Assistant Grower - Soft Fruit

Herefordshire

£DOE + Training + Development Opportunities

Ready to play your part in feeding the nation?

Want to develop your career and learn from experienced growers and develop your technical skills in a commercial environment?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward-thinking soft fruit business where development is genuinely part of the culture.

Whether you've recently studied horticulture or already have some commercial growing experience, you'll be joining a team that will support your progression and help you develop your career.

What's on offer?

• Full-time, permanent position
• Structured training and mentoring from experienced growers
• Opportunity for internal and external training.
• Exposure to modern growing systems and technology, including Priva
• Clear progression opportunities within a successful business
• The chance to work with a highly experienced growing team
• Competitive salary and benefits package

What's the job?

You'll support the Growing Managers across all aspects of crop production, learning how a large-scale commercial growing operation works while developing your own technical knowledge and responsibility.

Day to day, you'll be:

• Monitoring irrigation, EC, pH, drain and drip water performance
• Using and managing PRIVA
• Crop walking and monitoring plant health
• Implementing pest and disease management programmes
• Assisting with biological controls and crop protection
• Supporting in and overseeing planting programmes
• Monitoring crop quality and environmental conditions
• Maintaining growing records and supporting traceability requirements

Working closely with colleagues across growing, production and planning teams and as you develop, you'll take on greater responsibility for decision-making, crop performance and planning activities.

What do I need?

• A horticulture, agriculture or related qualification.
• Ideally, you'll have commercial growing experience.
• A genuine interest in crop production and commercial horticulture
• PA1 and PA6 are desirable, but not essential.
• Strong attention to detail and willingness to learn
• Good communication skills and ability to work as part of a team
• A practical, hands-on approach

What's next?

For an informal chat, please call Sarah on 01780 480530, email sarah@morepeople.co.uk, or message me on LinkedIn.

Don't worry if your CV isn't up to date - just send what you have, and we'll take it from there.