Horticultural Manager

Date: 01/14/2026

Status: Exempt

Immediate Supervisor: Director of Programs

Job Summary: Under the direction of the Director of Programs, the Horticultural Manager oversees plant cultivation, landscape maintenance, and team leadership. Managing daily operations, staff, volunteers, budgets,  ensuring healthy, aesthetically pleasing, and sustainable plant environments through expertise in plant, science, pest control, and irrigation systems.  Produce grown in gardens are to enrich the nutrition education program and the gardening education program.  This staff member must like working with people, have an interest in supporting people with their abilities to grow healthy and fresh food, and be open to learning the needs of the community.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage growing areas, including outdoor growing areas including greenhouses and biodomes to grow plants for us in nutrition education classes and gardening education classes in Odessa/Midland and surrounding areas
• Plants, transplants, fertilizers, applies chemicals, waters, prunes, and weeds beds and plant areas
• Manage greenhouse/biodome operations
• Manage compost area
• Coordinate plant irrigation systems and program irrigation control computers
• Pick up and dispose of litter
• Assists in the work direction and on the job training of other personnel
• Assists with gardening education classes to local food pantry clients
• May assist in various maintenance activities as required
• Ability to lift and carry over 50 pounds
• May operate a motor vehicle to transport materials and equipment as appropriate
• Manage time efficiently and work independently with minimal supervision
• May irrigate, mow, rake, and trim grounds
• Work with volunteer coordinators or other departments to arrange volunteers in gardening program
• Understand and follow written and verbal instructions
• Ability to work cooperatively with other staff, volunteers
• Work involves almost constant exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures
• This position requires frequent work on weekends and evenings
• Physical stamina
• Familiar with irrigation systems
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Degree in horticulture, landscaping, or other related field
• 2 years’ experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified
• Must pass a background check
• Valid Driver License

 Benefits:

• Medical benefits 1st after 60 days
• Paid life insurance
• Generous paid time off (PTO)
• Optional 401K retirement plan with 5% matching
• Paid holidays
• Optional Aflac insurance

Position open till filled

Please send Resume to email below or apply in person

Director of HR

Nancy Salcido

411 S Pagewood Ave

Odessa, TX 79761

nsalcido@wtxfoodbank.org