Agriculture Superintendent - Hopland, CA, Job ID 74408

Agriculture Superintendent - Hopland, CA, Job ID 74408

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources

Job Description

Under the general direction of the Hopland Research and Extension Center Director, responsible for the management, planning and implementation of field research, farming operations (including livestock), physical plant operations, grounds and building maintenance, irrigation, animal care program, and related administrative functions such as safety coordinator, regulatory compliance, inventory and asset manager, and hazardous materials manager. Supervise staff and serve as Acting Center Director when Center Director is absent. The Agriculture Supervisor is responsible for managing REC operations such as land, labor, equipment, livestock, and facilities are available for researchers and works to coordinate use of these assets for research projects. The land management scope is 5,358 acres and includes numerous buildings and infrastructure to maintain.

This position is a career appointment that is 100% fixed.

Pay Scale: $66,800.00/year to $94,000.00/year

Job Posting Close Date:
This job is open until filled. The first application review date will be 01/02/2025.

Key Responsibilities:

65%

Operations, Budgets, Planning

• Schedule, coordinate, and conduct field research operations, cropping practices, physical plant/systems operations, and ground and building maintenance.
• Communicate with individual project leaders and staff to determine project needs and timelines.
• Develop short-term and long-term plans for crops, field, pasture rotation, land development, research support, building and facilities maintenance, and equipment needs in cooperation with Business Officer and Center Director.
• Estimate land, labor and facilities requirements for proposed research projects and advise the Research Advisory Committee on project needs and available Center resources.
• Coordinate and adjust Center operations to accommodate tours, field days, workshops, and special events.
• Assist with design, implementation, and summary of Center research.
• Work in the field and shops side-by-side with various other staff to ensure labor needs are fulfilled.
• Coordinate the application and reporting of pesticides and fertilizers.
• Manage project labor hours, field activity records, contract labor, and services.
• Coordinate HREC domestic water operation and irrigation systems as a member of the East Sanel Water Agency.
• Coordinate equipment repair needs with Assistant Farm Machinery Mechanic.
• Serve as Aggie Enterprise financial systems back-up reviewer.
• Work with Business Officer to assure Center operations are adhering to budgets and proper financial procedures.
• Responsible for sale of cash crops.

25%

Supervision

• Clearly establish and communicate staff work assignments for center operations daily.
• Monitor work performance for completeness, quality, accuracy and efficiency.
• Supervise and actively engage in physical work on research, crops, fields, pastures and physical plant operations.
• Implement UC personnel policies and bargaining agreements.
• Write employee goals; train, motivate, and develop employees.
• Evaluate employees' work performance; recommend recognition and merit.
• Review and certify all employee performance training records.
• Act as Center Director in his absence. Assist all other unit managers in support of their activities, as required.
• Positions supervised - Assistant Farm Machinery Mechanic, Principal Animal Technician,
• Staff Research Associate, Senior Agricultural Technician, Senior Custodian, Animal Health Tech.

10%

Health and Safety

• As Safety Coordinator, responsible to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for all Center assigned employees and visitors; identify and resolve existing and potential hazards, implement good safety management practices and participate in and lead University training programs.
• Responsible for implementation of center safety, health and environmental quality programs as required by federal, state, local and University regulations.
• Coordinate training of employees on the proper use of equipment, tools, and hazardous materials.
• Operates commercial vehicles (non Class A).

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Biological or Agricultural Science or equivalent years of experience in a related field.
• May be responsible for local predator control strategies.
• This position will require fingerprinting and background check.
• Demonstrate capacity to provide leadership, and support collaborative team effort to support oak woodlands, grasslands, chaparral ecosystems, livestock and range management at HREC.
• Experience performing appropriate practices related to field, pastures and vineyard crop production including planting and harvesting operations, pest management, irrigation and crop fertilization.
• Experience with maintaining various building types and systems.
• Experience delegating work assignments and supervising employees.
• Experience overseeing contracting out for building and infrastructure repair and maintenance, including developing Scopes of Work, conducting bidding processes, and ensuring work is done per contract specifications
• Skills in operating farming and landscape machinery.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience with computers, software including Microsoft Office, and databases.
• Experience with agricultural and natural resources field research including a general understanding of experimental design, data collection, and data analysis.
• Experience operating and maintaining agricultural and natural resources research equipment.
• Experience delivering extension in collaboration with researchers and external partners such as non-profits and government agencies.
• Skills to independently organize workloads, establish priorities, and exercise good judgement.
• Skills to assimilate knowledge of Local, State, Federal, and University policies and regulations.
• Skills to communicate with researchers and specialized staff on budgets, timelines, work requests, and planning.
• Experience with providing good safety management practices and knowledge of health and safety laws and regulations.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience coordinating safety training programs to employees.
• Experience with University policies and procedures.
• Experience with livestock including zoonotic disease theory and management, vaccinations, grazing management, and basic care.
• Experience operating domestic water system, ideally possessing current D2 and T2 Water Treatment Officer certification, or able to earn those within 18 months of start date.

Special Conditions of Employment:

• Must comply with regulatory agency reporting requirements (California's Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act).
• Possession of building master keys for access to residences, offices, or other facilities.
• Direct access to and/or responsibility for protected, personal, or other sensitive institutional information, including information on students, faculty, staff, or other University constituents, and IT resources that process, transmit or store restricted or sensitive institutional information.
• Responsibility for operating commercial vehicles, machinery or toxic systems that could result in accidental death, injury or health problems.
• DMV Pull Program: Must enroll in the DMV Pull-Notice Program
• Must possess valid California Driver's License to drive a County or University vehicle. Ability and means to travel on a flexible schedule as needed, proof of liability damage insurance on vehicle used is required. Reimbursement of job-related travel will be reimbursed according to University policies.
• The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check. This is a designated position requiring a background check and may require fingerprinting due to the nature of the job responsibilities. UC ANR does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities.
• As of January 1, 2014, ANR is a smoke- and tobacco-free environment in which smoking, the use of smokeless tobacco products, and the use of unregulated nicotine products (e-cigarettes), is strictly prohibited.
• Travel, including travel outside normal business hours, may be requested.
• Overtime and occasional weekend work as needed, usually on short notice to meet operational needs, may be requested.

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