A working farm
Land clearing, forestry mulching, fence lines, barn buildout, heavy equipment. This job sits right in the middle of all of it.
Harborwood Farm
Glenvar · Salem, VA
Harborwood Farm
Glenvar · Salem, VA
Now Hiring · Full-Time · Salem, Virginia
We're hiring one Farm & Property Manager to keep 204 acres, a growing herd, a five-star guest house, and a farm under construction running and moving forward.
The Short Version
Someone who fixes it, builds it, mows it, levels it, and knows what needs to happen next without being told.
204 acres. A growing herd. A five-star guest house with people in it. Land clearing, forestry mulching, fence lines, barn buildout, and heavy equipment — all happening at once.
You are the person who keeps the place clean, safe, working, and always getting better.
About Harborwood Farm
A few years ago we moved to the farm with 7 horses. Today Harborwood Farm is 204 acres in Salem, Virginia, with the Blue Ridge framed right in the kitchen window — and we're bringing in 37 more horses to build toward a 40+ horse riding club.
Land clearing, forestry mulching, fence lines, barn buildout, heavy equipment. This job sits right in the middle of all of it.
A restored log home with a stone chimney and double porches. The landmark at the center of the property, and one of the buildings you'd keep.
An active, five-star-reviewed stay on the property. Paying guests means the grounds, the grills, and the outdoor spaces stay guest-ready.
Lessons, trail riding, western horsemanship, and clinics — run by a family that's out there every day, right alongside you.
Horses arriving by the trailerload. Acreage being cleared. A farm being built in real time.
Most of what you'd do here will still be standing in twenty years.
Why This Role Exists
When something breaks, you fix it. When something needs to be built, you build it. When a contractor shows up, you run the job.
What you're actually responsible for
Trucks, ATVs, UTVs, tractors, skid-steers, mowers. Fueled, serviced, and ready to work.
204 acres with horses, guests, and equipment moving on it. Safety is a daily decision, not a policy.
Buildings, fencing, trails, and clearing. There is always a next project and you'll usually pick it.
Tree service, fence crews, well and septic, HVAC, builders, plus seasonal help as we bring them on.
You'd report straight to the owners. There is no layer in between.
What You'll Actually Do
No two weeks look the same. Here's the shape of the work across a year.
Hard Requirement
This is a horse farm. You'd assist with basic horse care when it's needed — turnout, feeding, water, hay, mucking — and you'd be working around horses most days no matter what else is on the list.
Horse experience is a plus, not a requirement. If you're willing to learn and want to be around animals, we'll teach you.
Who We're Looking For
Reliable, honest, safety-minded — and someone who takes pride in the work. You should be able to point at what you built and want people to see it.
None of these are dealbreakers. They just move you up the list.
A background in horses. Plenty of the best people for this job have never worked on a horse farm — they've run job sites, estates, or their own crews.
If you're willing to learn the animal side and you want to be around them, we'll teach you the rest.
Schedule & Pay
This is a farm. Some weeks are steadier than others, and the occasional short-notice "get out here, this is happening" day is part of the job.
$45,000–$55,000 to start, based on experience, with room to grow as the property scales. Paid time off.
How to Apply
No cover letter required, and no résumé needed. Tell us who you are, what you're comfortable running, and what you've built or kept running that you're proud of.
Pictures are better than a résumé. A photo of a fence line you built tells us more than a bullet point ever will.
Our Hiring Process
The form above. Pictures of your work do more for you here than a résumé will.
Fifteen minutes on your experience, what you've run, and what you're looking for.
Required to move forward. You'd be on the property, around guests and around our family.
Walk the property, meet the horses, look at the equipment, and find out whether you actually like it here.
A real day on the farm at your hourly rate. We don't ask anyone to work for free.
If we both like how it went, we make it official.
Why Take This Job
Real projects, real budget, and real ownership of the outcome. Decisions get made quickly here because there's nobody to route them through. No two weeks look the same.
The chance to build something you'll be proud to point at.
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