Nursery Grower

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