Job Filled---Farms Operations Manager

A family owed business that puts quality and safety first, at George Chiala Farms, we are dedicated to supplying our customers with a high quality line of vegetable products. We work hard, expect results, and expect our team to have a balance to enjoy their family and lives outside of work. We work as a family, providing from one family to another with our products.

We now have an immediate opportunity for a Farm Operations Manager to join our team in Morgan Hill, CA.

The Farming Operations Manager will lead operations for the GC Farms, Inc. with functional responsibility encompassing Irrigation and Tractor operations. This is fast- paced work environment, and this role will have direct oversight of the day to day field operations, long term planning of a large modern farming operation, and will require to meet both short and long term crop growing goals.

The successful candidate will have:

• Irrigation experience:
• Facilitate communication between Director of Farm Operations and Lead Irrigator
• Works with the Lead Irrigator and will insure correct irrigation schedules are being followed
• Insures irrigation schedules match the activities on the Farm Plan
• Report activities daily to Director of Farm Operations via email or text by 8:00 am every day
• Tractor Operations Department
• Facilitate communication between Director of Farm Operations and Tractor Foreman
• Works with the Tractor Foremen to schedule equipment and operators for Items on the Farm Plan
• Insures the equipment related activities on the Farm Plan are completed safely and efficiently on or ahead of schedule
• Performs Proper implement adjustments to maximize efficiency
• Report activities daily to Director of Farm Operations via email or text by 8:00 am every day
• Oversee transportation of equipment
• Ensure all equipment is moved safely and as efficiently as possible
• Pre-Planting:
• Consult with Director of Farm Operations to determine what ground prep activities and deadlines are needed on a field by field basis
• Schedule equipment and operator(s) for all George Chiala Farms ground prep and pre planting activities
• Insure ground prep deadlines are met so plantings can occur as scheduled as possible
• Work with Lead Irrigator and Tractor Foreman to insure that equipment and irrigations are coordinated
• Planting:
• Schedule equipment and operator(s) for all George Chiala Farms plantings
• Work with Director of Farm Operations to make sure that all plantings use the varieties and spacing called for on the planting plan.
• Growing:
• Schedules equipment and drivers
• Creates revolving 3 week schedule for all on farm field activities
• Consult with Director of Farm Operations on plant needs with regards to fertigation and spraying
• Monitor tractor tasks to insure all activities on the Farm Plan are completed
• Harvest Equipment
• Insure Proper use of Harvest equipment
• Work with Row Crop Manager to maintain safe and efficient operation.
• Report any major repairs to the Shop Department
• Perform minor repairs/adjustments on sight as needed on a case by case basis.
• Year Round
• Take inventory of all inputs, organic and conventional, no less than once a month
• Communicate with the shop Foreman and the Financial and Planning Manager to insure equipment is fixed in order of priority and on Budget.
• Monitor employees in both the Irrigation and Tractor departments
• Approve and schedule shifts including overtime
• Garlic
• Track which lots of seed where planted where
• Oversee Garlic Harvest
• Schedule dates and fields for harvest
• Insure that all necessary pre-harvest activates are completed
• Communicate with Planning to schedule bins and transportation
• Travel to fields to monitor as needed
• Other Duties and Responsibilities
• Insure all persons involved in tasks while on George Chiala Farms Inc. facilities follow Standard Operating Procedures for the safe and efficient completion of all activities
• Possess and Maintain tools
• Keep senior management informed on present/future trends of availability and cost of materials and components
• o Insure that all field activities listed above are reported to the Crop Production office in a timely manner so that they can be recorded in the Farm Journal and if necessary reported to the relevant agencies

This is an outstanding opportunity to take your agriculture career to the next level with a well established and respected produce industry leader.