Grower

**Job Title**:Grower
**Department**:Farm Operations**
**Reports To**:Farm Manager**
**Ref**:Ref-165, V2 - 30 June 2021

**Role Overview**
The Grower is responsible for achieving the budgeted yield while maximizing quality. He/she will be
responsible for maintaining a high level of health and safety on the site and will adhere to strict
hygiene protocols. He/she will also be responsible for leading the operations team.

**Main Duties**
- ** **Roster the growing operation team to ensure there is enough operatives to fulfil all duties on
weekly basis
- ** **Manage the hours operative’s work and ensure holidays are planned carefully to avoid shortages
- ** **Ensure all operatives are fully trained to carry out their duties and follow the correct procedure
- ** **Monitor and record the climate within each growing house daily
- ** **Review the compost and casing on arrival at site and assess for quality, quantity. Monitor the

hygiene of lorries
- ** **Decide on watering levels during case run and during/ after harvest
- ** **Control the timing the houses ensuring there is enough time for a complete growing
- ** **Maintain good farm hygiene with all operations
- ** **Manage the disease risk on farm, with the disease cleaners, and react to any outbreak

accordingly
- ** **Ensure all machines are kept clean and report any defects to maintenance and farm manager
- ** **Keep stock and record the chemical usage, if any on farm
- ** **Keep stock of growing consumables and give a list to farm administrator on a weekly basis
- ** **Report and discuss on daily basis with the farm manager any issues or changes you are making

to the growing practices
- ** **Maintain and observe Company health, safety and hygiene standards in accordance with

Company regulations and practices

**Competencies to perform the role**
- Leads Change - Challenges the current perspective to drive continuous improvement
- Builds Teams - Builds team engagement and commitment. Coaches team; Works collaboratively

and encourages cross disciplinary working between teams
- Manages Performance - Manages escalated performance issues; Manages under performance in

line with MM policy
- Develops People - Follows through on development actions to optimise individual potential
- Leads Authentically - Challenges processes which are ineffective; Empowers and motivates

others
- Acts Commercially - Influences commercial levers in own area to deliver financial benefit, as

required
- Focusses on the Customer - May provide input to strategic decisions and supporting processes to

drive improved service
- Solves Problems - Recognises and balances the different interests and perspectives of

stakeholders when making decisions
- Plans for Success - Develops project plan to manage specific areas of work, as required, including

defined tasks, responsibilities, timelines and milestone dates
- Communicates Effectively - Conveys messages / arguments / points of view with confidence and

enthusiasm; Questions to gauge others views

**Experience and Qualifications**
- ** **3 years as a senior member of a Growing team
- ** **Experience in Harvesting and Compost would be an advantage

**Other Significant Role Requirements**:

- ** **Ability to coach team toward working effectively and respectfully with people from different
cultures and languages
- ** **Flexible in dealing with multiple tasks, changing demands and timelines
- ** **Strong people-management skills
- ** **May be required to occasionally travel to other company locations
- ** **Ability to read, write and speak English

**Performing the role in line with the Monaghan Cultural Values**:
1. We do the right thing: We use this philosophy to drive every aspect of our business, from
product, to process to people.
2. Forward Thinking: We think ahead and we think for the long term.
3. Down to Earth: We understand the importance of communicating our discoveries in a
straightforward way.
4. Inspiring: We seek out new ways to excite and inspire each other.
5. Egalitarian: We have always been grounded in the belief that everyone is equal. That everyone
deserves an equal chance to speak, be heard and make an impact

Work Location: In person