Horticulture Operative

Location:

Runcton, near Chichester

Working Hours:

typically 7am – 3pm, 5 days per week, Thursday to Monday

Salary: £12.90 per hour, paid to you monthly

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

At Vitacress, we're passionate about producing the freshest, highest-quality herbs for customers across the UK. We're looking for a Horticulture Operative to join our friendly team in Runcton and help us nurture our crops from seed to harvest.

Vitacress is one of the UK's leading fresh herb growers, supplying major retailers nationwide. We're looking for an experienced Horticulture Operative to support the production and quality of our herb crops within our commercial growing operation.

This role is ideal for someone with previous horticulture, nursery, glasshouse, greenhouse, crop production, or commercial growing experience who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and takes pride in producing high-quality crops.

• Sowing, planting, spacing and maintaining herb crops
• Monitoring crop health and identifying pest, disease and quality issues
• Supporting irrigation, crop care and growing programmes
• Maintaining high standards of hygiene, quality and food safety
• Operating equipment and machinery safely
• Accurately recording crop and production information
• Supporting continuous improvement activities
• Working in line with Health & Safety procedures at all times

• Previous experience within horticulture, crop production, glasshouse, greenhouse or nursery operations
• Good understanding of plant husbandry and crop care
• High attention to detail and quality standards
• Strong teamwork and communication skills
• A proactive and reliable approach to work
• Ability to work independently and prioritise tasks

• Forklift Truck (FLT) Licence
• Pest and disease identification experience (Level 2 Award PA1 and/or PA6)
• Food Safety knowledge
• Manual handling experience
• Experience working within a commercial growing environment

• Permanent, full-time position
• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Opportunities for development and progression
• Work with one of the UK's leading fresh produce growers
• Ongoing training and skills development

At Vitacress, many of our colleagues have progressed from operational roles into specialist and management positions. If you're passionate about horticulture and want to grow your career with a market-leading business, we'd love to hear from you.

Vitacress Herbs, based just outside historic Chichester, West Sussex, is a primary supplier of Herb and horticulture products in the UK. With our 23-acre site covered in specialist glass houses, we take immense pride in our work ensuring our consumers have a fresh, quality product to enhance their home cooking or enhance their garden environment. We take pleasure in ensuring the best possible standards and we will empower you to do the same.

From the way we grow our products, to the relationships we maintain with customers, everyone knows exactly what is going on. We are authentic and grounded. At the centre of everything is a trust that you can feel every day m the herbs that is grown on site; to the investment in facilities and the growth of the business; to growing and nurturing out talented employees, growing is truly at the heart of what we do.

Join us and become a trusted partner in our business.