Farm Field Supervisor

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise field operators and crews across land preparation, seed preparation, planting, in-crop work, irrigation support, harvest, maintenance support, and post-harvest activities.
• Manage daily field labor execution by assigning work, setting expectations, monitoring performance, and ensuring tasks are completed safely, correctly, and on time.
• Provide direct coaching, feedback, and correction to operators and crew members when performance, safety, quality, attendance, or execution standards are not met.
• Partner with the Director of Farming Operations on employee performance matters, including hiring recommendations, disciplinary input, performance reviews, promotions, transfers, and termination recommendations.
• Ensure operators and crews understand the daily plan before work begins, including priorities, quality expectations, safety requirements, equipment needs, and handoff points.
• Verify execution throughout the day and take corrective action when work is off plan, out of specification, unsafe, delayed, or creating risk to crop quality or equipment readiness.
• Cook up with agronomy, irrigation, maintenance, harvest, and farm leadership to ensure work is sequenced correctly and resources are used effectively.
• Train and develop operators on equipment readiness, field discipline, crop handling, safety expectations, standing orders, and PGH operating standards.
• Monitor and report daily progress, labor needs, attendance issues, blockers, crop risks, equipment needs, and performance concerns to farm leadership.
• Support workforce planning during high-intensity planting, irrigation, harvest, and maintenance windows.
• Ensure records, checklists, documentation, and daily handoffs are completed accurately and on time.
• Reinforce PGH’s culture pillars through daily leadership: Safety, Accountability, Growth Mindset, and A-Team behavior.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of farm operations, field supervision, crew leadership, or equipment operation experience.
• Experience supervising employees, assigning work, coaching performance, and holding people accountable.
• Experience with potatoes, vegetables, seed, row crops, or specialty crops preferred.
• Strong practical understanding of planting, irrigation, harvest, field work, equipment coordination, and crew management.
• Ability to communicate clearly with operators, mechanics, managers, vendors, and field labor.
• Ability to document performance concerns, execution issues, safety concerns, and daily field progress.
• Spanish language ability helpful.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Ability to work outdoors in active farm conditions required.