Nursery Lead
- Listed 01/3/24
- Mining
- Contract or Temp
- Brisbane
As the Nursery Lead, you'll oversee the supply of native plants crucial to the client's rehabilitation efforts. Over the next 2-3 years, the annual plant production is expected to peak at 110,000 plants per year.
This 12-month position offers job security for the right candidate, as the project's lifecycle spans over 20 years. There is preference for this to be a residential role in Nhulunbuy, but is open to FIFO arrangements.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Rehabilitation Specialist to ensure operational readiness for the closure nursery, developing procedures, propagation protocols, and critical spares requirements.
- Lead the daily operations of the closure nursery, including upkeep, irrigation, propagation, and pest/weed management, as well as native plant identification.
- Oversee the management of native seed stocks at the nursery, including inventory control.
- Lead, motivate, coach, and mentor team members, ensuring adherence to established safe working practices.
- Collaborate with the Rehabilitation Specialist to develop propagation protocols for new species.
- Ensure achievement of established benchmarks and performance expectations, promoting continuous improvement principles.
- Ensure all activities comply with WHS legislation, regulations, and procedures and safety standards.
- Demonstrate commitment to personal well-being, team well-being, safety management, critical risk management, and improving the nursery's health, safety, and environmental performance.
- Working knowledge of horticulture and willingness to learn about different native species, with the ability to share this knowledge with local communities.
- Proven experience in culturally diverse teams and cross-cultural contexts, with exceptional relationship-building skills.
- Strong communication, negotiation, assessment, and observation skills, with the ability to quickly apply new learning.
- Proficient in project management, planning, time management, and organisational skills, capable of managing competing deadlines while maintaining compliance with regulations.
- Ability to prepare quality written reports and plain language community information tools.
- Current driver's license and experience driving a 4-wheel drive.
- Competence in MS Word and Excel.
- Experience in a large-scale production nursery and propagating native plants desired.
- Experience living / working in remote communities.
- Weed spray/chemical handling certification highly regarded.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
We welcome and support all applicants, from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and impairments and people from different cultural and religious backgrounds.
Concentis and the partners we work with, are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to ensuring a working environment where everyone feels included and is treated fairly with respect.