Farm Operations Lead

Farm Operations Lead

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the plan gets executed in the field to the standard required by a revenue-generating commercial export farm. Will work closely with the CEO to contribute ground-level insight into weekly and seasonal planning, then owns the execution of that plan completely.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement weekly field plans, deploying supervisors and labour with correct inputs.

• Ensure daily farm activities are completed, scheduled, and recorded in the system.

• Hold supervisors accountable for attendance, task completion, and quality.

• Resolve field-level operational issues (equipment, labour, inputs) promptly.

• Submit daily and weekly operational reports.

• Support CEO with planning inputs (crop readiness, labour, constraints, equipment).

• Prioritize revenue-linked activities and align field schedules to harvest timelines.

• Monitor budgets, control costs, manage procurement, and flag overruns early.

• Coordinate with agronomist, ensure compliance with crop programs, and escalate key decisions.

• Oversee packhouse operations, compliance (GlobalGAP/MAAIF), post-harvest handling, and export quality/logistics.

• Key Qualifications

• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree.

• Demonstrated experience managing field supervisors and casual labour teams.

• Hands-on familiarity with GlobalGAP, MAAIF, or equivalent export certification requirements.

• Packhouse operations experience — grading, post-harvest handling, traceability documentation.

• Proven ability to read and work within a farm budget — cost-per-acre, input costs, labour reconciliation.

• Strong working knowledge of avocado or macadamia agronomy — sufficient to supervise and hold an agronomist accountable.

• Commercially aware — understands that field decisions carry direct revenue consequences.

• Competent with digital reporting tools; comfortable operating within a structured farm management System.