Farm Supervisor

Farm Supervisor at Ramirez Tomatoes in Rutledge, TN.

Transplant plants, laying plastic, drive sticks, set plants, put string, remove suckers, spray, picking. Cleaning fields: remove plastic, cut string, pull sticks, pull drip line, Other; prepping green-house. putting new over top plastics. working in a smaller garden picking tomatoes, green beans, bell pepper and cucumbers. Apply products such as fertilizers, pesticides, etc, construct structures to support plant growth, feel plants/crops leaves and note coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease, inform farm managers of plants or crops progress, load crops and drive trucks to transport to and from fields and/or storage locations or facilities, tilling soil, transplanting, weeding, thinning, pruning crops, use hand tools such as such as shovels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, loppers, and knives, work in extreme temperatures. Clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping. Packing and grading tomatoes inside the packing house, stacking RPC's on pallets, filling the line roll with containers to be packed out. Once packing season has concluded, cleaning of facility will be done as well. Approximate staggered entry: 6 workers to work Jan 9 - Aug 10 and 8 workers to work Apr 25 - Oct 25.

Work begins January 9, 2027 and ends October 25, 2027.

Pay is $13.15 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 42 hours per week.