Seasonal Garden Lead

- 1 full time position available

Job Description:

As a Garden Lead, your main responsibilities will be:

• Supervise and coordinate the activities of Harvest Labourers when the Garden Manager/Owner is not present.

• Plan and estimate the materials and labour requirements

• Establish daily work tasks and procedures and coordinate activities with other work units

• Train workers in job duties

• Plant, thin, weed and harvest crops

• Pick row and orchard crops

• Sort, weigh and pack fruit and vegetables at the farm

• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies, farm produce and products for transport

• Clean up racks, trays, and harvest bins and general clean up of growing, producing and packing areas

• Assist in preparing garden beds for planting

• Irrigation maintenance as needed

• May assist with Pest control

• Assist with general farm maintenance and maintenance of equipment and tools

• Communicate with Market to ensure they have product needed

• Communicate using Radios to ensure cohesion and safety

You will be supervising seasonal harvest laborers and working with long term farm workers under the supervision of the Garden Manager or the owner directly.

Your working hours will vary through the season but will usually be early morning to mid afternoon shifts, 6-8 hours a day, 5-6 days a week. Weekend work may be required. Due to the hours needed from May-October this position is typically not suited for people in fulltime school outside of the summer months.

On-the-job training will be provided and includes but is not limited to health and safety, leadership training, and specific picking methods.

As a seasonal position this will be from May - October 31, 2026 with the expectation that the selected applicants will be available for the entire term. These start and end dates are subject to weather variations.

Please note there is no onsite housing available for this position.

The wage for the position is $19.00 - $23 per hour depending on previous work experience.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Efficient, hard worker

• Does well in team settings and working independently

• Previous agriculture experience is necessary.

• Demonstrates the ability to work quickly and maintain quality

• Required to safely lift items as heavy as 50 lbs frequently

• Complete repetitive work task.

• Drivers Licence required to use farm trucks to transport staff and produce

• Ladders and tractors are also a daily feature of our work so there may be times that you are required to work with these with proper training and approval. Previous experience is an asset

• We also work rain or shine often so being able to remain outdoors and work comfortably in all weather is important.

• Able to work the entire season (May - November) and available during the hours required

• First Aid (asset)

• Forklift (asset)

• Pesticide Application (asset)

• Knowledge of engines (asset)

What We Offer:

• A fun, supportive team environment

• Opportunities for learning new skills

• Access to free or discounted produce

• 20% in store staff discount