Nursery Manager

PERMANENT

**Nursery Manager**:
**Salary**: AU$70000 - AU$80000 per annum + + Super + multiple benefits

Mount Evelyn VIC

About Your Employer

Our client is one of Australia's largest social enterprise organizations which have been providing employment, education, and support services for adults with disabilities for over 50 years. Operating 3 large wholesale nurseries located in the beautiful **Mount Evelyn**, they take pride in their services, in enhancing independence and maximizing quality of life, they are also competing with some of the biggest players in the Nursery space - producing a wide variety of plants to retailers, landscapers, councils, and more.

Your Role

As the Nursery Manager, you will be responsible for the production, plant and maintenance programs for their nominated site ensuring high-quality plant stock is available to meet client and contractual requirements.

Reporting directly to the General Manager, you will also be a key person in overseeing the workforce, workplace health and safety (WHS) and the production planning of the site.

In this role, your responsibilities will include but are not limited to
- Lead, manage and train the nursery team in producing plants according to the production plan within agreed timeframes

Actively monitor stock performance and nursery practices to minimize stock loss, to maintain quality requirements and production capacity

Manage the purchasing of all production and maintenance requirements for the site in accordance with agreed budgets and supply arrangements

Collaborate with Head Gower and Group Nursery Production Manager in addressing major stock loss, QA practices and disease outbreaks throughout the year

Identify areas of improvement on the production site while maintaining the existing OHS policies and procedures

About You

You will be a self-starter and a proactive individual with proven experience in managing a wholesale production nursery. Committed to safety and occupational health and safety, you will also have an ability to interact and communicate with people of diverse abilities.

To be successful in this role, it is important that you can address the followings
- 3 - 5 years' experience in horticulture, nursery experience will be highly regarded though not essential

Valid drivers' license, Truck License and Forklift License

Understanding of Occupational Health & Safety (OHS)

Qualifications in Horticulture/Agriculture (preferred but not essential)

Chemical users' certificate

Choose Agri Talent

Agri Talent provides permanent recruitment and executive search services exclusively for Australian agribusiness. We combine a proven, process-driven approach with the most extensive digital network in agriculture to find your permanent people.

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact **Nick Marchant** on 0476 884 936, or **Sai Yan** on 0427 715 619.