Harvest Coordinator

Wonderful Citrus is North America’s leading integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus, including clementines/mandarins, navel and Valencia oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, and other citrus varieties. Wonderful Citrus farms more than 74,000 acres of fresh citrus and has supplier relationships around the world to ensure a year-round supply. Our citrus can be found in all channels of distribution, with our consumer brands most visible in the produce department of grocery stores across the globe under our flagship consumer brands, Wonderful Halos Mandarins, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, and Wonderful Sweet Scarletts Texas Red Grapefruit.

Overview:

The Harvest Coordinator will help coordinate harvesting activities for farm labor contractor crews. Harvest Coordinator will ensure a safe working environment for harvesters while enforcing good harvesting practices that aid delivering a top-quality fruit to our consumers.

Here's what you'll do:

• Responsible for communicating with farming staff to verify blocks scheduled for harvest do not have any harvesting restrictions (i.e. Spraying, Irrigation, etc.).

• Responsible for communicating harvesting plans to Farm Labor Contractors

• Must arrive to the field early morning for routine observations and monitoring of field conditions to ensure blocks scheduled for harvesting are free of any restrictions which could cause harvesting delays

• Harvest Coordinator supervises harvest crews to ensure they are harvesting in the correct location, pick quality meets harvesting standards, and ensure no fruit is left behind by harvesters

• Coordinator must ensure safe harvesting practices are followed, proper equipment is utilized, and all food safety guideless are adhered by harvesting crews

• Responsible for maturity testing following all county and state specs

• Responsible for crop estimates to forecast the current year’s supply

• Can work independently, displaying self-management skills

• Strong time management skills

• Represents Wonderful Citrus’ values in communicating to third party contractors

• Ability to make good rational judgment decisions while under pressure

• Experience writing reports, business correspondence, and effectively presenting information and responding to managers, peers, and growers

• Strategic thinker with tactical and detailed execution

Here's what you'll bring to the table:

• Bachelor’s degree in either Ag Science or Plant Science is preferred

• Minimum 2 years prior experience in farming and/or harvesting, preferably as it pertains to citrus

• Strong people skills and the ability to work with people across many different functions

• Bilingual English/Spanish highly preferred

• Demonstrates strategic thinking and change management skills

• Must possess, and maintain, a valid California Driver License

• The typical work environment for this position is 100% outside

Salary: $70,800 annually and may include a discretionary bonus.

Wonderful's dedication to you:

• Competitive benefits package including Medical, Vision, Dental, 401k
• Continued training and generous Education Reimbursement Program
• Paid sick, vacation and holiday time
• Wonderful Giving (www.wonderfulgiving.com) -- allowing you to donate company money to a cause of your choice

Why Choose Wonderful?

Wonderful Citrus is part of The Wonderful Company, a privately held $6 billion global company dedicated to harvesting health and happiness around the world. Its iconic brands include FIJI Water, POM Wonderful, Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Halos, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, Teleflora, and JUSTIN and Lewis Cellars wines. The Wonderful Company’s connection to consumers has health at its heart and giving back in its DNA. 

To learn more about The Wonderful Company, its products, and its core values, please visit wonderful.com, or follow The Wonderful Company on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. To learn more about the company’s corporate social responsibility impact, visit csr.wonderful.com. 

Wonderful Citrus and The Wonderful Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and with opportunities for advancement. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories.

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