Nursery Grower

Nursery Grower at Loen Nursery Nursery Grower at Loen Nursery in HUBBARD, Oregon Posted in 4 days ago.

Type:

full-time

Job Description:

Loen Nursery seeks individual for Nursery Grower. We are a family-owned nursery business with retail, contractor supply and growing operations. Our office is in Sherwood, Oregon. Job Responsibilities

• Manages, organizes pre-inventory prep and assists as needed.
• Manages and trains section crews
• Nursery Farming, working with the weather to do task at best opportune times.
• Pest and weed control
• Participates in pesticide, herbicide application, assures done complete and correct.
• Effective use of equipment and crew organization
• Manages all aspects of growing stock to include planting, fertilizing, weeding, tagging, staking, inventory, spacing, and shifting up.
• Manages crew to include training, quality workmanship, inspection
• Time Management works to meet deadlines of production schedule, willing to work extra as needed.
• Pulls and prepares all plants for orders for shipment and in-house transfers
• Plant Activation
• Monitors irrigation needs, drip and overhead Qualifications
• 3 year minimum experience in nursery growing
• 2 or 4 degree or comparable work experience
• Experience in operating tractor equipment
• English/Spanish is a PLUS
• Knowledge in plant identification Applicant must be dependable, responsible, organized, meets deadlines, has a sense of urgency, willing to work extra as needed. Benefits
• Paid Vacation, Holidays
• Health Insurance
• Plant Discount
• Nice People to work with