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About the role
We are currently looking for a ‘hands-on’ motivated individual to join the Juniper Tree Nursery team as a Senior Grower , working with our team in Juniper, NB.
As the Senior Grower, you will use your extensive horticultural knowledge and plant-growing experience to lead a team of dedicated and experienced growers and irrigation specialists.
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You will use your exceptional planning and organizational skills to ensure that crop and risk management plans are meticulously conceived, implemented and followed through. You are a well-organized ‘’hands-on’’ person, who tackles challenges methodically and with resolve. Your team will feed on your passion and superior understanding of plant physiology and crop management.
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You are familiar with the IPM (Integrated Pest Management) approach, capable of developing an evolving plan accordingly, and able to acquire a New Brunswick pesticide applicator’s license.
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Your familiarity with water, fertilizer, pests, and climate management in a greenhouse as well as in an outdoor environment will make you a valuable resource to your team with whom you will develop a lean and continuous improvement culture.
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You will also be a key player in the successful establishment of a mechanized mini plug transplanting program and defining the required crop plans and cultural practices to grow them to high quality reforestation seedlings.
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You will design and develop the required trials to further the required knowledge to move the business forward.
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The successful candidate will have at a minimum a university degree in horticulture, plant science, agrology, or agriculture and 8+ years’ of experience. A relevant combination of formal training and relevant experience will also be considered.
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Experience managing a team including the ability to coordinate and supervise operational tasks, planning, and crew supervision.
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Familiarity with budgeting and work planning processes.
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The ability to work with minimal direct supervision.
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Strong computer skills with proficiency in MS Office, familiarity with climate control systems.
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About J.D. Irving Woodlands Division
We own 3.2 million acres and manage over 2.6 million more acres of Crown land in New Brunswick. Today, Irving Woodlands is a team of over 1,500 in Canada and the US. Every year we’re planning 80 years ahead to ensure healthy forests, biodiversity and the protection of the rivers, lakes and streams on land we own or manage. It’s a generational commitment - growing more wood than we harvest every year from forests that are audited and certified every year by independent experts. We’re supported by the best technology and work with many conservation and research partners to learn and improve. We are a leader in forest research and tree improvement.
Reforestation is at the root of our business. Since 1957, we have planted over one billion trees, a national record in Canada. Our research on climate change and carbon sequestration has been internationally recognized. The forests we manage have a positive impact on reducing greenhouse gases – absorbing 92 million tonnes of carbon over the next 50 years.
Today, forests we care for and sustain a diverse value chain of forest products and almost 16,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs – from seedling to consumer shelf – in both Canada and the US.