We are looking for an Assistant Grower to join a fresh produce company in East Yorkshire.

This role will support overseeing the growing team, ensuring its people and equipment contribute to the safe, efficient and effective running of site and supervising the growing of products to production plans, ensuring growing houses are filled, and products are grown for our customers on time to fulfil service orders in line with food safety, customer quality requirements.

An insight to the role:
· Working with the Operations team to ensure all houses are filled, transferred and emptied as per KPI's
· Train new members of the team on disease control and elimination
· Attend daily farm walks with other departments.
· Attending weekly planning meetings with the Growing consultant
· Ensuing that all growing operations are completed on time.
· Working with your team to achieve the best yield potential.
· Implement climate control and fertigation strategies.
· All crop husbandry work.
· Crop walking and scouting for pests and diseases.

We are looking for someone who has:
· Experience in a similar role within fresh produce
· Knowledge in crop production
· A background in agriculture - a degree in agriculture or horticulture is preferred

This is a hands on, site-based role. Weekend work will be required.

The salary for this role is £35,000 plus company benefits.

A full job description is available. Please get in touch for more details.

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

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