Brite Plants - Nursery Team Leader

The Plants Team Leader, in conjunction with other Plants Team Leaders, has responsibility for the achievement of production goals and meeting deadlines for customer orders. In particular, the Brite PlantsTeam Leader:

• Leads a work team.
• Ensures production goals at the required level of quality.
• Maintains safety and quality standards.
• Supports employees to achieve their individual goals.
• Contributes to maintaining quality accreditation.

• Production
• Employee support
• Order Picking
• Customer relations
• Business development
•  OH&S

• Brite’s Vision: We envision a world where all people have equal opportunity for meaningful employment and training. We strive to create an inclusive society where diversity is celebrated and valued.
• Our Mission: Empowering people by creating person - centered employment and training opportunities through innovative social enterprise and driving change for an inclusive society.
• Our Values: Inclusion, Integrity, Innovation, Empowerment and Engagement
• About Brite: For over 47 years, Brite has been creating meaningful employment and training opportunities in our community. Our core purpose is the provision of inclusive and accessible employment for people with disability. We empower our people by investing in their strengths and providing tailored supports, helping them to break down barriers, and achieve their true potential. Through our innovative social enterprise solutions, we engage the community in purposeful partnerships, in which we are committed to delivering high quality services. We continue to work with local industry and community to develop an integrated employment approach, driving change for a more inclusive society.

Brite operates five departments:

• Brite Service Delivery: Central to Brite’s operations, Service Delivery team ensures our employees are well supported in the job, and develop the knowledge, skills and understanding of Brite staff in engaging and working with people with disability.
• Brite Pak: A social enterprise encompassing a variety of manufacturing services to customers, including packaging and labelling, assembly, food plastics manufacturing, food packaging, and warehousing.
• Brite Plants: A Nursery Industry Accreditation Scheme Australia (NAISA) accredited wholesale social enterprise nursery, Brite Nursery supplies plant stock to local councils, Victorian Government, landscapers, builders/developers across Melbourne and regional Victoria.
• Brite Institute: A boutique registered training organisation operating across Melbourne providing high-quality learning outcomes for clients across a range of qualifications, encompassing accredited, non-accredited and fee-for-service scope.
• Corporate Services: Encompassing a wide breadth of services, the Corporate Services Department underpins the entirety of Brite’s operations, encompassing Brite Café and catering services.

Production

• Meet production requirements such as sowing seed, cuttings, division of stock and potting.
• Organise appropriate equipment, materials, and machinery to run production.
• Liaise with Plants Team to meet production requirement for contract grown stock.
• Ordering of materials to ensure production can continue, liaise with Plants Manager and Plants Team in relation to ordering supplies.
• Monitors production processes and where necessary modifies to improve efficiency.
• Run production via potting machine and complete all check lists in line with NIASA requirements, report any issues with potting machine for repair or maintenance.
• Provide assistance regarding production and propagation requirements and any issues that arise.
• Monitor production and ensure stock is labelled correctly before leaving stock production areas.
• Ensure stock movements are recorded according to Brites’s procedures.
• Follows safety policies and procedures and maintains safety standards.
• Monitors and maintains quality standards.
• Trouble shoots and problem solves routine day to day operational matters.
• Liaises with the Brite Plants Manager and Team Leaders to ensure a smooth flow of information and product to achieve production goals.
• Maintain an aesthetically pleasing working area.

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