Trainee Grower

**Job Title**:Trainee Grower
**Department**:Growing**
**Reports To**:Growing Manager**
**Ref**:Ref-073, V2 - 27 Jul 2020

**Role Overview**
To ensure that the farm is provided with a planned yield of quality mushrooms through the
implementation of a Growing blue print suitable tailored for the farm.

**Main Duties**
- Using the Monaghan Mushroom Blueprint manage the growth of the product to maximise

yield, quality and market timing within the mushroom crop.
- Manage the growing operations staff and processes associated with growing from

scheduling work, overseeing core activity, ensuring quality of raw materials and managing
farm hygiene
- Monitor and ensure that all operations staff adhere to company H&S and hygiene directives

on site.
- In conjunction with the harvesting manager and the farm manager, provide accurate

production forecasts to the trading desk.
- Ensure the farm is audit ready and systems, process etc. are documented adequately to

ensure compliance with customer and farm standards

**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**
- Agricultural/ Horticultural Degree
- Hands on Agricultural/ Horticultural Experience
- Competent computer skills

**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