Agricultural Supervisor
Employer
Kidd-O Ranch Church Farm North & South
Deming, NM 88030
United States
Job description
Assist managers in overseeing farm operations. Will work with farm manager in developing and executing plans, managing staff, setting goals and guidelines, establishing timelines and delegating responsibilities among employees. Will perform various maintenance tasks and maintain farm records. Will manage daily crop farming operations; oversee aspects of farming including maintaining equipment and training and transportating employees. Will seed, plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetable crops for farming. Must have experience with heavy farm equipment and machinery. Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. Spray fertilizer or aid in application of pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers. Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment. Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. Operate farm equipment to plant, fertilize, dust, and aid in the application to spray crops to haul crops, supplies, tools, spread manure, and to bring crops and workers out of fields. Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps. Assist in onion harvest, driving a bin bandit or tractor. Fixing leaks at farm fields, working on irrigation system, hoeing weeds pre/during/after harvest for onions, chile & cotton, picking chile during season, cutting onion tops, driving bin bandit, servicing equipment, driving tractor and farm van.
Special Requirements
3 months verifiable experience