Mildura area, Victoria State – Australia: The purpose of this role is to assist and support the Orchard Manager in the coordination, leading and supervising the day- to-day orchard operations and activities of orchard personnel.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Horticulture qualifications are desired but not essential.
- Minimum five (5) years’ experience/ exposure to farm operations and supervising teams.
- Strong understanding of horticulture from an operational perspective.
- Ability to monitor and manage Orchard teams efficiently.
- Strong computer and financial literacy, contingency planning, irrigation best practice management and knowledge of threatening pests and diseases.
- The ability to coach, train and educate staff on yielding results with a solid focus on understanding the orchard calendar.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITY AREAS
Planning & Scheduling
Schedule and maintain orchard systems and processes by:
- Managing and planning resource and equipment usage.
- Ensure document management is accurately captured, maintained, and reported.
- Monitor and ensure all irrigation schedules and orchard activities are adhered to.
- Continuously monitoring and improving all orchard management and financial systems to ensure accurate information is recorded.
- Share knowledge and experience of orchard operations with others to add value to strategic planning.
Orchard Growth, Health & Hygiene
Support and promote maximum yield from trees through:
- Actively contribute to and support the development of best practice management plans.
- Ensuring Orchard and Irrigation Technicians understand, agrees with, or accepts the context and purpose of weed management.
- Continuously improving all Orchard growth and hygiene identification processes to drive productivity and efficiency to optimize tree health.
Leadership & Safety
Actively contribute to achieving the overall goals of the company by:
- Leading and supporting the recruitment process to ensure effective induction and training.
- Building a positive work and safety culture within the Orchard team, in conjunction with the company Safety Coordinator through training and Platinum behaviour.
- Ensuring all safety incidents/ near misses are recorded and investigated effectively in accordance with SMS.
Stakeholder Management
Represent company shared values through:
- Dealing with customers, community members and contractors, ensuring cost effective orchard performance and timely delivery.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships across value chain ensuring all H&S Processing Plant, Sales and Distribution requirements are met.
Financial
Ensure all operational costs are managed through:
- Developing forecasts of activities and Management Plan to support highly accurate budgeting.
- Manage orchard costs to budget including staffing numbers.
ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted.
