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Are you a hands-on leader with a passion for agriculture and a commitment to quality?

We're looking for an Assistant Sod Farm Manager to help oversee daily operations and support the production of high-quality turf-grass. In this role, you'll work closely with the farm manager to coordinate crews, maintain equipment, and ensure efficient, timely harvests. If you're proactive, detail-oriented, and thrive in an outdoor, team-focused environment, we'd love to hear from you.

As a Super-Sod Assistant Farm Manager, you will be responsible for leading machine operators and farm crews in the day-to-day operations of harvesting and other farm-related activities. You'll play a key role in maintaining productivity and efficiency across the farm, ensuring that people, equipment, and materials are working in sync. Your leadership will help drive continuous improvement, with a strong focus on both customer satisfaction and team performance.

Essential Functions

1. Manages policy deployment in the areas of lean harvesting techniques, quality, cost reduction, complete and on-time delivery, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations, visual controls and performance measures.
2. Provides leadership for employee relations through effective communications, coaching, training and development.
3. Provides leadership for problem resolution to facilitate faster improvements and improved working relationships.
4. Manages material requirements to increase inventory turns and reduce levels on hand.
5. Ensures compliance with company standards for cost control, waste reduction, quality, safety, and complete and on-time delivery.
6. Balances work cell capacity/loading across the farm.
7. Determines operations head count needs and ensures compliance with company policies.
8. Research equipment for future company needs for capital investments and improvement projects.
9. Manages compliance with state and federal regulations.
10. Oversees operational proficiency of farming equipment in use for harvesting, mowing, spraying and fertilizing for production and training.
11. Incorporates new technologies into all areas of our business.
12. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Competencies

1. Problem Solving/Analysis.
2. Teamwork Orientation.
3. Project Management.
4. Communication Proficiency.
5. Performance Management.
6. Technical Capacity.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position manages all sod, soil and seed employees of the location and is responsible for leadership of the employees within its department.

Work Environment

This job operates in exposure to direct sunlight and weather 90% of the time. This employee will operate equipment daily including but not limited to tractors, harvesters, forklifts, spraying and spreading equipment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, lift, push, pull, stoop, or bend. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift products and supplies weighing up to 50 pounds as needed and operate equipment.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours can change at the discretion of the Regional Manager; though typical hours of work are Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., evening and weekend hours will be necessary to accommodate operational needs.

Travel

Travel is primarily local during the business day.

Required Education and Experience

1. Agriculture/Farm Operations experience
2. Pesticide Applicator License

• Must be 19 years of age or older.
• All potential new hires will be subjected to a pre-employment background, motor vehicle check, and drug screen.

Preferred Education and Experience

1. Secondary Education in Turf Management, Ag Business, or related experience.
2. Managerial/Team Leadership experience