Farm Field Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: $69,000 - $75,000

Farm Field Supervisor

Location:Willcox, Arizona
Reports To:Director of Farming Operations
Employment:Full-time, Salary, Exempt
Seasonality:Seasonal intensity varies by crop phase

Company Overview

Plant Grow Harvest PGH is a vertically integrated specialty potato company with farming operations across multiple regions. We grow seed, fresh, and specialty potatoes and are building a farming organization defined by field discipline, strong systems, experienced agricultural judgment, and strongpeopleleadership.

The work is seasonal, hands-on, andexecution-critical. The right people for PGH take pride in getting the details right because small misses in farming can become major losses in stand, yield, quality, storability, safety, labor efficiency, or equipment uptime.

Position Overview

The Arizona Field Supervisoris responsible formanaging daily field execution and supervising field employees across PGHs Arizona farming operations.

This role exists to strengthen PGHs field leadership layer by ensuring that operators and crews understand expectations, perform work safely and correctly, and areinspired to own their accountabilities.The Field Supervisoris responsible fortranslating the farm plan into disciplined execution while also managing people, coaching performance, addressing execution gaps, and helping develop a reliable, well-trained farming team.

This position requires leadership judgment, field experience, accountability, and the ability to manage people through clear expectations, coaching, follow-up, and performance feedback. The Field Supervisor plays a key role in building a farming culture where Safety, Accountability, Growth Mindset, and the A-Team mentality are practiced every day.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise field operators and crews across land preparation, seed preparation, planting, in-crop work, irrigation support, harvest, maintenance support, and post-harvest activities.Manage daily field labor execution by assigning work, setting expectations,monitoringperformance, and ensuring tasks are completed safely, correctly, and on time.

• Provide direct coaching, feedback, and correction to operators and crew members when performance, safety, quality, attendance, or execution standards are not met.Partner with the Director of Farming Operations on employee performance matters, including hiring recommendations, disciplinary input, performance reviews, promotions, transfers, and termination recommendations.

• Ensure operators and crews understand the daily plan before work begins, including priorities, quality expectations, safety requirements, equipment needs, and handoff points.

• Verify execution throughout the day and take corrective action when work is off plan, out of specification, unsafe, delayed, or creating risk to crop quality or equipment readiness.

• Coordinate with agronomy, irrigation, maintenance, harvest, and farm leadership to ensure work is sequencedcorrectlyand resources are used effectively.

• Train and develop operators on equipment readiness, field discipline, crop handling, safety expectations, standing orders, and PGH operating standards.

• Monitor and report daily progress, labor needs, attendance issues, blockers, crop risks, equipment needs, and performance concerns to farm leadership.

• Support workforce planning during high-intensity planting, irrigation,harvest, and maintenance windows.

• Ensure records, checklists, documentation, and daily handoffs are completed accurately and on time.

• Reinforce PGHs culture pillars through daily leadership: Safety, Accountability, Growth Mindset, and A-Team behavior.

What Success Looks Like

• Fieldteammatesunderstand expectations and are held accountable to clear standards.

• Daily work is completed safely, on time, in spec, and with fewer preventable mistakes.

• Operators and crews are trained, coached, and developed over time.

• Performance concerns are addressed early rather than ignored or discovered after damage is done.

• Problems are escalated early, with psychological safety and direct communication.Field execution improves because the team receives consistent leadership, structure, and follow-through.

• Records, checklists, and handoffs arecompletedthe same day.

• Farm leadership can rely on the Field Supervisor to manage daily execution andpeopleperformance without constant follow-up.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of farm operations, field supervision, crew leadership, or equipment operation experience.

• Experience supervising employees, assigning work, coaching performance, and holding people accountable.

• Experience with potatoes, vegetables,seed, row crops, or specialty crops preferred.

• Strong practical understanding of planting, irrigation,harvest, field work, equipment coordination, and crew management.

• Ability to communicate clearly with operators, mechanics, managers, vendors, and fieldlabor.

• Ability to document performance concerns, execution issues, safety concerns, and daily field progress.

• Spanish language ability helpful.

• Valid drivers licenserequired.

• Ability to work outdoors in active farm conditionsrequired.

Work Environment and Seasonality

This role is based in Willcox, Arizona. Work is primarily field-based and includes heat, dust, long days, early starts, equipment movement, and seasonal urgency. Planting, irrigation,harvest, and critical maintenance windows may require extended hours and weekend work.

Compensation

• Salary range:$70,000$78,000 + 10% target bonus

• 9 company-paid holidays

• 10 daysof PTO