Crop Foreman - 909

Navajo Agricultural Products Industry; Farmington (NM); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Navajo Agricultural Products Industry is seeking a field supervisor to ensure USDA-compliant quality controls across crops and operations. The role involves supervision of planting, cultivation, irrigation, harvesting, and equipment maintenance, while enforcing safety procedures and sanitation practices.

You will monitor worker performance, manage payroll records, and coordinate logistics for field activities, with emphasis on accuracy and efficiency in a demanding agricultural environment.

Qualifications

• Manage field operations and supervise workers to ensure efficiency and safety.
• Experience in agricultural operations and basic inspection routines.

Responsibilities

• Maintains quality controls per USDA standards for inspection, grading, sorting, handling, and shipments.
• Inspects crops, fields, and plant stock to determine cultivation, spraying, weeding, or harvesting needs.
• Assigns duties for planting, cultivation, irrigation, harvesting, packaging, and equipment maintenance.
• Observes workers to identify inefficient or unsafe procedures and initiates corrective actions.
• Reviews employees’ work to evaluate quality and quantity.
• Prepares and maintains time and payroll reports and personnel actions such as evaluations, hires, promotions, and disciplinary actions.
• Plans and supervises planting, fertilizing, pest/weed control, and landscaping infrastructure and maintenance.
• Prepares reports on farm conditions, yields, machinery breakdowns, or labor issues.
• Assists with requisition and purchasing of supplies like insecticides, machine parts, lubricants, and tools.
• Estimates labor requirements and schedules work accordingly.
• Directs or assists with equipment adjustment and repair.
• Ensures employees reach designated fields via organized transportation.
• Ensures sanitation standards in the work environment and proper labeling.
• Keeps records for planting, harvesting, storage, sanitation, and maintenance.

Job description

• Maintains and complies with total quality controls according to USDA standards relating to inspection, grading, sorting, handling, and shipments that ensure NAPI’s concerns on food safety.
• Inspects crops, fields, and plant stock to determine conditions and need for cultivating, spraying, weeding, or harvesting.
• Assigns duties such as planting, cultivation, irrigation and harvesting of crops or plants, product packaging, and grading, and equipment maintenance.
• Observes workers to detect inefficient and unsafe work procedures or to identify problems, initiating corrective action as necessary.
• Reviews employees’ work to evaluate quality and quantity.
• Prepares and maintains time and payroll reports, as well as details of personnel actions such as performance evaluations, hires, promotions, and disciplinary actions.
• Plans and supervises infrastructure and collections maintenance functions such as planting, fertilizing, pest and weed control, and landscaping.
• Prepares reports regarding farm conditions, crop yields, machinery breakdowns, or labor problems.
• Assists with requisition and purchase supplies such as insecticides, machine parts or lubricants, and tools.
• Estimates labor requirements for jobs, and plans work schedule accordingly.
• Directs or assists with the adjustment and repair of farm equipment and machinery.
• Ensures employees get to designated fields through organized transportation.
• Ensures employee work environment meets sanitation standards (restrooms, handwashing, and drinking water) and ensures proper labeling is posted.
• Assists with record keeping for planting, harvesting, storage, sanitation, and repairs and maintenance records