Id Job: 316a324
Grower (full-time position):
5 days a week (working four weekdays and one weekend day)
About Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries Ltd
Perrywood is an independent, family-owned garden centre and nursery run by the Bourne Family. Both our Tiptree and Sudbury centres are surrounded by beautiful countryside. Our mission is to offer a memorable garden centre experience; delivering wow customer service and giving our employees and customers, a reason to smile.
Rewards and Benefits
Hourly wage (Paid time and a half at weekends).
In addition to your hourly wage you will receive the following benefits:
o Discount – From the start of your employment you will receive 10% discount on specific items. Following a successful probation period the discount increases up to 20% discount on specific items and after one years service up to 40% discount on specific items. (some exceptionsapply)
o Paid holiday – holiday entitlement is 22 days per year, plus bank holidays. Restrictions apply (part-time pro rata)
o Annual Christmas bonus
o Part-uniform provided
o Employee Assistant Programme - a confidential personal and professional support service available to all employees and their immediate families 24/7, 365 days a year.
o Training & development, as required. We have an e-learning scheme called GROW, and also take part in other training with product suppliers and external trainers
o Company sick pay – following a successful probation period employees are entitled to 10 days paid sickness (part-time pro rata)
o Access to our Retail Discount Scheme – savings on retailers including Tesco, Pizza Express, M&S,Waitrose, Argos, Apple, Currys PC World, Thomas Cook and 100’s more
o Workplace pension
o Free parking
Key duties
Carrying out roles as required to produce plants in our nursery.
o Operating nursery machinery such as potting machine, seeder & transplanting machine
o Moving stock around – manually and with machinery
o General maintenance and plant care – could include watering & irrigation, weeding, pruning, propagation, cleaning etc.
o Labeling of products
o Grading and sorting plants as required
Assist in the day to day supervision of the nursery team
o Assist in task planning with the nursery production manager, and ensure that the plan is delivered each day
o Monitor / maintain production quality, and assist in training unskilled team members. Lead by example and provide constructive feedback
o Deputise for the nursery production manager in their absence
Your capabilities
Requirements
If this Grower position sounds like the ideal opportunity for you then apply to us directly, we’d love to hear from you!
For further information and a full job description please visit the Perrywood website https://www.perrywood.co.uk/careers/
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £10.20-£10.90 per hour
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Work Location: One location
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