Experienced Nursery Person / Assistant Nursery Manager - 44319

Location : East Sussex
Salary : Up to £25K doe
Vacancy type : Permanent
Vacancy ID : 44319

Our Client is an online nursery and although they do grow some plants, the majority are bought in.  They turnover in the region of £1.5 million per annum and send our approximately 60,000 order pe annum.

Responsibilities are :-

• Receiving plant and plug deliveries and ensuring they are dealt with quickly and put in the relevant glasshouse and a location allocated.
• Stocktaking
• Providing a weekly list of plant requirements
• Picking orders daily and supervising other staff to pick orders in an efficient manner.
• Cleaning plants and training new staff to train and locate plants ensuring nothing but â??Perfectâ?? plants are sent out
• Ensuring temporary staff are aware of necessary health and safety measures in place
• Ensure plant deliveries are checked for pests and diseases and any shortfall / damages are reported to the office
• All chemical logs to be kept in good order
• Ensure plants are kept in good health with respect to temperature control / moisture / pests and diseases
• Treat pests and diseases as necessary
• Keep nursery tidy and weed free
• Use automatic irrigation where possible and ensure all resources are used efficiently such as oil, electricity, water
• Organise / carry out maintenance of watering system, vent systems, heaters, greenhouse cleaning etc.
• Provide technical / plant advice to the office where necessary.
• Idealy has PA1 & PA6 and some formal horticultural training.

Please quote 44319 when speaking with one of our consultants.