JOB DETAILSPosted Oct 20, 2026
Farm Manager
Kurtz Orchards
Niagara-on-the-Lake (ON)
Email employerJob details
- Location
- Niagara-on-the-Lake (ON)
- Salary
- $37.00 hourly
Full job description
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
5 years or more
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Rural area
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Consider water saturation, light and temperature when planning for crop growth and development
- Coordinate planting and cultivating activities
- Cultivate on vertical farming system
- Direct agricultural crops clipping activities
- Direct agricultural crops deleafing activities
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots
- Follow sustainable soy farming practices such as crop rotation, reduced-till or no-till, water and nutrient management, precision farming technology and cover crops
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Harvest seedlings
- Implement soil fertility programs
- Implement sustainable gardening trends such as permaculture practices
- Maintain and manage growth of vines, vine canopy and grapes
- Mixing fertilizer
- Organize planting, cultivating and crop harvesting activities
- Oversee the activities of clearing the fields
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts
- Seed cutting
- Shear and shape trees and plants with knife
- Supervise staff in shoots positioning and seed cutting
- Train trees to produce more fruit of higher quality
- Weeding
- Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
- Purchase machinery, livestock, seed, feed and other supplies
- Determine the amount and kinds of crops to be grown and livestock to be raised
- Perform general farm duties
- Supervise staff
Supervision
- 11-15 people
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Chemical application certificate or licence
Experience and specialization
Type of crops
- Apples
- Cherries
- Grapes
- Seed corn
Technical experience
- Soil analysis
Equipment and machinery experience
- Turf grass harvester
- Automated irrigation system
- Fertilizer applicator
- Harvesters
- Sprayer or duster
- Tractor
- Truck
Area of specialization
- Nursery or greenhouse
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
Transportation/travel information
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Fast-paced environment
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Manual dexterity
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
Benefits
Other benefits
- On-site housing options