What are the responsibilities and job description for the Field Representative, Potato position at McCain Foods?
Position Title: Field Representative, Potato
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 42163
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About The Role.
The Field Representative / Potato Scheduler plays a critical role in connecting agriculture, operations, and production to ensure the right raw potatoes are delivered at the right time, quality, and specification. Reporting to the Field Department Manager, this role partners closely with growers, internal production teams, and agriculture colleagues to support food safety, quality, and continuous improvement across the supply chain.
What You’ll Be Doing.
This role is part of McCain’s North America Agriculture team and works closely with Field Representatives, Potato Schedulers, Operations, Production, and Food Safety partners. Together, the team supports grower relationships, raw material quality, and supply reliability while driving innovation and continuous improvement across the agricultural supply chain. The position serves as a key link between growers and the manufacturing facility.
About McCain.
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain Experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person—it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.
Compensation Package: $65,500.00 - $87,400.00 . USD annually Bonus eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Agriculture
Location(s): US - United States of America : Maine : Easton
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 42163
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About The Role.
The Field Representative / Potato Scheduler plays a critical role in connecting agriculture, operations, and production to ensure the right raw potatoes are delivered at the right time, quality, and specification. Reporting to the Field Department Manager, this role partners closely with growers, internal production teams, and agriculture colleagues to support food safety, quality, and continuous improvement across the supply chain.
What You’ll Be Doing.
- Manage the daily supply of raw potatoes by aligning raw material requirements with the production schedule
- Coordinate and schedule raw potato deliveries using RSTool to meet facility needs
- Ensure accuracy and effectiveness of potato quality and food safety data systems (e.g., GX Core, Spud Watch)
- Build and maintain strong, strategic relationships with local growers and suppliers
- Proactively inspect fields and storage facilities to monitor food safety, environmental conditions, and product quality
- Partner with Production to review short- and long-term raw quality requirements and operational needs
- Collect, analyze, and report crop, field, and storage data to support decision-making and continuous improvement
- Support food safety compliance by ensuring policies, audits, and records are complete and accurate
- Drive adoption of new technologies, tools, and best practices across growers and internal teams
- Provide backup coverage for scheduling, including weekend or holiday support when required
- Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, Agriculture Business, or a related field preferred
- 1–3 years of relevant experience, ideally within agriculture, manufacturing, quality, or food production
- Strong leadership, collaboration, and relationship-building skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Excel
- Comfort using technology including GPS, smartphones, and agricultural data systems
- Understanding of GIS and remote sensing considered an asset
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Valid driver’s license with a current Driver’s Abstract
- A strong safety mindset and commitment to food safety and quality
- Willingness to travel within the local region and to other McCain locations as needed
- Flexibility to work extended hours, weekends, or holidays during peak or abnormal situations
This role is part of McCain’s North America Agriculture team and works closely with Field Representatives, Potato Schedulers, Operations, Production, and Food Safety partners. Together, the team supports grower relationships, raw material quality, and supply reliability while driving innovation and continuous improvement across the agricultural supply chain. The position serves as a key link between growers and the manufacturing facility.
About McCain.
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain Experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person—it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.
Compensation Package: $65,500.00 - $87,400.00 . USD annually Bonus eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Agriculture
Location(s): US - United States of America : Maine : Easton
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Salary : $65,500 - $87,400