Farm Mechanic Assistant
compensation: $15-20 per hour, or DOE. Plusfree organic produce for your household
employment type: full-time
location: Philomath, OR
start date: ASAP (April 2025)
Gathering Together Farm (GTF), a 65-acre organic vegetable farm with an on-site farm-to-table
restaurant, is seeking a full-time farm mechanic to help support our maintenance, repair, and fabrication
needs. With the direction of the farm’s Lead Mechanic, the Farm Mechanic will diagnose and service a
wide range of vehicles and equipment.
Responsibilities:
Cooperate with and take directions from our senior farm mechanic.
Help proactively maintain a fleet of diesel distribution trucks; numerous older gas engine
vehicles; dump trucks; a compost loader; several tractors of varied ages and engine
types; a wide assortment of three-point mounted tractor implements; two forklifts; and
other farm machines and tools.
Source parts and materials as necessary for repairs, both from nearby stores and locations
further away.
Other maintenance-related jobs for a diversified farm – including building projects, and
cooling systems maintenance.
Qualifications:
Broad experience maintaining, diagnosing, and repairing engines (gas and diesel), and farm
equipment.
Curiosity for learning, and drive to increase competencies beyond current level.
Prior experience maintaining a safe shop space and practicing good safety habits.
Valid driver’slicense and a good driving record, and reliable transportation to and from the
farm.
Ability to occasionally work long days, as needed, and willing to work in varying outdoor
temperatures and weather.
Preferred Education and Experience:
Experience operating tractors and other farm equipment is ideal but not required.
Welding experience valued but not required.
Electrical experience valued but not required.
Passion for organic farming and organic produce is ideal but not required.
Competency Qualifications:
Attention to detail.
Willingness to listen to yoursupervisor and to the farm’s management.
Physical Demands:
Regularly required to sit, stand, reach, bend, kneel, stoop, climb and push, pull, or lift items
weighing up to 50 pounds.
Requires manual dexterity, and the ability to learn farm and shop conventions and standards.
Position Type / Expected Hours of Work:
Full time, year round (TBD in discussion at end of year).
30 - 48 hours (TBD) per week with 5-day work week, generally – Monday through Friday.
Please email your resume and cover letter to [email protected]. Thank you, and we look
forward to receiving your application