Harvesting Operator (Overnight)

Oishii; Phillipsburg (NJ); On-site; USD 19,286 - 27,552; Full time

Job summary

Oishii is seeking a Harvester to join our Production Team. This hands-on role focuses on harvesting strawberries, maintaining plant health, and supporting packaging through sorting and labeling.

You will work with the latest farming tech to optimize yields in a fast-paced environment. The position involves about 90% time in the farm tending to plants, with responsibilities spanning harvesting, cleaning, and data collection to inform plant health improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience in farming or harvesting environments is preferred.
• Comfort with manual tasks and repetitive motions.

Responsibilities

• Harvesting strawberries and maintaining clean, sanitary work areas.
• Operate and troubleshoot farming technologies when needed.
• Assist with sorting, weighing, packaging, and labeling for distribution.
• Collect data and information to help improve crop health and yield.
• Escalate concerns to leadership to ensure safety of staff and plants.

Skills

Harvesting

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Safety awareness

Job description

We grow the world’s BEST Strawberries & our Harvesting Operators are a huge reason why!

As part of our Production Team, a Harvester is responsible for the execution of harvesting related tasks in a production farm contributing to our exceptional product and plant health.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Manage stages of the strawberry plant life cycle. Ensure tasks such as harvesting, and cleaning/sanitizing are completed timely.
• Operate and troubleshoot new farming technologies.
• Communicate and work cross functionally with packaging and distribution; support packaging with sorting, cleaning, weighing, packaging and labeling the strawberries into the appropriate container.
• Engage in information and data collection as necessary so that we can continually improve our strawberries.
• Escalate concerns to leadership as necessary to ensure the health and safety of our plants and our people.

The role is hands-on with about 90% of time spent in the farm tending to our plants.