Farm Technician - Cabot and Searcy

Pediatrics Plus Website•Searcy, AR

About The Position

We are currently seeking a Farm Technician to join our team of highly qualified professionals that share our vision of Empowering Children to Conquer their World! This role provides maintenance and light construction on the farm property, buildings, and infrastructure; animal management; maintaining equipment, materials, and supplies; and working with the Farm Team Lead to identify new opportunities for increasing business, yields, or collaborations. The Farm Technician should also have the desire to create a professional network and keep abreast of developments in agricultural science, market gardening, and animal welfare.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent
Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in agriculture or gardening preferred, especially sustainable agriculture
Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with a wide variety of people
Able to work with children birth to age 21 and their families
Strong organizational and record keeping skills with attention to detail and accuracy
Ability to handle multiple tasks in a very busy environment
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, policies, and other company documents
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
Ability to speak effectively before groups of families and employees
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
Ability to maintain regular and punctual attendance.
Ability to complete tasks in a timely manner
Ability to work and function in an unpredictable weather environment, including cold, hot, and wet conditions.
This position requires the employee to spend a significant amount of time outdoors as well as time in an office environment. Physical fitness is required, as the technician will be required at times to do strenuous physical work, including lifting, pushing, pulling, carrying, and otherwise maneuvering heavy objects and/or animals. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand and stoop, twist, bend, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Maintain up to date and accurate records of crop successes and failures, chemical treatments, and maintenance in the garden and orchard.
Execute the management plan of the farm property, including seed starting, transplanting, fertilization, animal care, etc.
Present educational curriculum to facilitate learning opportunities and interactions with the grounds for students.
Maintain compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations.
Complete duties through established standard operating procedures for the farm.
Maintain regular communications with Farm Team Lead and Senior Director on farm needs, status of identified tasks, scheduled activities, and concerns.
Apply new and relevant knowledge to the job as necessary or applicable.
Provide support to the overall site, by working with the Senior Director in assisting with activities, i.e., fishing, marketing, general maintenance, trash to the road, etc.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.