Farm Shop Manager*, Carvel Education and Research Center

Job description

PAY GRADE : 29N: CONTEXT OF THE JOB: The Carvel Research and Education Center (CREC), located in Georgetown, Delaware serves as the southern agricultural experiment station for the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. CREC encompasses the Thurman Adams Jr. Agricultural Research Farm (347 acres) and the Warrington Irrigation Research Farm (120 acres), both of which serve as primary locations for field crop research in many agronomic, vegetable, and fruit crops. CREC also supports many off-farm research projects conducted across the state. Under limited supervision from the Farm Manager, this position serves as the head of the CREC farm shop, providing leadership, supervision, operational data analysis, and coordination of all equipment and vehicle maintenance and repairs. The position also serves as the head of shop safety on the CREC facility safety committee, providing training recommendations, maintenance, supply inventory and records, and waste monitoring of shop materials. In addition, this position performs and coordinates farm field operations using precision agriculture technologies at the CREC farm and off-farm locations across the state and...