Our client are a large-scale salad producer growing both outdoor, field-scale salads and indoor, intensive production. We are looking for an assistant growing manager to join our team growing salads and baby leaf crops on our indoor site, which consists of polytunnels and glass. The role requires enthusiasm and passion and we are looking for a motivated self-starter who has strong people skills and who can lead manage and motivate a small team.
Initially, your main responsibilities will be:
· Ensure the H&S and well being of all staff and visitors on site which will involve working closely with our H&S manager.
· Oversee daily operations in the growing and harvesting of salad crops (an in-house agronomist will support you) and team leaders.
· To help plan the cropping sequence in tunnels to maximise efficiency and production.
· Plan and forecast seasonal labour requirements by week
· Utilise, develop and motivate and even create your team leaders to assist you in successful crop production
· Produce ongoing, accurate crop forecasts for the sales team and have open and ongoing dialogue with them.
· Produce accurate records of all plantings and drillings, harvesting records along with production costs utilising labour management software.
· Using your experience you will have a keen eye for managing teams using performance related pay and hourly pay.
· You will be expected to be commercially minded and manage labour and growing costs accordingly.
· You will be expected to work closely with seed suppliers, conduct trials with new varieties, and produce feedback to the directors.
Qualifications required;
* Full Driving Licence
* Some labour management experience
* Written and spoken English is a must
* Competency and understanding of computers and tablet-based software are important.
* Forklift and pedestrian truck licence desirable