AddressAbout Us
Perfection Fresh is what you might call a home-grown company. We have been serving the Australian community with the freshest produce for over 44 years. We pursue perfection every day, and we only source from respectable and ethical growers, where we continue to grow and market our products to major retailers, independent local retailers and directly through our website.
For more than 45 years, Perfection Fresh has been a pioneer in delivering premium-quality fresh produce to Australians. We pursue perfection every day, and we’re committed to ethical farming practices, sustainable horticulture, good governance and responsible sourcing.
A career with Perfection Fresh means you’ll be able to develop skills across interesting fields like farming, horticulture, fresh produce, and consumer marketing.
About the Role
A permanent role has recently become available for a qualified Agricultural Technician to join our Queensland operation. This unique role will be servicing the farms in Caboolture, Emerald and Bundaberg with regular travels in the surrounding areas. Reporting to the General Manager, the successful person will be working closely with other team members and other stakeholders within the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform general nursery duties such as propagating standard varieties of plant materials, collecting and germinating seeds, maintaining cutting of plants and controlling environmental conditions.
- Operate farm machinery including tractors, plows, mowers, combines, balers, sprayers, earthmoving equipment and trucks.
- Perform crop production duties such as tilling, hoeing, pruning, weeding, and harvesting crops.
- Devise cultural methods and environment controls for plants for which guidelines are sketchy or nonexistent.
- Provide agronomy support and assistance to the Supply Manager to ensure first grade quality
- Attend to the harvest schedule, harvest techniques and post-harvest handling
- Implement practices to minimise potential for variety mutations
- Ensure nurseries maintain good hygiene practices to minimise contamination
- Rogue out any mutations when required
- Maintain all relevant records
- Ensure all documents are completed input into the system and filed correctly when required.
- Support the development, review and update growing projections/volume forecasts to meet customer current and future requirements.
Essential Requirements
- Tertiary qualification in agriculture, horticulture or similar
- Previous experience in a similar role in the Fresh Produce Industry
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
- Good time management and planning skills to work in a challenging and fast paced environment
- Innovative self-starter with accuracy and attention to detail
- Demonstrated analytical problem solving and negotiation skills
If you have what it takes to be successful in this role, do not wait. Apply now.
