High Tunnel Manager

North Point Community Farm; City of Plattsburgh (NY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unpaid vacation

Unpaid personal time off

Job summary

North Point Community Farm is seeking a full-time High Tunnel Manager to oversee 10 tunnels and two cat tunnels. You will ensure precision in daily tasks, coordinate transplant timing with the prop house, irrigation and fertigation, and work with the crew and farm managers to plan harvests.

The role requires April through December work, with compensation at $20–$22 per hour. Unpaid vacation and personal days are offered during the season.

Qualifications

• Must be very attentive to detail and precision.
• Ability to communicate with multiple farm managers and crew.
• Experience scheduling harvests and coordinating field activities.

Responsibilities

• Daily venting of tunnels, ground prep, and plant out.
• Fertility management including weekly fertigation and irrigation coordination.
• Pruning, trellising, scouting for pests, and weed management.
• Manage crew timing during tunnel work and assist on harvest days.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Harvest scheduling

Team coordination

Job description

We became friends managing neighboring farms in the Hudson Valley, sharing ideas about vegetables, agriculture, and the farms we envisioned running one day.
In 2021, recognizing the multitude of skills necessary to have a successful farm and a shared interest in relocating to the North Country, we began to lay the groundwork to start North Point Community Farm.

Our mission
Provide our local community with affordable high quality vegetables
Follow agricultural practices that build resiliency in the soil and surrounding ecosystems, and transition the farm to certified organic production
Support owners and employees in living a high quality and meaningful life

We are looking to fill a full time position for a high tunnel manager. This person will be in charge of 10 high tunnels and two smaller cat tunnels. This job requires someone who is very attentive when it comes to detail and precision. There are high stakes to get substantial yields from small spaces. All aspects of tunnel production will be in your purview. During plant out you will be in communication with the prop house manager regarding transplant readiness and timing. You will do a thorough weekly walk through and keep notes on disease, pest pressure, weed control, and maintenance. You will keep an irrigation/fertigation log in each tunnel, and work with the irrigation manager around timing and water availability. You will be working with Jeff in pruning and clipping. You will work with the crew manager to schedule tunnel harvests and design efficient systems. You will meet with Marisa and Mike weekly to review the status of the tunnels, request/schedule help from the crew for the week, and ask for any other support needed. As needed you will be expected to step away from the tunnels to help the farm team with big harvest days and projects. Must be willing to work from April - December. $20-22/hour.

• 5 days unpaid vacation time off
• 5 days unpaid personal time off

• Daily venting of tunnels
• Ground prep
• Plant out
• Cultivation/weed management/maintenance
• Fertility management - weekly fertigation
• Pruning, trellising
• Scouting for any pests, bacteria, or any other risks
• Spraying for pests/diseases
• Irrigation
• Managing timing of harvest and irrigation
• Managing crew whenever they are working in the tunnels (planting, cultivating, maintenance, harvest)

Company description

We became friends managing neighboring farms in the Hudson Valley, sharing ideas about vegetables, agriculture, and the farms we envisioned running one day.
In 2021, recognizing the multitude of skills necessary to have a successful farm and a shared interest in relocating to the North Country, we began to lay the groundwork to start North Point Community Farm.

Our mission
Provide our local community with affordable high quality vegetables
Follow agricultural practices that build resiliency in the soil and surrounding ecosystems, and transition the farm to certified organic production
Support owners and employees in living a high quality and meaningful life

Job description

We are looking to fill a full time position for a high tunnel manager. This person will be in charge of 10 high tunnels and two smaller cat tunnels. This job requires someone who is very attentive when it comes to detail and precision. There are high stakes to get substantial yields from small spaces. All aspects of tunnel production will be in your purview. During plant out you will be in communication with the prop house manager regarding transplant readiness and timing. You will do a thorough weekly walk through and keep notes on disease, pest pressure, weed control, and maintenance. You will keep an irrigation/fertigation log in each tunnel, and work with the irrigation manager around timing and water availability. You will be working with Jeff in pruning and clipping. You will work with the crew manager to schedule tunnel harvests and design efficient systems. You will meet with Marisa and Mike weekly to review the status of the tunnels, request/schedule help from the crew for the week, and ask for any other support needed. As needed you will be expected to step away from the tunnels to help the farm team with big harvest days and projects. Must be willing to work from April - December. $20-22/hour.

• 5 days unpaid vacation time off
• 5 days unpaid personal time off

• Daily venting of tunnels
• Ground prep
• Plant out
• Cultivation/weed management/maintenance
• Fertility management - weekly fertigation
• Pruning, trellising
• Scouting for any pests, bacteria, or any other risks
• Spraying for pests/diseases
• Irrigation
• Managing timing of harvest and irrigation
• Managing crew whenever they are working in the tunnels (planting, cultivating, maintenance, harvest)

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $20/hr

Deadline

February 15, 2027