Assistant Grower - Soft Fruit

Herefordshire

-DOE + Training + Development Opportunities

Ready to play your part in feeding the nation?

Want to develop your career and learn from experienced growers and develop your technical skills in a commercial environment?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward-thinking soft fruit business where development is genuinely part of the culture.

Whether you''ve recently studied horticulture or already have some commercial growing experience, you''ll be joining a team that will support your progression and help you develop your career.

What''s on offer?

• Full-time, permanent position
• Structured training and mentoring from experienced growers
• Opportunity for internal and external training.
• Exposure to modern growing systems and technology, including Priva
• Clear progression opportunities within a successful business
• The chance to work with a highly experienced growing team
• Competitive salary and benefits package

What''s the job?

You''ll support the Growing Managers across all aspects of crop production, learning how a large-scale commercial growing operation works while developing your own technical knowledge and responsibility.

Day to day, you''ll be:

• Monitoring irrigation, EC, pH, drain and drip water performance
• Using and managing PRIVA
• Crop walking and monitoring plant health
• Implementing pest and disease management programmes
• Assisting with biological controls and crop protection
• Supporting in and overseeing planting programmes
• Monitoring crop quality and environmental conditions
• Maintaining growing records and supporting traceability requirements

Working closely with colleagues across growing, production and planning teams and as you develop, you''ll take on greater responsibility for decision-making, crop performance and planning activities.

What do I need?

• A horticulture, agriculture or related qualification.
• Ideally, you''ll have commercial growing experience.
• A genuine interest in crop production and commercial horticulture
• PA1 and PA6 are desirable, but not essential.
• Strong attention to detail and willingness to learn
• Good communication skills and ability to work as part of a team
• A practical, hands-on approach

What''s next?

For an informal chat, please call Sarah on (phone number removed), email (url removed), or message me on LinkedIn.

Don''t worry if your CV isn''t up to date - just send what you have, and we''ll take it from there.