Nutrient Management Planner Northern Tilth, LLC
- Date Posted April 18, 2024
- Location Belfast, ME
- Category Agriculture
- Job type Full-Time
This spring, Northern Tilth has an opening for an aspiring nutrient management planner to join our tight-knit team in our Belfast, Maine office. The job will begin with doing a lot of field work and ArcMap data entry, and expand to encompass all aspects of writing nutrient management plans. Days of the week and hours per week are somewhat flexible and will be determined during the hiring process. The ideal candidate has the following attributes:
• Interest in agriculture & the environment
• Ability to work long, physically-demanding days walking fields and sampling soil, as well as being comfortable writing, mapping and crunching numbers; over the course of a year, the job has about a 4:1 ratio of desk/computer work to field work.
• Ability to locate agricultural fields and navigate fields using maps with satellite imagery
• Attention to detail
• Good communication skills, able to communicate well with a variety of clients and coworkers
• Excellent writing skills
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team
• Flexibility and the ability to think on your feet
• Solid working knowledge/comfort level with Microsoft Office software, especially Word and Excel
Additional attributes that are preferred but not necessary:
• Background in agriculture, either through education or direct experience (or both)
• Experience using ArcMap
• Experience writing and using formulas in Excel
• Strong interest in/curiosity towards farm-level nutrient management and nutrient budgets
• Knowledge of best practices for addressing environmental resource concerns on farms
• Knowledge of sustainable agricultural practices such as crop rotations, cover crops, soil health management, etc.
Hourly pay ranges from $25 - $30 depending on experience. Benefits include two weeks of annual paid vacation, PTO for sick days, paid federal holidays and company contribution to an IRA.
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