Our family owned and run client is a major success in the Australian Berry sector. A highly regarded employer based in one of the most unspoilt and stunning wild corners of the planet – Tasmania. Due to continued development, they are now on the hunt for an experienced senior Irrigation Manager for a wide range of substrate grown berry crops.
Primary Focus
The Irrigation Manager is responsible for delivering the crops irrigation and fertigation requirements to maximise sold yield and quality. The Irrigation Manager will lead the irrigation team and maintain all the associated systems and infrastructure. The Irrigation Manager will develop, implement, and manage water budgets, create irrigation schedules, measure crop usage, and monitor plant health in consultation with the Technical Manager.
The Irrigation Manager is responsible for ensuring that their team and the wider business operates safely and in line with any compliance frameworks. They also train and develop the irrigation team to continuously raise the level of the team and outputs.
Key Responsibilities
-Responsible for the development and execution of all irrigation programs in light with crop demand and best practice
-Responsible for all fertiliser and chemical injection programs
-Oversee and maintain all irrigation infrastructure.
-With the wider technical team ensure timely decisions are made about climate and tunnel management and ensure these are communicated to the operations team
-Support the development of the internal propagation capacity and ensure plant material in line with quality and cost specifications.
-Ensure each crop is checked adequately to ensure timely changes to the irrigation programs.
-Ensure water, fertiliser and EC records are collected and monitored to deliver key data to the irrigation and wider team.
-Assist with technical scoping and planning of new crops, crops systems and opportunities.
-Ensure the Irrigation team always operates in a safe way and lead improvements in managing key risk areas.
-Support the weekly technical meeting by helping to set clear priorities for each crop system and field to ensure engagement and understanding across the technical and operational teams.
-Represent company at industry events and engagements.
-Contribute to the wider business strategy and vision across all areas.
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please don’t delay, get your application in ASAP via this website.
$Very Competitive package plus full relocation and visa support.
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