Maple Sugarwoods Crew Member / Crew Lead
Barred Woods Maple — Belvidere, Vermont
Full-time, 40 hours/week
Pay: $20 to $32+ per hour, depending on experience and role level
Benefits: Paid holidays, paid vacation, flexible scheduling when possible, and bonus programs
Barred Woods Maple is hiring several full-time employees to join our organic certified maple sugarwoods and sugarhouse team in Belvidere, Vermont. Our operation is located on a 1,300-acre forest sugarbush with an extensive maple sap collection system and a modern sugarhouse and packaging facility.
We are looking for people who enjoy hard outdoor work, take pride in doing things well, and want to be part of a growing Vermont maple business. Depending on experience, a successful candidate may be hired as a Sugarwoods Crew Member, Co-Leader, or Crew Leader. We are willing to train motivated applicants, but we are also interested in candidates with significant maple, forestry, farm, equipment, or leadership experience.
What You Will Do
This is a hands-on position involving the care, maintenance, and improvement of our sugarwoods, sap collection system, and maple production facilities. Work may include:
- Installing, repairing, and maintaining maple tubing, mainlines, lateral lines, fittings, and vacuum systems
- Tapping maple trees during sugaring season
- Finding and repairing vacuum leaks
- Maintaining woods roads, access trails, tanks, pumps, releasers, and collection infrastructure
- Using ATVs, UTVs, hand tools, power tools, and other farm or woods equipment
- Supporting forest health, long-term sugarbush resiliency, and good land stewardship
- Assisting in sugarhouse operations during maple season
- Helping with packaging, cleaning, maintenance, and general production work as needed
Experience That Is Helpful
Experience is useful but not required for all positions. Helpful experience includes:
- Maple tubing systems installation or commercial sugaring operations
- Chainsaw use and safe woods work
- ATV, UTV, tractor, or equipment operation
- Forestry education, farming, landscaping, trail work, logging, or mechanical work
- Vacuum systems, pumps, plumbing, or basic electrical/mechanical troubleshooting
- Leading a small crew or training other workers
What We Are Looking For
The right person does not need to know everything on day one. We value reliability, good judgment, willingness to learn, and pride in physical work. Strong candidates will be:
- Dependable and able to show up ready to work
- Comfortable working outdoors in all seasons and weather conditions
- Able to work independently and as part of a crew
- Safety-conscious around tools, equipment, terrain, and weather
- Physically able to walk uneven forest terrain and perform active outdoor work
- Interested in maple production, forests, agriculture, or hands-on mechanical work
- Positive, practical, and willing to learn
Role Level
We will structure the position around the candidate’s experience.
Crew Member: Good fit for someone with limited maple experience but a strong work ethic, outdoor ability, and desire to learn.
Co-Leader: Good fit for someone with solid experience in maple, forestry, farming, equipment, or mechanical work who can help organize daily tasks and support other crew members.
Crew Leader: Good fit for someone with significant sugarwoods and/or forestry experience, strong practical judgment, natural leadership ability, and the ability to help plan, prioritize, and execute work across a large commercial sugarbush.
About Barred Woods Maple
Barred Woods Maple is a Vermont maple syrup business producing pure maple syrup and maple products from our forest sugarbush in Belvidere, Vermont. We care about high-quality maple production, long-term forest stewardship, and building a strong team of people who enjoy working outdoors and doing meaningful hands-on work.
How to Apply
Please email us at [email protected] a short description of your work experience. A formal resume is helpful but not required. Tell us:
- What kind of outdoor, farm, forestry, maple, equipment, or mechanical experience you have.
- When you would be available to start.
- Why this kind of work interests you.