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Orchard Technician - Plant & Food Research
Kerikeri
FULL TIME
November 27, 2024
Field Research Network
Kerikeri, New Zealand
Vacancy number: 57180
Permanent fulltime: 38 hours per week
**While we are beginning our advertising before Christmas, please note that formal interviews and discussions will commence in the New Year.**
- Are you eager to further your horticulture career?
- Does the idea of (most) weekends off appeal?
- Make a difference through your horticultural knowledge, passion and energy
What you will be doing | Ngā whāinga matua
As a key member of our team, you'll be helping to provide the best possible environment for our science teams to carry out their research and trials. This will include
- Assisting the Orchard Manager with monitoring and maintaining plant health and soil conditions to ensure optimum conditions
- Crop-spraying, weed-spraying, irrigation work, pruning and fertilization
- Onboarding casual workers and contractors to the site, ensuring all Health and Safety protocols are in place and well supported.
You love working outside and enjoy being part of a team - eager to learn, always keen to pitch in, taking pride and care in the work you do. You take responsibility for the health and safety of yourself and others, acknowledging we work with chemicals and sprays. Your interest in the work we do will ensure you build positive relationships with science staff, contractors, external clients and visitors. You'll also bring
- Experience in orchard operations and/or a relevant qualification in Horticulture
- A flair for machinery and the equipment used in orchard maintenance
- Enthusiasm to develop your skills and take on new learning opportunities.
- Physical fitness appropriate to our work on an orchard
- A full driver's licence
A copy of the Position Description is available for you to view once you click on the 'apply' button.
What you will get | Ngā hua o tēnei tūranga
The opportunity to work within a friendly, team-based environment that encourages and supports work-life balance, and to contribute to exciting projects with an organisation which has an excellent reputation for its science and for being a great place to work! At PFR, we offer excellent employee benefits and flexibility, such as;
- Additional 7 days' leave and generous paid parental leave
- Excellent benefit choices in retirement savings and wellbeing & health
- Focus on health and wellbeing with enhanced sick leave
- Ongoing career development opportunities
About us | Ko wai mātou
At Plant & Food Research, Rangahau Ahumāra Kai, we believe science can create a better future. By finding smarter, greener options today, we're helping secure the world we want to live in tomorrow. With our partners, we use world-leading science and technology to improve the way they grow, fish, harvest, create, prepare and share kai. We have 1000 people working across Aotearoa New Zealand and the world to help develop and deliver healthy foods from the world's most sustainable food systems. We are on our journey towards becoming a meaningful and trusted partner to Māori, promoting the weaving of Mātauranga Māori and science to create growth and success for all of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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