Nursery Manager - Aurora, United States - Loen Nursery

Description

Job Description

Job Description

Loen Nursery growing facility grows and ships a wide variety of plants. We grow container and field grown plants. We ship throughout the US and Canada. If you have experience in growing and managing people, a passion for plants, we are interested in talking to you.

Responsibilities:

• Task Management
• Weekly List
• Managing Potting Crews
• Managing Section Manager
• Managing Labor Crews
• Scheduling labor of plants, ready for market
• Organize harvest and shipping of plants
• Plant Health, best practices
• IPM, weed control, watering pruning, spacing, fertilization, scouting
• Proactive use of equipment and new technology, potting machines
• Training Staff on nursery growing, safety, inspection of work
• Efficiency on going improvement for people and equipment, best practices
• Secure and protect plants from wind and adverse hot or cold weather conditions
• Water Management
• Manage construction projects
• Develops consistency of product, and quality
• Order Pulling
• Quality control
• Facility Maintenance
• On time management all areas

Qualifications:

• Prefer Horticultural degree 2 or 4 years
• Work experience minimum 5-year similar growing operation
• Prefer English/Spanish
• Equipment use of tractor, loaders, forklifts, excavators, tree spade, potting machines
• Basic construction skills
• Irrigation skills
• People management, organization and communication skills
• Computer user skills

Benefits:

• Time and a half after 40 hours
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vacation
• Sick pay after 90 days
• Holiday pay

Company DescriptionGreat staff to work with. This job is fun, with lots of birthdays and taco parties.
you get to work around beautiful plants.

Company Description

Great staff to work with. This job is fun, with lots of birthdays and taco parties. \r
you get to work around beautiful plants.