Wonderful Citrus is America's largest integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus, including clementine/mandarin, navel and Valencia oranges; lemons; limes; grapefruits; and other citrus varieties. Wonderful Citrus owns, cultivates and harvests more than 58,000 acres of fresh citrus and ships around the world each year 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 America under the flagship consumer brands of Wonderful Halos mandarins and Wonderful Sweet Scarletts Texas Red grapefruit.

Overview:

The Harvest Coordinator will help coordinate harvest for the farm labor contractors and while ensuring a safe working environment. This position is responsible for managing harvest quality in the field and ensuring harvest crews are harvesting to the size and color specs as directed. This position will ensure all food safety guidelines are followed enforcing good harvesting practices in order to deliver a top-quality product to our customers.

Here’s what you’ll do:

•  Communicate with farming staff to verify blocks scheduled for harvest do not have any harvesting restrictions (i.e. Spraying, Irrigation, etc.). 
• Communicate harvesting plans to Farm Labor Contractors
•  Arrive to the field early for routine observations and monitoring of field conditions to ensure blocks scheduled for harvest are free of any restrictions which could cause harvesting delays.
• Supervise harvest crews to ensure they are harvesting in the correct location
• Oversees that pick quality meets harvest standards and ensures
• Monitor harvest crews to ensure size and color specifications are being met
• Monitors fields to ensure all fruit is cleaned and no fruit is left behind
• Ensure safe harvesting practices are followed, proper equipment is utilized, and all food safety guideless are adhered by harvesting crews
• Maintain and report accurate field balances
• Responsible for maturity testing following all county and state specs
• Responsible for crop estimates to forecast the current year’s supply
• Works in an organized manner keeping field clean and in good order
• Work independently, displaying self-management skills
• Represent Wonderful Citrus’ values in communicating to third party contractors.

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 harvestings, preferably as it pertains to citrus.
• Bilingual English/Spanish highly preferred
• Strong people skills and the ability to work with people across many different functions.
• Ability to work independently in a high pressure environment
• Strong time management skills,
• Strategic thinking with tactical and detailed execution
• Experience writing reports, analyzing data, and effectively presenting information and responding to managers, peers, and growers
• Must possess, and maintain, a valid CA Driver’s License

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

• Wonderful Giving - a one-of-kind program that donates company money to charities close to our employees' hearts
• Employee college tuition reimbursement
• Employee referral program* - $1,500 per exempt referral; $500 per non-exempt referral, * Taxes applicable.
• Full benefits package -- Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) retirement plan, company matching and annual catch-up, Employee Assistance Program, company-paid life insurance (spouse and dependents to age 26), life insurance, AD&D insurance, flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Wonderful Citrus is part of The Wonderful Company, a successful, fast-growing privately held $4 billion company with 9,000 employees worldwide. We've made Wonderful Pistachios one of America's top-selling salty snacks. We've turned pomegranates and POM Wonderful into a worldwide phenomenon. Wonderful Halos is the No. 1 mandarin orange in America. FIJI Water is the No. 1 premium bottled water in America. JUSTIN Wine produces California's top-selling, high-end Cabernet Sauvignon. And Teleflora is the world's largest flower delivery service.

The Wonderful Company has a long-standing commitment to corporate social responsibility, including more than $120 million invested in environmental technologies and sustainability research, $45 million in charitable giving and education initiatives every year, $30 million toward the construction of a new charter school campus in California's Central Valley, and innovative health and wellness programs, including two new, free primary care clinics for employees and their dependents.

Wonderful Citrus 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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