Jobs & Careers at Heyser Farms

We are accepting applications.

If you seem like a good fit, we will contact you.

Please read entire job description before applying.



ABOUT THE FARM & OUR MISSION

Heyser Farms is a family owned, family-oriented commercial orchard, greenhouse, market and general agricultural enterprise.

We feel the following commitments we subscribe to are equal in their importance and our effort to live up to them is ongoing;

We operate our market and farm to provide a basic need, nourishment from food.

We strive to educate & set an example, to our customers, team members, suppliers, industry associates, neighbors, and friends.

We have high standards in both products & customer service.

We offer to those that we employ a chance to learn about agriculture, business and customer relations.

We require that one use that experience to increase their responsibilities on the farm.

We look for people who recognize the value in personal growth, education, a supportive team environment, & creativity.

ABOUT THE POSITION & JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for outgoing, personable staff with a positive attitude to work inside our farm market.

This is a retail style position for our indoor/outdoor farm stand market. This is NOT a farmhand position.

Looking for opening /morning shift staff, to work at least 30 hours a week through at least December, but preferably for at least a year.

WHAT'S ESSENTIAL

- Positive customer service ethic & attitude

- Basic math skills; addition, subtraction, counting

- Willingness & ability to run a cash register

- Ability to lift & move at least 50 lbs as part of a normal work day. Ability to stand and move around while working

- Readiness to learn, especially more about the market & products so as to effectively interact with customers or answer questions

- Caring about your work. Taking pride in what you do

- Responsibility!

- Showing up for your scheduled shifts on time, knowing your shifts, communicating with mgmt & team

- Ability to own your mistakes to learn & grow from them, instead of blaming others or making excuses!

- Not being afraid to get your hands or clothes dirty. Appropriate work shoes.

- English fluency

- Reliable Transportation (the public transportation is not easy around here)

- Ability to use text messages reliably



JOB DUTIES (some examples including but not limited to)

- Greeting & welcoming customers to the market (everyone should be greeted!)

- provide a friendly atmosphere with excellent customer service

- Cutting & sampling fruit to customers

- Restocking & organizing products & shelves.

- Straightening and fluffing walls

- Making sure produce (especially in cooler) is merchandised & stocked in the mornings & throughout the day, then putting away cold storage produce in evening & other perishable products

- Cashiering- Using a register to ring out customers & perform transactions

- Monitoring the checkout area, ensuring all customers ready to checkout get checked out.

(We don't want our customers wait too long! That parking lot gets awfully crowded too, so it's better to get everyone in & out quickly!)

- Sorting, quality checking, & packing fresh produce,

- identifying & separating seconds & composting expired produce.

- Communicating with team members, management, & other farm departments such as cider, bakery, & nursery

- Reviewing Communications Texts

- Promoting the farm & farm events, and encouraging customers to like us on Facebook and Instagram.

-Understanding farm events to promote them

- Learning about our products, not being afraid to ask management questions

- Loading and unloading crates & boxes

- Keeping outside storefront clean & free of trash, pallets, debris, clutter.

- Returning shopping carts to their home.

- Picking up stray trash

- Putting crates away

- Cleaning duties, taking out trash, compost, sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, changing toilet paper, mopping, etc

- Taking the compost wheelbarrow to the compost pile, & emptying it

- occasional cleaning projects such as dishwashing

BONUS QUALITIES OR SKILLS (not required, just nice to have):

- Retail and cashier experience

- Spanish Language skills especially useful, though any other language can come in handy.

- Creativity

- Agricultural or gardening knowledge or interest

- Baking skills



If you think you'd be a good fit for our team, please email us your resume and tell us why!

Please include "job opening" in subject line.

ceheyser@yahoo.com





All online applications will get at least receive response within 30 days, please be patient .