Crop Supervisor

Wiltshire | Commercial Horticulture | Glasshouse & Controlled Growing

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Crop Supervisor to join a highly advanced, purpose-built growing operation in Wiltshire.

The role offers the chance to play a key part in the day-to-day cultivation and harvesting of high-value crops, combining hands-on horticultural expertise with team leadership, production planning, quality and compliance.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Growing, the Crop Supervisor will be a key link between management and the cultivation team, ensuring crop activities are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest standards.
The successful candidate will oversee day-to-day crop work and harvesting, monitor crop health, irrigation and IPM, and ensure production targets, quality standards and regulatory requirements are consistently achieved.
They will also lead, support and develop cultivation and processing teams, helping to create a positive, productive and professional working environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise and support cultivation and processing teams on a daily basis.
• Monitor crop health, irrigation and Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
• Plan daily, weekly and crop-cycle activities to meet production targets.
• Lead and develop Team Leaders and cultivation staff.
• Monitor key performance indicators including yield, quality, labour efficiency and waste.
• Ensure complete plant traceability and accurate documentation.
• Investigate deviations, non-conformances and CAPAs.
• Support internal and external audits, inspections and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate closely with Production, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Engineering and Security.

What They Are Looking For

The ideal candidate will have 2–4 years’ experience in Commercial Horticulture, together with previous supervisory or team-leadership experience.
They will have a strong understanding of plant care and be comfortable working within a highly controlled, process-driven growing environment.

Key attributes include:

• Strong leadership, organisation and communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to follow strict procedures and maintain accurate records.
• Understanding of GACP, GMP and quality management systems, or a willingness to undertake further training.
• Experience of Microsoft Office and electronic record systems.
• Ability to motivate, train and develop team members.
• Strong understanding of hygiene, biosecurity and health & safety requirements.
• A hands-on and flexible approach to commercial crop production.
• Ability to undertake physically demanding work.

A Highly Regulated Growing Environment

The Crop Supervisor will work within glasshouse, warehouse and controlled cultivation environments, where quality, traceability, compliance and security are fundamental. The role requires adherence to GACP, GMP, company SOPs, health & safety procedures and relevant regulatory requirements. The successful candidate will also be required to maintain strict confidentiality and security standards and pass the necessary DBS and security clearances.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity for an ambitious horticultural professional to take on a pivotal supervisory position within a sophisticated growing operation, combining crop management, people leadership, production performance and regulatory compliance.

The successful candidate will be instrumental in ensuring production targets are achieved, audit readiness is maintained, product quality remains high and the cultivation team continues to develop.

For someone with commercial horticultural experience who enjoys leading people and delivering high standards in a controlled growing environment, this represents an excellent opportunity to take the next step in their career. For a confidential chat about this opportunity, give Ian Reed a call or get your application in via. this website. 6123IR