Glasshouse Systems Lead

Responsibilities:

• Deliver the cultivation and cropping program irrigation on over 3000m2 of flowering canopy in line with sustainability goals and budget.
• Collaborate on cropping climate reviews, adjustment, and data reporting under the supervision of the cultivation manager.
• Leading selected automation aided production events in the facility (Cuttings/Planting/Flower Spacing) through to Harvest.
• Liaise with Cultivation leads, staff and Management to coordinate table logistics that will impact facility production and overtime spend.
• Work closely with engineering teams to troubleshoot / schedule and repair glasshouse systems assets.
• Be the Logiqs automation software lead from the Operations-side (Logiqs SME)
• Maintain strong relationships with customers, vendors, and service provider contacts to improve overall business performance;
• Inform cost changes, shipment issues, supply concerns to the appropriate departments in a timely manner.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction, material flow improvement, and business development pertaining to yield and crop performance.
• Accountable to operation spending; budget management, reviewal, and refinement.
• Initiate and participate on actions to improve processes and performance of operations including working with other facility and functional representatives.
• Provide project management support for facility operations and corporate initiatives.
• Manage inventory levels, ensuring that changes in inventory are promptly and accurately recorded for irrigation and cultivation teams.
• Data management for the area of responsibility to maintain regular reporting and performance updates.

Experience / Education:

• Tertiary or Diploma qualifications in Science, Agricultural Science, Production Horticulture, Engineering or related field.
• Pre-employment Security and Health Screening.
• Applicants with trade qualifications or experience in a similar role in glasshouse horticulture or controlled environment agriculture will also be accepted.
• Experience operating comparable software system (Priva or Hoogendoorn) in a glasshouse environment, semi-closed glasshouse / controlled environment agriculture (CEA) facility.
• Irrigation systems programming (hardware and software) and a firm theoretical understanding of plant nutrition and hydroponic growing.
• Large scale glasshouse or production machinery and automation experience will be considered an asset.
• Proven experience in leading a team of two direct reports responsible for large work groups.
• Proven problem solving ability with similar production critical tech
• Ability to handle pressure in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Data driven with a proven track record of growing in a production horticulture environment.