Yard Manager

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Yard Manager

Job Summary
Norman’s Nursery is seeking an experienced yard manager with expertise in horticultural growing yards production, proven success with cultivating high-performing teams to achieve exceptional results.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage nursery operations, including coordination of staff and contractors, material,
• and equipment inventory.
• Directly supervises all aspects of production, day-to-day scheduling, planning, time and attendance processes, performance evaluations, staff supervision, and recruiting and training of new hires.
• Focus centered on identifying any issues or deficiencies before a product is shipped.
• Responsible for plant efficiency, coordinates with various departments to assess plant needs.
• Oversees duties related to the appropriate application of chemical and fertilizer products such as calculating product amounts and calibrating equipment.
• Completes, maintains, and administers production forecast and planning paperwork.
• Performs recordkeeping functions related to inventory, scheduling, ordering.
• Interacts with leads and management team to ensure accuracy, punctuality, and continuous improvement with regards to production.
• Responsible for selecting, training, and supervising crew in performance of maintenance, production, and daily operations.
• Implements safety regulations and policies and stays in compliance with county regulations.

Requirements

• Relevant Experience within the Agriculture industry
• Hands on experience working in the field with growers.
• Minimum of 5 years supervisory experience
• Efficiently and effectively able to manage large crew with a variety of trees and ornamentals (managing 200 employees)
• Bilingual in Spanish
• Plant ID Knowledge
• Knowledge of pesticide application, storage, safety, experience
• Experience with OSHA Safety and regulations.
• Knowledge of maintaining equipment, tools, and tractors
• Familiarity with California wage and hour laws.
• Experience with Microsoft Suite including Word and Excel.

Company DescriptionOur goal at Empire Workforce Solutions is to enrich people’s lives by connecting them with meaningful employment. While our reach is nationwide, our recruiters have intimate knowledge of local markets, which allows us to find the ideal pairing of employer and employee.

As a visionary workforce solutions company, Empire understands the critical role work plays in life. We help individuals develop their careers through planning, coaching, training and optimized search and placement. We assist companies small and large to find the people who will take them to the next level and beyond.

At Empire, we believe everyone should be treated royally. Through our knowledge, expertise and state-of-the-art resources, we can help you navigate the complex and often overwhelming task of finding employees, or employment. With our specialty divisions, we have a team that will help you fulfill your needs.Company DescriptionOur goal at Empire Workforce Solutions is to enrich people’s lives by connecting them with meaningful employment. While our reach is nationwide, our recruiters have intimate knowledge of local markets, which allows us to find the ideal pairing of employer and employee.\r
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As a visionary workforce solutions company, Empire understands the critical role work plays in life. We help individuals develop their careers through planning, coaching, training and optimized search and placement. We assist companies small and large to find the people who will take them to the next level and beyond.\r
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At Empire, we believe everyone should be treated royally. Through our knowledge, expertise and state-of-the-art resources, we can help you navigate the complex and often overwhelming task of finding employees, or employment. With our specialty divisions, we have a team that will help you fulfill your needs.

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