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