Field Representative

About the role

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the intermediary between Mount Adams Fruit management and pear, apple, and cherry growers.
• Build and maintain strong, professional relationships with existing growers.
• Recruit and develop relationships with prospective growers who may be a good fit for Mount Adams Fruit.
• Communicate company needs, expectations, quality standards, packing requirements, delivery requirements, and seasonal priorities to growers.
• Provide basic horticultural support throughout the growing season, including field observations, crop condition updates, and general production guidance.
• Monitor orchard conditions, crop progress, fruit quality, maturity, pest concerns, weather impacts, and harvest readiness.
• Cook up with growers and internal teams regarding harvest schedules, crop estimates, delivery timing, bin needs, transportation, and warehouse capacity.
• Help ensure fruit deliveries are aligned with company expectations for quality, timing, documentation, and handling.
• Support accurate crop forecasting by collecting field information, monitoring fruit development, and communicating updates to management.
• Aid with grower communications related to packing specifications, food safety requirements, regulatory standards, certifications, and documentation.
• Help ensure grower compliance with applicable regulations, company policies, food safety standards, pesticide-use requirements, labor-related documentation, and industry expectations.
• Work with warehouse, quality control, production, logistics, and management teams to resolve grower-related issues.
• Identify and communicate concerns related to crop quality, harvest timing, delivery logistics, storage needs, or regulatory compliance.
• Respond to grower questions and concerns in a timely, professional, and practical manner.
• Maintain accurate records related to grower contacts, crop estimates, orchard visits, delivery schedules, compliance items, and field observations.
• Participate in seasonal planning meetings, harvest coordination discussions, grower meetings, and post-season reviews.
• Support continuous improvement in grower communication, field reporting, logistics coordination, and crop quality outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in agriculture, horticulture, orchard operations, fruit production, field services, grower relations, or a related role.
• Working knowledge of pear, apple, cherry, or tree-fruit production practices.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work effectively with growers, warehouse teams, management, logistics staff, and quality personnel.
• Ability to observe orchard conditions and communicate practical recommendations or concerns.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage seasonal priorities, grower communication, and field schedules.
• Ability to coordinate harvest logistics, delivery expectations, and operational details.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to respond to changing field, weather, harvest, and warehouse conditions.
• Ability to maintain accurate records and communicate updates clearly.
• Comfortable working outdoors, visiting orchards, driving between grower locations, and operating in a seasonal agricultural environment.
• Professional judgment, reliability, and commitment to representing the company well with growers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with commercial pear, apple, or cherry growers.
• Experience in a packing house, fruit warehouse, orchard management company, agricultural cooperative, or produce operation.
• Familiarity with fruit maturity testing, crop estimating, harvest timing, pest and disease concerns, irrigation practices, pruning, thinning, and quality standards.
• Knowledge of food safety programs, GAP, GlobalG.A.P., organic certification, pesticide records, worker safety requirements, or agricultural compliance standards.
• Experience coordinating bin placement, trucking, delivery schedules, harvest crews, or warehouse intake.
• Bilingual communication skills are a plus, depending on grower and workforce needs.
• Degree or coursework in horticulture, agriculture, plant science, crop science, agribusiness, or a related field is helpful but not required.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Mount Adams Fruit is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, experience, skills, and business needs. The company is committed to maintaining a respectful, inclusive, and professional work environment.