Sprint Horticulture is a dynamic, creative and forward thinking horticultural company.

We are looking for a skilled crop production manager who can help us grow crops to a very high standard. The successful candidate will have responsibilities from the planting of crops through to dispatch of cell tray plants and pot plants to customers. To minimize employee fatigue and to maximise capacity 85 percent of our plant production is produced on mobile tables inside our greenhouse, with plants moved between areas on tables over a rail system.

Key responsibilities:

• Weekly - making or filling of cell trays and pots using cell tray and pot filling machinery.
• Weekly - managing the planting of crops into various pot sizes, then moving the crops into a designated area of our greenhouse.
• Daily - managing the placement of crops in each production zone. This is to make irrigation application rates easier to manage, and to optimise crop growth in each climate controlled zone.
• Daily - spacing and consolidating crops on tables, including the trimming or pinching of crops when needed.
• Daily - oversee the irrigation and fertilisation of crops using automated boom spray, ebb-and-flow benches, and overhead sprinkler systems.
• Daily - oversee the pest and disease control plan.

Key skills and experience we seek are:

• Skill in irrigating commercial crops.
• Skill in plant propagation, plant nursery production or other horticultural crop production.
• Skill in pest and disease identification.
• Skills obtained from tertiary study in Production Horticulture or a similar field or, if you are an experienced person with an astute mind you should apply and list your skills.

Key capacities we seek are:

• Natural flair for driving efficient processes when running a team.
• A proven track record of meeting deadlines and completing production reports.
• A physical capacity to perform hands-on work.
• A proven ability to problem solve and implement solutions.

About our company

Sprint Horticulture is in its 25th year of business. Sprint is an internationally recognised company which sources plant material from numerous countries. Our relationships with foreign plant breeders means we have a constant flow of new plant varieties into our product ranges.

When submitting your application for this position please address in your cover letter the following points:

1) describe your experience and and tell me how it will enable you to fulfill the Key responsibilities,

2) what your Key skills are, and

3) describe aspects of your experience and how it will enable you fulfill the list of Key capacities.

If you would like to have a confidential discussion about the role please call Craig Bryson, CEO on 0407 777 468. Please leave a message if I don't answer immediately and I will call you back.