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Job Description:

We are looking to add an assistant grower to our team as we look to create our growing plans for next season. At Growing@Field28, we grow a wide range of produce, including vegetables, salads, herbs, microgreens and edible flowers that we supply to some of the top restaurants in the country. Your role will be to work alongside the lead growers, to grow, maintain and harvest our range of high-quality produce, using low-till and organic principles and practises, and to help maintain the site to a high standard. Experience of growing indoor microgreens is a definite advantage.

Working Hours:

40 hours per week, Monday to Friday and one Saturday a month in rotation with other team members. We operate flexible working hours that suit the needs of our employees and the business through the seasons.

Personal Specification:

Essential:

- Minimum 2 year experience in COMMERCIAL outdoor growing, horticulture or indoor growing.

- Good knowledge of plant propagation, growth and cultivation.

- Good knowledge of mixed vegetable production.

- The ability to carry out horticultural tasks quickly and efficiently.

- Working in the garden is a physically demanding job and applicants should be highly motivated and be able to work quickly and efficiently while still maintaining high standards of work.

Desirable:

- Experience in a market garden setting.

- Experience of organic and no-dig growing.

- Knowledge and experience of microgreen production.

- Knowledge and experience of British-grown cut flower production.

- Experience of using garden machinery including walking tractors.

- Weed, pest and disease identification.

- Clean UK driving license.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £26,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Store discount

Work Location: In person