximize return on investment by optimizing Service Department processes to ensure internal and external customer satisfaction. Gros profitable service labor sales and exercise disciplined expense control. You will also attracts, retain, and effectively engage department team members.
Responsibilities:
- Develops, communicates, enforces, and monitors effective Service Department processes to ensure internal and external customer satisfaction.
- Executes service department marketing plan with the direction from corporate service manager and marketing manager.
- Monitors metrics to ensure achievement of departmental goals.
- Ensures that all service warranty and Product Improvement Program claims are submitted within the required timeframe to receive maximum credit.
- Schedules and assigns jobs and work areas to team members in the Service Department according to their skills and knowledge.
Experience, Education, Skills, and Knowledge:
- 3+ years of experience working in a service department; demonstrated experience consistently meeting performance metrics preferred.
- Experience with off road, construction, lawn, or heavy equipment.
- Experience operating vehicles, tools, and equipment for diagnostic purposes.
- Experience with basic computer functions; experience using Service ADVISOR™ or other computer based diagnostic repair tools preferred.
- Experience leading and working cooperatively in a team environment.
Benefits for full-time team members include:
- Competitive wage paid bi-weekly
- Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance
- 401(k) plan with company contribution
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid Holidays
- Company-paid Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, and Life Insurance Benefits
- Team Member Discounts
- Access to additional Voluntary Insurance plans
- Employee Assistance Program
- Company-provided uniforms
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A little about the business: TerraClear is a fast-paced, fast growing start-up disrupting the Ag industry with rock management solutions that solve this problem in a way not previously considered or available. Our mission is to free farmers from the worst jobs on the farm. Our path begins by automating the most hated job on the farm - rock picking. Rocks slow farming, damage equipment, and lead to downtime while seeding and harvesting. Solving this problem frees farmers to focus on higher-value tasks and bring their operations into a new era of farming.
We are looking for multiple Remote Regional Account Managers who will be responsible for building relationships and driving sales with potential customers in their assigned territory.
In this role, you will:
- Prospect and conduct lead generation activities within the territory.
- Research and identify potential clients in the assigned territory including cold calling, networking, and leveraging existing contacts.
- Build and Maintain relationships:
- Develop strong relationships with clients and understand their business needs.
- Conduct face-to-face meetings with customers to understand their needs.
- Articulate the features, benefits, and value proposition of the products or services the company offers.
- Negotiate sales deals consisting of securing commitments, pricing, contracts, purchase orders, and discounts all based on specific customization needed.
What we’re looking for:
- 5+ years demonstrated sales success in agriculture with a proven record of exceeding sales targets with a network of contacts in the growers and dealer communities
- Demonstrated success in selling agricultural products - seed, equipment, chemicals, etc.
- Comfortable operating in an ambiguous and rapidly changing environment
- Commitment to thorough documentation and communication within TerraClear systems (primarily Smartsheet, HubSpot, Google Docs)
We offer a base salary range $75-90k based on experience, plus commission and benefits to our full-time employees, including:
- Pre-IPO stock options (tax-advantaged ISOs)
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% of premiums paid for employees and 85% of premiums paid for dependents
- Generous paid time off and holidays
- 401(k) Plan
- An inclusive and tight company culture that is mission driven
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A little about the business: Shoup Manufacturing launched the business of manufacturing, marketing and distributing quality replacement parts for farm equipment directly to the American farmer in 1977. The product line began with less than 50 items and a single page flyer distributed at a farm trade show. Today, Shoup markets thousands of replacement parts and accessories for combines, planters, grain drills, tractors, balers, cultivators, rippers, forage harvesters, sprayers and more. Shoup’s original concept of providing high quality products and great customer service at a fair price remains the same today as when the business was founded.
Shoup Manufacturing is looking to add a Research & Development Engineer to its existing R&D Team. Led by the Director of R&D, the ideal candidate will be responsible for applying their knowledge and experience of engineering technology to current business practices, while also introducing innovative ideas for product development.
Responsibilities:
- Design agricultural machinery components.
- Conduct battery of tests on new products to ensure quality and performance standards are met.
- Work to decrease time to market for new products.
- Review and assist with research for new product opportunities
- Work closely with manufacturing to bring into production components and/or systems efficiently and on time.
- Support customer service to resolve customer questions and concerns.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline related to mechanical design or agriculture systems. Work experience equivalent will be considered.
- Experience using Solidworks, CREO, or other design software.
- Experience with or willingness to learn 3D printing.
- Experience working in a team environment across multiple departments, including but not limited to quality; purchasing; engineering; manufacturing.
- General knowledge of quality principles.
This role comes with great compensation and great benefits.
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A little about the business: Welcome to Nutrient Solutions! We’re a diversified farming and trucking operation consisting of 1,000 acres of row crops, 8 wean to finish pig barns, horses, fabrication shop, retail seed, and chemical dealership in North Central Iowa. We pride ourselves on providing a laid-back working environment full of eager team members striving toward a common goal of getting the job done.
We’re hiring a Wean To Finish Manager to join our farming operation in Webster City, IA (about 20 miles east Fort Dodge, IA). In this role you will be mostly working independently managing and choring 4,400 wean-to-finish pigs.
What you will be doing:
- Oversee the daily management and care of 4,400 wean-to-finish pigs.
- Perform choring tasks, including feeding, monitoring pig health, and maintaining cleanliness of the pig site.
- Assist with site maintenance.
- Assist with horse-related tasks such as choring, turn-out, saddling, and grooming (this is optional if you like to work with horses).
- Ensure adherence to biosecurity measures and best practices in swine management.
This job is for you if you have:
- Prior experience or background in farming and agriculture.
- Some experience with pigs / swine is required.
- Experience with horses is a plus but not mandatory.
- Ability to work independently and manage time effectively.
- Strong motivation, punctuality, and self-starting capabilities.
- Self-starter with the ability to show up to work on time.
We offer a competitive hourly wage depending on experience and responsibilities, health insurance, paid vacation, bonuses, and 401(k).
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