Nursery Operative

**Hedges Direct Ltd** have a new and exciting opportunity for a **Nursery Operative** to join our growing Nursery and Dispatch Team team at Five Acres Nursery based in **Euxton.**You will join us on a**full time, permanent basis,**and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of **£21,000 per annum.**

**Contracted Hours**: Two-week rota of hours alternating between 7.30-16.30 and 8.30-17.30. You will work Monday - Friday on week 1, and the Saturday on week 2 with a day off in the week.

**About us**:
Hedges Direct Ltd are online hedging specialists, with decades of industry experience and a culture firmly focused on quality and service. We supply large quantities of hedging to landscapers, garden designers, builders, hotels, pub chains also a significantproportion of retail customers across the UK and parts of Europe.
**The Nursery Operative role**:
As our **Nursery Operative,**you will be part of our picking and packing operation and help to maintain our high standards of customer service.

**Key responsibilities as our Nursery Operative**:

- Picking - Using our John Deer Gators with attached trailers to pick the stock required for customers’ orders from our plant beds and deliver the stock to the packing department
- Packing - Accurately packing customer orders in either boxes or pallets and preparing them for dispatch, ensuring all products sent meet our high standards
- Loading and Unloading - loading and unloading delivery and collection vehicles in a safe and accurate manner This can either be by hand for example when we load customer orders packed in boxes onto the courier vehicles or using a forklift truck when palletsof plants are delivered or sent out
- Goods inwards - checking that all incoming stock is correct and is the correct quality
- Reporting and damaged or missing stock to the Nursery Manager. Standing down or storing stock in the correct areas.
- Daily Checks - Carrying out daily checks on all vehicles and equipment before use
- Plant care - Maintain the living stock we have on site and reporting any problems to the Nursery Manager
- Maintaining a neat and tidy warehouse
- Other ad hoc warehouse duties

**Skills and experience required for our Nursery Operative**:

- Good literacy and numeracy skills are essential for this role
- Confident personality with a can-do attitude
- Impeccable attention to detail
- A pro-active person who will use their initiative
- A self-starter with a willingness to learn
- Excellent organisational skills
- Experience in warehouse or fast paced distribution environments would be desirable
- Experience, knowledge, or an interest in horticulture would be advantageous

**Benefits of becoming our Nursery Operative**:

- 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays and extended Xmas break)
- Company incentive scheme
- Company social events
- Free tea, coffee, crisps, drinks, and snacks
- Brand new office, changing room and canteen facilities
- Auto enrolment pension scheme
- Free on-site car parking
- Voluntary overtime available during peak periods (paid at time and a half)
- Training Opportunities
- Fork lift and Telehandler training provided, John Deere Gator driver training.
- All workwear provided free of charge
- An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
- Regular team treats all on the company
- such as monthly food vans, breakfast sandwiches, ping pong table.

If you feel you have the required skills and experience to join us as our **Nursery Operative**, please click ‘**apply**’ now, we’d love to hear from you