Horticultural Nursery Production Manager

A Nursery Production Manager, with a minimum of 3 years management experience in the

agricultural / horticultural sector, is required to join our growing team at Osberton Nurseries Ltd.
This is an exciting position for someone hard working, who wishes a career in an outdoor
environment, who would enjoy managing skilled horticultural staff, have responsibility for timely
horticultural production and be part of the management team for an established business

Osberton Nurseries is a horticultural nursery supplying rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas to

garden centres nationwide.

Salary £30,000 to £33,000 depending on experience

Location Osberton, near Worksop S81 0UF

Hours Monday to Friday 7am to 3.35pm (summer) 7.30am to 4.05pm (winter)

Overtime / weekend work as required during busy periods

Job description
Production of 1st grade container grown plants, largely to be supplied to Garden Centres for retail
sale
Timely completion of all nursery production tasks at the most economic cost
Successful delegation of nursery duties and nursery tasks to staff
Successful organisation and management of staff
To keep abreast of R&D within the horticultural industry
To implement and manage trials and explore new production techniques for continuous nursery
improvement
To maintain a good, a fair and communicated standard of welfare and H&S

Candidate requirements
Knowledge and an awareness of horticultural / agricultural crop production
Work task planning and managing these tasks through to job completion
Staff planning, staff organisation, staff management and staff motivation abilities
Practical skills and a practical awareness
Basic computer skills to enable effective management planning and monitoring
Work well with and as part of a small management team