Senior Grower

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Senior Grower

Application Deadline: 31 March 2026

Department: Growing

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Ely

Reporting To: Group Growing Director

Description

Directly accountable for driving production across a thriving 10Ha site, acting as the go-to contact for all growing operations while executing the company's strategic vision. Championing glasshouse performance alongside the Operations Manager, with hands-on leadership across climate control, irrigation systems, and cutting-edge greenhouse infrastructure to deliver exceptional results.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible together with the Growing Director for establishing, implementing, and directing the mission, vision of the organisation and strategy.
• Responsible together with the General Manager and Operation Manager to ensure best practices are followed inside the greenhouse
• Ensure deviations from the crop and business plan are identified and adjustments are made if necessary.
• Climate control, irrigation control, IPM involvement
• Contribute to annual cropping plans together with Growing Director
• Register short- and medium-term crop records and the crop development; (day, and week report)
• Carrying out optimal fertilisation, including filling feeding troughs and checking EC/pH. Water sampling and collaboration on the best practise for feed recipes.
• Advising on the labour processes. Including daily visits to the glasshouse together with the team leader(s)/Operations Manager.
• Collaboration with the IPM team, advising the best course of action
• Point of contact for day to day growing operations
• Maintaining contacts with fellow growers and crop advisors at own location and visit other locations to share knowledge.
• Prepare and participate in the weekly planning meeting with the management team.
• Monitoring the cultivation planning and provide weekly and monthly forecast for relevant crops
• Optimal use of energy
• Compliance to the H&S and hygiene protocol.
• Identify unsafe situations and solve issues.
• Structure and monitor order and tidiness at workplace.
• Correcting employees for non-compliance to the internal regulations and / or the safety and hygiene protocol

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• IOSH Managing Safely (or equivalent)
• Strategic planning & execution
• Statistical analysis and data processing
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills
• Leadership; leads by example, motivates others, makes decisions, initiates action, takes responsibility
• Commercial and financial awareness, effective financial management
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, outlook, word, excel, PowerPoint

Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• Medical cash plan
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme
• Group Life
• Retail and leisure discounts
• Pension contribution matched up to 5%