ASSISTANT FARM MANAGER
EKSTROM NURSERY
Posted: 1/1/23Ekstrom Nursery in Gresham, Oregon is looking for a career oriented individual to work in multiple areas. We are looking for an experienced individual who has a strong work ethic, is disciplined, motivated for personal and professional growth and committed to the vision of our company. We have 200 acres of container, field and bare root ornamental plants. Customer base includes retail, re-wholesale and growers. The person will work closely with the owners in all aspects of container, B&B and bare root production. This is a career opportunity for a person who is interested in diverse plant production and nursery business.
Responsibilities and Qualifications
- Experience in ornamental nursery production and propagation related to field, container and bare root.
- Oversee all aspects of our container production.
- Assist in crew management of field production practices and techniques.
- Assist with supervising and scheduling daily and weekly jobs.
- Must be self-motivated on projects or to work with a group or team.
- Possesses strong communication skills, interpersonal skills and be a person of good character.
- Computer knowledge, skills and abilities, and bilingual (English and Spanish) language desired, but not required.
- Strong work ethic and positive attitude.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Ability to work with wide variety of agricultural equipment, such as tractors and implements.
- Have leadership skills with ability to make decisions, train and motivate employees.
Compensation: Salaried position is DOE and includes benefits package. Please send resumes to: ekstrom.nsy@gmail.com
ASSISTANT FARM MANAGER – MOANA NURSERY
Posted: 1/1/23Moana Nursery in Canby, Oregon, is looking for a full-time Assistant Nursery Manager who will work directly with the General Manager. They will work in all areas of the 193-acre wholesale nursery, which has both container yard and field production. We have a parent company in Reno, Nevada, with three retail stores and a commercial/residential landscape division.
Duties:
- Production planning, inventory
- Herbicide applications in container yard and fields
- Customer orders
- Fleet maintenance decisions
- Budgeting of annual expenses
- Shipping
- Supply purchasing.
Requirements:
- A strong foundation in common sense
- A strong knowledge of the ornamental nursery business
- A strong knowledge of plant production, growing, propagation
- Experience with irrigation systems, overhead impact sprinklers and drip irrigation
- Experience with wide range of agriculture/farm equipment operation.
- Computer experience
- Bilingual is preferred.
Salary and benefits:
- $55,000-$70,000/year (with bonuses)
- Benefits: 401(k), 401(k) matching
- Health/Dental/Vision insurance, Paid time off, Professional development assistance, Relocation assistance.
To apply: Email resume and answers to these questions: Are you willing to work outside in all weather conditions throughout the year? What is your education? How long have you been in the nursery business? (5 years preferred) What language(s) do you speak? What licenses or certifications do you have? (driver’s license required; chemical applicator’s license preferred) Please visit our website at moananursery.com.
EXPERIENCED HANDS ON NURSERY MANAGER
Posted: 2/6/23Flower World Inc. is looking for an experienced, hands on Nursery Manager in Snohomish, Washington. Compensation starting at $75K per year. To apply, send resume to marike@flowerworldusa.com, or call 425-330-6940.
FLOWER FARM ASSISTANT
Posted: 2/7/23Adelman Peony Gardens — we are a leading domestic and international peony grower based in the beautiful Willamette Valley of Salem, Oregon. We are a multigenerational family business, growing peonies for 30 years now. Come work in 30 acres of gorgeous peony fields and display gardens. We are looking for someone to join our team!
Primary responsibilities/duties:
- Track plant data
- Assist in plant hybridization / field evaluation
- Display garden management
Requirements/qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Valid Driver’s License.
- Reliable transportation to our location.
- Experience in the flower/farming/plant/agricultural fields strongly preferred.
- Proficient in PC computers using Microsoft Office. (Strong knowledge to enter data, use spreadsheets, analyze data)
- Must be able to organize and prioritize workload.
- Physically able to lift 25+ lbs., be on feet for 8+ hours if needed, willing to work outdoors in different conditions.
- Strong work ethic and willingness to work with others and fit in as needed.
Salary description: Starting minimum $20/hr. Depends on experience. During peony season, expected to work up to 55 hours a
week, off season 40 hours a week. Paid bi-weekly.
Who/what we are looking for: We are looking for someone with prior plant experience to help fill a role in our business!
Job will include: Field Evaluation: field scouting, verifying plants, quantity, plant health, conditions, recording/entering/tracking this data.
Plant Hybridizing: Assisting in hybridizing, record keeping of crosses/pollen/seeds, plant evaluation, researching, verifying, tracking plant
characteristics, blooming, recording/entering/tracking this data. Display garden management:
Keep display garden deadheaded, presentable
to visitors, watch plant conditions, learn how to prune certain types of plants, collaborate with management regarding adding new plants/
replacing plants.
Please email resume to: info@peonyparadise.com
FOREST NURSERY MANAGER – WMS2
Posted: 3/20/23Recruitment #2023-3-0464 Full-time, Permanent, WMS, Non-Represented position
Location: Tumwater, WA. Relocation Compensation may be available and considered.
Salary: $86,825.00 – $101,268.00 Annually
Want to join something GREAT and make a difference? This position is responsible for managing Webster Forest Nursery, one of the premier state forest seedling nurseries in the country. Our staff have grown and shipped over 900 million seedlings since the nursery was established in 1957. These seedlings have been planted on public, private, and DNRmanaged forest lands throughout Washington and nearby states. Though we have invested heavily in our facilities, equipment, and staff in the last 15 years, we will continue to see investments in existing and new infrastructure, staff, and equipment. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a highly functioning program which provides a critical public service into the next decade. Webster Forest Seedling Nursery has 150 acres of tillable fields, 75,000 square feet of Argus climate controlled greenhouses, and an active research program focused on operational production of forest seedlings. Additional facilities at our 270 acre complex in Tumwater, Washington include 13 high capacity irrigation wells, 24 buildings containing 66,000 square feet, and a total asset value (facilities, equipment, and supplies) of $57 million.
For more information and application process please visit www.careers.wa.gov.
FULL TIME NURSERY OFFICE STAFF — BAMBOO GARDEN
Posted: 1/31/23Bamboo Garden is looking to add nursery office staff to grow with the company, who is interested in long-term employment. We specialize in bamboos, rare and common, and serve retail/wholesale markets throughout the US and Canada.
Come join the Bamboo Garden team where initiative and dedication and true teamwork are highly valued. Work outdoors in a peaceful rural setting with variety in your work day.
Duties:
- help customers find bamboo that meets needs and desires.
- communicate by phone and email.
- give tours.
- produce sale invoices.
- pick, pull and stage orders
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Strong customer service skills
- Problem solving.
- Clear communication.
- Initiative and independence.
- Support different jobs regardless of position title.
- Able to lift 40 lbs and drive a golf cart
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Windows OS desktop.
- Quickbooks software experience, horticulture and/or nursery experience and bilingual (Spanish) a plus.
- Strong interest or love of bamboo a plus.
Please provide resume and a cover letter briefly explaining why you are interested in this position. Work to be performed on-site, in North Plains, Oregon. Salary commensurate with experience plus 401(k) dental insurance, health insurance, vision insurance, Paid time off, employee discount. Please mail or email cover letter and resume to: admin@bamboogarden.com
18900 N.W. Collins Road, North Plains, Oregon 97133
GROWER/TREE FARM MANAGER
Posted: 3/8/23Prospero Nursery is looking for an experienced employee for our 90-acre nursery located in Stockport, New York. Requirements and Description: Must have or acquire New York Certified Pesticide Applicator License Must oversee and manage the following: digging, loading, shipping, grading and inventory management, property preservation, general equipment maintenance, implement plant health program and be able to produce a high quality product. Salary and benefits, housing option.
Please send resume to: pwheeler@havilandfarm.com
HELP WANTED
Posted: 1/1/23For jobs and key employees throughout California and the Northwest, call Florasearch, Inc. You know us. For more than three decades we have been bringing together key people and excellent companies in the nursery and greenhouse industries and allied trades. Check our references. Confidential. Employer pays fee.
Florasearch, Inc.
1740 Lake Markham Rd.
Sanford, FL 32771
Ph (407) 320-8177
Fx (407) 320-8083
Website: florasearch.com
Email: search@florasearch.com
HELP WANTED
Posted: 1/1/23
Loen Nursery, Inc. – Wholesale Growers & Suppliers of High Quality Plants We are always looking for career oriented skilled
staff. Our operations include wholesale growing, shipping, landscape contractor sales, and retail nursery. If you have the interest and skills needed to be a part of our team, please apply. We are growers of container and field grown ornamentals.
We are looking for people in the following areas:
- Sales / Customer Service (Wholesale/Retail)
- Production / Growers / Supervisors
- Shipping and Receiving
- Inventory / Office Management and Admin / Purchasing
- Pesticide / IPM Managers and Applicators
- Irrigation Management / Skilled Laborers
- Outside sales throughout U.S. and Canada
- Controller / Accounting Manager
- Horticultural Website Developer
Applicants with specific work experience or education in the nursery industry is desired. Computer skills, Spanish / English bilingual, plant ID knowledge and equipment operation skills also preferred.
Pay commensurate with experience. Benefits to include: Paid vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, medical and dental insurance. Respond with resume to hr@loennursery.com to the specific job for which you qualify.
For more information, please visit us online at www.loennursery.com.
HORTICULTURIST/FARM MANAGER
Posted: 3/2/23Pan American Berry Growers, a leader in Blueberry growing and packing, is seeking a full-time, collaborative, motivated, and experienced farm operations manager for our 200-acre conventional Blueberry farm in Salem, Oregon.
This position is responsible for managing all on-farm growing activities, including pesticide and fertilization applications, irrigation system management, pruning, and all harvest activities and help coordinating with our small group of partner growers. They will plan, organize, and direct the activities of team members to produce the highest quality Blueberries, while maximizing yields and efficiency, in an expanding people and acreage environment.
Duties Include: • Hands on responsibility for the development and maintenance of all growing systems. • Formulates farm operation schedules, communicates schedules to supervisors and ensures optimum timely operations, while meeting the high standards of growing quality Blueberries in a safe and professional environment. • Provides leadership, direction, and oversight to our farm team while working towards achieving the companies’ goals and helping to maintain performance and order in an environment of ever-changing priorities. • Works directly with the CEO, Director of Operations, and fellow Leadership Team to ensure implementation of all regulatory compliance, including people safety, food safety, and other compliance goals. • Provide direction and oversight for replacement, and new, planting development. • Assures and promotes effective communication between departments, and key personnel. Provides ongoing and timely collaboration and input to the CEO, Director of Operations, and fellow Leadership Team.
Qualifications: • Positive, Passionate and enthusiastic about Horticulture and an understanding of producing safe Blueberries for consumers. • A degree in agronomy or closely related field or a minimum of five years farm management experience. • PC based computer skills and learning ability for Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, as well as other customer software platforms. • Excellent communication, record keeping, and time management skills. • Experience in leading, motivating, delegating while putting People first. • Works well under pressure, managing multiple priorities while maintaining high quality standards. • Bi-lingual is desired and a very strong plus. • Clean driving record is mandatory.
To apply, please email Cover Letter and Resume to our Director of HR. kimberlyb@pbgblues.com.
INSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVE
Posted: 1/1/23TSW Nursery Sales Inc. is seeking a plant-knowledgeable inside sales representative with 3-5 years of sales experience. The perfect candidate must be proficient in MS Office Suite and Quickbooks software, provide excellent customer service, have strong verbal and written communication skills, manage their time, and be organized. Salary commensurate with experience.
Please mail or email cover letter and resume to:
TSW Nursery Sales, Inc.
Attn: Human Resources
P.O. Box 1217
Wilsonville, OR 97070
accounting@tswnurserysales.com
INVENTORY/SHIPPING ASSISTANT
Posted: 1/1/23Progressive wholesale nursery growing the industry’s finest shade and flowering trees is looking for an Inventory/Shipping Assistant with the ability to handle different job duties inside and outside at different times of the year. This position requires handling shipping paperwork for loading crews; maintaining shipping schedules; restoring orders for crews; and maintaining inventory counts. Requires good communication and organizational skills, knowledge of personal computers, and basic math skills. This role is perfectly positioned for promotion and growth within the company. We offer a great benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, 401k, and more. Wages DOE.
Please send resume and cover letter to:
J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.
Human Resources
PO Box 189
Boring, OR 97009
PLANT HEALTH AND SHOP MAINTENANCE EMPLOYMENT
EKSTROM NURSERY
Posted: 1/1/23Ekstrom Nursery in Gresham, Oregon is looking for an experienced employee for a position in Plant Health and Shop Maintenance. We have 200 acres of container, field and bare root ornamental plant production.
Responsibilities and Qualifications
- Possess a strong mechanical aptitude to perform light tractor maintenance and servicing
- Oversee/implement plant health related to overall spray program; herbicide, fungicide & pesticide.
- Must have or acquire Oregon Certified Pesticide Applicator License or ability to acquire within 6 months of hire.
- Maintain and operate spray equipment.
- Bilingual (English and Spanish) communication skills preferred, but not required.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Basic computer skills helpful.
- Assist with loading & shipping trucks – seasonal.
- Passionate about plant care and work creatively toward building farm efficiencies.
Compensation: Salaried position is DOE and includes benefits package. Please send resumes to: ekstrom.nsy@gmail.com
Seedling Grower
Posted: 3/8/23Weyerhaeuser’s Western Timberlands has an opening for a Seedling Grower with our Western Regeneration business. This full-time position will be based at our Turner Regeneration Center in Turner, Oregon. The site produces over 11 million container and bareroot seedlings for internal and external reforestation customers, plug transplants for bareroot nurseries and operates 100 acres of seed orchard. Western Regeneration has 4 nurseries and 4 seed orchards located in Washington and Oregon.
If you are interested in expressing interest in our Seedling Grower role, please visit http://weyer.jobs/19138 to complete an online application.
Key Functions
- Total commitment to working safe and following all safety rules and regulations.
- Demonstrate and role model safety policies and safe work practices.
- Provide daily leadership and supervision of company and contract crews while performing nursery activities associated with seedling production – including sowing, transplanting, irrigation, growing, inventory, frost protection, harvest, packing and shipping, maintenance, and seed orchard tree culture.
- Follow and document reliable processes for safety, quality, production, and costs.
- Ensure compliance with safety and environmental rules and regulations.
- Effectively prioritize, plan, implement, and manage activities to meet targets and deadlines.
- Balance labor resources to ensure continuous improvement in safety, quality, production, and costs.
- Perform “crop walks” to observe crop health and yield issues.
- Ability to flow to work as needed to other projects within the site and potentially other Western Regeneration facilities.
- Provide customer service.
Qualifications
- Minimum of Associates Degree in a natural resource related field.
- In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 4 years of greenhouse, nursery, orchard or ag production experience will be considered.
- Proficient computer skills to include Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Flexible availability regarding days and hours of work during seasonal activities.
- Ability to meet the physical requirements of the position including working both indoors and outdoors, with exposure to a variety of weather conditions and uneven working surfaces.
- Ability to track the life cycle of crops through harvest.
- Must possess a valid driver’s license.
- Successful completion of pre-employment testing process, including drug screen.
- Position will require residence within approx. 30 minutes of the facility (relocation options/assistance available)
Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge of pesticide use and application for seedling growing and protection.
- Experience growing conifer seedlings in a greenhouse environment.
- Ability to obtain Private Applicator License.
- Familiarity with the operation and maintenance of farm equipment.
- Ability to communicate in Spanish.
About Weyerhaeuser
We sustainably manage forests and manufacture products that make the world a better place. We’re serious about safety, driven to achieve excellence, and proud of what we do. With multiple business lines in locations across
North America, we offer a range of exciting career opportunities for smart, talented people who are passionate about making a difference. We know you have a choice in your career. We want you to choose us.
About Timberlands
We believe trees are a remarkable resource that can and should be managed responsibly to make a range of products that meet human needs, while also providing recreation, wildlife habitat, and other important ecosystem benefits.
For more than a century, we’ve been taking care of forests to make life better.
Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values, and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging, opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive environment that inspires people of all backgrounds to join, stay and thrive with our team.