Directly accountable for driving production across a thriving site, acting as the go‑to contact for all growing operations while executing the company’s strategic vision. Championing glasshouse performance alongside the Operations Manager, with hands‑on leadership across climate control, irrigation systems, and cutting‑edge greenhouse infrastructure to deliver exceptional results.
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Responsible together with the Growing Director for implementing the mission and strategy of the organisation.
- Responsible together with the General Manager and Operations Manager to ensure best practices are followed inside the greenhouse
- Ensure deviations from the crop and business plan are identified and adjustments are made if necessary.
- Climate control, irrigation control, IPM involvement
- Contribute to annual cropping plans together with Growing Director
- Register short- and medium-term crop records and the crop development; (day, and week report)
- Carrying out optimal fertilisation, including filling feeding troughs and checking EC/pH. Water sampling and collaboration on the best practise for feed recipes.
- Advising on the labour processes. Including daily visits to the glasshouse together with the Team Leaders/Operations Manager.
- Collaboration with the IPM team, advising the best course of action
- Point of contact for day to day growing operations
- Maintaining contacts with fellow growers and crop advisors at own location and visit other locations to share knowledge.
- Prepare and participate in the weekly planning meeting with the management team.
- Monitoring the cultivation planning and provide weekly and monthly forecast for relevant crops
- Optimal use of energy
- Compliance to the H&S and hygiene protocol.
- Identify unsafe situations and solve issues.
- Structure and monitor order and tidiness at workplace.
- Correcting employees for non-compliance to the internal regulations and / or the safety and hygiene protocol
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IOSH Managing Safely (or equivalent)
- Strategic planning & execution
- Statistical analysis and data processing
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- Leadership; leads by example, motivates others, makes decisions, initiates action, takes responsibility
- Commercial and financial awareness, effective financial management
- Proficient with Microsoft Office, outlook, word, excel, PowerPoint
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Private medical insurance
- Medical cash plan
- Salary sacrifice electric car scheme
- Group Life
- Retail and leisure discounts
- Pension contribution matched up to 5%
Hello, we’re the Green House Growers! We’ve been growing fresh food since 1977, beginning as a small family business with just over 1ha of tomatoes. Now we have 48ha across our nurseries in Sussex, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire. Over the years we’ve become known for the best quality and for pioneering sustainability.
Our team has over 300 years of combined experience in growing the best tasting, freshest food. We’ve always been at the forefront of reducing environmental impact, whether that is using bumblebees for production or taking care of every drop of water we use. Most recently at our nurseries in Norwich and Ely, we’ve become one of the first growers to use waste heat from water treatment plants and reservoirs, reducing our carbon footprint by up to 60%.
We now account for nearly 20% of tomatoes and 25% cucumbers grown in the UK!
