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FIELD MANAGER - (FULL TIME YEAR ROUND)
Blue Star Farm —Stuyvesant, NY
- $22 - $25 an hour
- Part-time
- Spanish
- Mid-level
- Teaching
- Paid holidays

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FIELD MANAGER - (FULL TIME YEAR ROUND)
Blue Star Farm —Stuyvesant, NY
At least 2 seasons of tractor and field prep experience. Blue Star Farm is seeking a field manager. We are looking for a self motivated individual with a strong…
$22 - $25 an hour

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FIELD MANAGER - (FULL TIME YEAR ROUND)

Blue Star Farm -
Stuyvesant, NY

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Job Details

Part-time | Full-time
$22 - $25 an hour

Benefits

Paid holidays

Qualifications

Growing experience
Record keeping
Spanish
Agricultural harvesting
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) implementation
Vegetable crops
Agricultural tractor operation
Maintenance work
Mid-level
Farm experience
Schedule management
Quality issues
Pest monitoring
Quality control operations
Irrigation system repair projects
Crew management
Working on construction projects
Production scheduling
Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Teaching
Crop scouting

Full Job Description

Blue Star Farm is a Certified Naturally Grown vegetable farm. We farm year-round on 7 acres, have two 30x96 high tunnels, a 34x144 and six 100ft caterpillar tunnels that we grow in year round. We have two locations, our home farm and a rented field operation in Stuyvesant. We sell through a farmer’s market in Hudson, NY (12 months of the year) and through wholesale channels (all year) that include restaurants, food coops and a distributor. We have been in business since 2010 and we enjoy growing just about everything!

FIELD MANAGER - (FULL TIME YEAR ROUND)
Blue Star Farm is seeking a field manager. This is a multi-year position for the person with the right experience and attitude. This full time, year round position ranges between 45-55 hours a week at peak season, and 20-30 hours a week during slower months. We are looking for a self motivated individual with a strong interest in field production, the ability to work independently as well as manage a small crew, and communicate/cooperate with others to determine crop marketability, harvest, and production scheduling.

Oversight and Responsibilities:

Field preparation with tractor, familiarity and experience with chisel plow, disc, perfecta, and tiller.
Familiarity/experience with BCS tractor and implements
Crop monitoring including product availability, identifying pests, disease and other issues
Following a planting schedule and rotation schedule with cover crops
Planting, trellising, pruning, weeding and harvesting of crops for wholesale and retail accounts, prioritizing crew labor to meet those demands

Setting up irrigation, maintaining pumps and fertigation
Maintenance and small construction projects
Teaching and leading small crews in standard operation procedures and quality control issues

Record keeping

Skills Preferred for position:

3+ years on a commercial vegetable operation with management experience as part of that
At least 2 seasons of tractor and field prep experience

High tunnel/winter growing experience

Ability to organize a crew and prepare tools/tasks in advance of crew availability
Ability and understanding of working efficiently and quickly individually and motivating a crew to do so as well.
Bi-lingual in Spanish a plus
A sense of humor
Keen observation and ability to communicate well

Compensation

$22-25/hour, depending on experience, salary option is possible alternatively
Paid "health" days (accumulated) 5 days total, (NYS 1 hour for every 30 hours worked up to 5 days)
Paid vacation time outside of peak season, (accumulated), 5 days after completion of 1st season
Paid holidays...( we work on some of them, but try to take off as much as we can)
Year end bonus, dependent on your performance and the farm's success
Farm vegetables

Email is the best way to reach us initially. Please send your resume and 2-3 references to start the conversation!
Home phone: 518-610-8034, Cell: 917-842-4338, email: [email protected]

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