Job Description

Fleurie Nursery Ltd are currently recruiting for an Assistant Technical Manager to join their team based in the Chichester area, West Sussex. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking for a team environment with a well-established and successful wholesale business.

Fleurie Nursery is a market leading customer focussed organisation who supply high quality plants to the wholesale market. We have a stable team of 45 employees rising to 80 in season based across 4 nurseries in West Sussex. We are proud to be part of the Farplants Group and the Tristram Plants Group who are highly regarded in the Industry for their sales and marketing of Horticultural Products.

In this critical role you will work alongside and under the direction of the Lead Technical Manager to deliver all aspects of technical growing to plan and deliver a quality product to our customers expectations including:

Crop agronomy walks to identify operational tasks and integrated pest management.

Plant nutrition and growing media selection.

Research & Development

New product development

Supporting with the planning and purchasing of crops.

Maintaining excellent relationships with all of our young plants and growing media suppliers.

The development and continual review of quality systems.
Assurance scheme audit preparation.

To be suitable for the role of Assistant Technical Manager you should have:

Excellent communication skills

A passion for horticulture / plants

Excellent attention to detail & numeracy skills

The ability to change pace where required to fulfil the tasks in hand

Self-motivated, ambitious, curious, with a can-do attitude

IT Proficiency in Excel, Word, Outlook

Keen interest in commercial horticulture

Industry experience ideally in an operational / technical position or experience studying for a horticultural qualitfication

Degree in Agriculture/Horticulture, Biology, Plant Science or related subject desirable, but not essential

This position offers a great opportunity for somebody starting or willing to pursue a career in the Horticulture or Fresh produce industry in a management and / or technical role. This is a developmental role and full training in all aspects of the job will be provided. This will lead to a requirement to complete BASIS and FACTS training once sufficient practical experience has been gained.

We offer a competitive salary and a friendly team environment. Please be aware that weekend work is an integral part of this role, managed on a rotational basis.

Fleurie Nursery is easily commutable from: Chichester, Bognor Regis, Arundel, West Sussex and the A27 Corridor.

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: 34,000.00-39,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Employee discount Life insurance On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:

Barnham PO22: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):

What skills and experiences will you bring to the role which will make this a success?
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person