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Horticulture / Nursery Assistant Grower of Container Tree Irrigation

This Assistant Grower of Container Tree Irrigation position will include some management and all operational tasks involved with installing and maintaining irrigation systems in our container tree department. Including designing, improving, and leading many aspect of our irrigation processes. Trees that are grown are sold throughout the intermountain west and beyond for use in landscapes. There are approximately 100,000 container trees in production to irrigate.

This position would include mostly hands on responsibilities, some management of a small crew, and oversight for the following areas and others as developed and assigned. The ideal candidate should have educational or past work experience in agriculture and landscape irrigation systems.

Position Responsibilities:

• Design, built, and implement proper irrigation systems
• Use of fertilizer injection methods throughout the growing season as instructed.
• Using soil probes to determine proper irrigation needs throughout the farm.
• Work closely with Crop Consultants and Lead Growers to determine proper irrigation needs.
• Monitor and control Irrigation parts and tools and inventory of them.
• Use and maintenance of equipment to install mainlines, pipes, and other valves in the irrigation system.
• Coordination with others on new trees being planted each season and irrigation needs.
• Working closely with Lead Growers to eliminate death loss of trees due to irrigation.
• Using the irrigation system for chemigation and resolve nutrient deficiencies in trees as directed by Leader Growers.
• Seasonal irrigation crew development.
• Bilingual is a needed. English & Spanish.
• Assist in recruiting and training of new hires each season for irrigation needs.
• Outlining irrigation crew for specific duties and keeping them on task each day.
• Coordinate daily and weekly with the Lead Growers to develop systems, plans and outlines for each season irrigation needs.
• Ordering irrigation supplies in advance and pre-building what can be done.
• Other duties and assisting in other projects as assigned
• Some use of computers will be needed for record keeping, running the irrigation controllers and communication needs.
• The actual agreed wage and benefits for this position ultimately depends upon experience.

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.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $14.68 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Rupert, ID 83350: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Experience:

• Gardening: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: One location

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