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Horticulture / Nursery Lead Grower over Field Agronomy

This Lead Grower over Agronomy position will include management and operational tasks. Including designing, improving, managing, growing, and leading many aspect of our high quality B&B Field Trees. Trees are then sold throughout the intermountain west and beyond for use in landscapes. There are approximately 100,000 field trees in production. Digging approximately 30,000 - 40,000 per year with replanting 40,000 trees each season.

This position would include some hands on responsibilities, management, and oversight for the following areas and others as developed and assigned. The ideal candidate should have educational or past work experience in agronomy, fertilizers, & chemicals.

Plant Health

• Chemical Applications including fertilizers and pesticides
• Pruning and shaping of all trees at the farm
• Staking of all trees at the farm
• Soil and leaf sampling to determine ranges of nutrients and issues needed to be resolve. while working to identify and implement change to reduce death loss of trees.
• Work closely with Crop Consultants and Acequia Farm team on all chemicals and applications
• Weed control through various methods
• Inventory management with assistance of Inventory Specialists
• Coordination others on new trees being planted each season
• Working closely with Field Operations Lead Grower to remove dead, dying or diseased trees
• Keeping track of causes of disease or dying trees and work to remedy the issues
• Oversee all irrigation of the plant material at the Farm
• Using the irrigation system for chemigation and resolve nutrient deficiencies in trees
• Crew Development and management of employees with assistance of Office Staff. Bilingual is a plus but not required.
• Assisting in recruiting and training of new hires each season
• Outlining Crews for specific duties and keeping them on task each day
• Coordinating with the Lead Grower over Field Operations and the Office Assistant to insure all tasks are being accomplished
• Assist Office Assistant in the Shipping of outbound B&B Trees as needed
• Coordinate daily and weekly with the General Production Manager to develop systems, plans and outlines for each season
• Ordering certain supplies for many of the projects that are needed
• Other duties and assisting in other projects may be assigned from time to time
• Use of computer will be required: Word, Excel, Outlook, QuickBooks. A custom Inventory Software program will be trained on.

The actual agreed wage and benefits for this position ultimately depends upon experience. Teton Trees currently does not offer Health, Vision, or Dental Insurance. However, the following benefits are offered as part of the overall compensation package: Paid Time Off, IRA, Cell Phone, including vehicle mileage and fuel reimbursements.

This position reports to the General Production Manager

This position is a farm position where hours worked are dependent upon the needs of the farm moving all aspects forward with outlined schedules and not jeopardizing the quality and health of the trees. At Teton Trees we strive for excellence in all aspects of our positions. We focus on Always Growing Trees and People.

www.tetontrees.com

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $40,000.00 to $55,000.00 /year

Experience:

• Nursery / Horticulture: 1 year (Preferred)

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

License:

• Driver's License (Required)
• Applicators (Preferred)

Language:

• English and Spanish (Preferred)

Work authorization:

• United States (Required)

Application Question:

• Why should Teton Trees hire you?

What can you offer Teton Trees to help it grow high quality trees?What is your past people management experience, including goals of production reached each day or season?

Additional Compensation:

• Bonuses
• Store Discounts
• Other forms

Work Location:

• One location

Benefits:

• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Flexible schedule
• Professional development assistance
• Other

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Other

Benefit Conditions:

• Waiting period may apply

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