Agriculture Manager (Facilities)

Job Description

The Agricultural Manager is responsible for overseeing and supporting all agricultural activities on Lāna ʻ i. This position ensures compliance with agricultural leases, garden rules, and all applicable local, state, and federal regulations. The Agricultural Manager serves as the primary liaison for farmers, community gardeners, regulatory agencies, and internal departments, ensuring that agricultural operations align with company goals, sustainability practices, and community needs.

This role requires strong relationship-building skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and the ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders while maintaining accurate documentation and reporting.

Compensation

$65,000 - $75,000/year (Exempt)

Reporting Relationship

Reports to: Director of Residential and Commercial Properties

Supervises: n/a

Quality Standards

• Conduct individual and business affairs in highest ethical and legal fashion.
• Establish and contribute to a supportive, creative, enthusiastic, and cooperative working environment for all.
• Build strong communication links with supervisors, peers, and employees.
• Continuously strive for excellence in the workplace, the Company environment, and as a Company representative.
• Comply with all Company policies and standards.
• Conducts business in alignment with the Mission, Vision, and Values of Pūlama Lāna‘i.
  
  

Responsibilities

Essential Duties

• Oversee all agricultural activities across the island, including Palawai, Airport Nursery and, community gardens.
• Monitor farmer performance to ensure alignment with approved business and operating plans.
• Conduct regular inspections of agricultural parcels, community garden plots, and related facilities to ensure compliance with lease terms, garden rules, county and state requirements, and safety standards.
• Review and track required reports from farmers (including but not limited to sales reports, conservation plans, grazing management plans, nutrient management, pest management and water management plans ) and ensure timely submission.
• Maintain organized records of all agricultural leases, required documentation, and compliance checkpoints.
• Identify potential violations, deficiencies, or risks and coordinate corrective action plans with farmers and internal teams.
• Serve as the primary point of contact with local, state, and federal agriculture-related agencies, such as UH CTAHR, USDA, DOA, and Maui County.
• Coordinate agricultural classes, workshops, continuing education sessions, and technical assistance opportunities for local farmers.
• Stay informed about legislation, regulatory changes, grant programs, industry trends, and statewide agricultural issues that may affect local growers or leaseholders.
• Communicate relevant updates and requirements to farmers, tenants, and company leadership.
• Work closely with farmers to ensure clarity and adherence to agricultural lease terms, including reporting, stewardship, land use, and operational expectations.
• Assist new or prospective farmers with onboarding, documentation, and understanding long-term land stewardship requirements.
• Provide guidance, resources, and referrals to help farmers improve operations, sustainability practices, and compliance.
• Draft correspondences, notices, updates, and formal communications to agriculture tenants and garden participants.
• Collaborate closely with the Director of Commercial & Residential Properties to ensure alignment with departmental goals and strategic initiatives.
• Work with Maintenance, Leasing, and other internal teams to address site-related issues, needed repairs, safety concerns, and long-term improvements.
• Assist the Commercial Properties team by conducting regular property inspections and reporting deficiencies to Maintenance for corrective action.
• Support cross-departmental agricultural events, community programs, and stakeholder meetings.
• Maintain updated inventories, maps, records, and digital documentation of agricultural sites.
• Prepare written reports, summaries, and recommendations for leadership, including monthly updates, annual reviews, and lease compliance audits.
• Participate in budget planning for agricultural operations, including projections for improvements, compliance needs, and community programs.
• Evaluate opportunities to improve agricultural productivity, land stewardship, and tenant engagement.
• Assist in developing or updating internal SOPs related to agriculture, garden oversight, inspections, safety procedures, and lease management.
• Maintains accurate records, lease, etc. of all agricultural leases
• Makes necessary collection calls to tenants.
• Prepares purchase orders and reviews and codes invoices for payments.
• Performs audits of commercial files, commercial properties, containers, etc, as needed or directed to by supervisor and/or director.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualification/Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• 1 to 3 years of experience in a supervisory role with emphasis on agriculture
• Knowledge of commercial properties policies and procedures required.
• Must be proficient in Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Requires excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
• Requires relating to people in a friendly and professional manner.
• Requires working to established procedures and maintaining reliable work attendance.
• Requires the ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to maintain a positive attitude and work under pressure.
  
  

Required Work Cards/Certifications

• Valid Hawaii Driver’s License and successful review of Motor Vehicle Record
  
  

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, and color vision.
• Must be able to work varied shifts
• Must be able to work in hot, dry, dusty environments
• Must be able to work in outside environments
  
  

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee in this classification. It is not to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory, of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of employees assigned to this job. Management has the right to add to, revise, or delete information in this description. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

About Us

At Pūlama Lāna‘i, we honor our island’s history and celebrate its future every day. Our employees on Lanai and Oahu work with residents and businesses to achieve our bright vision together.

If you are passionate about culture, collaboration, sustainability, economic diversity, community engagement and land stewardship on Lanai, we invite you to consider our open positions.