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JOB TITLE
Vegetable Production Manager
SUMMARY
We are looking for someone ready to take on the day-to-day responsibilities of vegetable production so that we may look toward growing the farm in other areas. There will be an extended training period, ensuring that you are comfortable in taking over responsibilities and the expectations are clear.
QUALIFICATIONS
DUTIES
Initially, these will be tasks that you help with. Once you have gained full competency, we will turn them over to you.
WORK RELATIONSHIPS
You will work closely with the farm owners during the training period.
HOURS
The schedule for the majority of the year looks like this:
M-F
7am-3pm (flexible start and end times, depending on the season)
Saturday
6am – 1pm
5-day work weeks are an option during the slower months
START DATE
Early to mid-January, though training could begin sooner
COMPENSATION
Farm Manager position starts at $32,000/year
Two weeks paid vacation (not contiguous and preferably during the slower months)
Access to an abundance of produce
JOB TITLE
Vegetable Production Manager
SUMMARY
We are looking for someone ready to take on the day-to-day responsibilities of vegetable production so that we may look toward growing the farm in other areas. There will be an extended training period, ensuring that you are comfortable in taking over responsibilities and the expectations are clear.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum of 1-year experience on a commercial farm
- Strong leadership skills
- Organizational skills
- Self-motivated
- Be helpful, kind, and courteous to co-workers and customers
- Be able to lift up to 50 lbs. regularly, bend at the knees and back, and walk throughout the day
- Be able to work on your feet outdoors, in hot and cold weather, at least 8 hours
- Maintain a steady work pace
- Ability to see jobs through to completion
- Enjoy cooking and talking about it
- Good communication skills
- Be adaptable, conditions are often changing on a farm
- Spanish language skills are a plus!
DUTIES
Initially, these will be tasks that you help with. Once you have gained full competency, we will turn them over to you.
- Greenhouse planting and maintenance
- Tractor work
- Planting, irrigating, cultivating, and harvesting crops
- Fencing
- Pest Management
- Washing, sorting, weighing, and packing produce
- Leave work areas clean at the end of each day
- Vend at farmer’s markets
- Eventually be able to manage staff
WORK RELATIONSHIPS
You will work closely with the farm owners during the training period.
HOURS
The schedule for the majority of the year looks like this:
M-F
7am-3pm (flexible start and end times, depending on the season)
Saturday
6am – 1pm
5-day work weeks are an option during the slower months
START DATE
Early to mid-January, though training could begin sooner
COMPENSATION
Farm Manager position starts at $32,000/year
Two weeks paid vacation (not contiguous and preferably during the slower months)
Access to an abundance of produce
Download, complete, and email job applications to margaretann@snowsbendfarm.com.
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Ideally, when someone new comes to work on Snow's Bend we would like for it to be the beginning of a 3-year track, longer would be even better! The first year would be an introduction to our farm and farming systems. In the second year, more responsibilities would be given, and in the third year full management responsibilities of some areas would be handed over.
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Snow's Bend Farm ~ Coker, Alabama ~ 205-394-3561
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