Job Title: Assistant Manager
Vacancy Ref: 15394KM
Location of the Job: Lincolnshire
The Company: Our client is an established company, who grow and harvest Fresh Produce, including fruit, specialising in growing berries. Due to consistent growth and expansion, they are seeking to recruit a new Assistant Manager.
The Job Role Overview:
Reporting into the General Manager, the Assistant Manager will be responsible for the following areas:
- The day-to-day management of the site, as well as meeting the organisational objectives and performance targets of the Company.
- Providing strong leadership direction and clear communication to the team. Ensure all H&S procedures are adhered to, with day-today responsibility of operational duties.
- To continuously strive to improve the business management process and align them with the company objectives.
- To support the General Manager with employee relation issues as they arise and liaise with Human Resources where necessary.
- Being accountable for the general appearance of the site, irrigation, maintenance of equipment, heating system, recycling and waste management ensuring that all checks/preventative maintenance/maintenance/MOT/servicing are adhered to.
Key duties and responsibilities:
Management Responsibilities - Site / People / Maintenance
- To work closely with the General Manager on as aspects of operations and processes
- To comply with all relevant Health and Safety procedures
- To manage all staff onsite, ensuring appropriate staffing levels for the workload, setting targets
- To manage, plan and coordinate the workload efficiently, taking decisive action when necessary
- Organise despatch including lorry planning
- Monitor all systems ensuring all are operating properly
- Organising site maintenance and preventative checks
- Ensure the company is ready for all audits
- Ensure the PR2 are up to date in advance
- Keep all Risk assessments up to date
- Ensure the training file is up to date
- Organise the accommodation and keep plan up to date
- Ad-hoc duties as required or requested by the General Manager
Growing Responsibilities
- Look after heating and climate
- Look after irrigation
- Working with Group Agronomist on feed mixing
- Organising fertiliser, chemicals and biological stocks and deliveries
- Crop walking
- Monitoring and recording moisture reading - EC/PH
- Spraying / COSHH records
Person specification, knowledge, skills and behaviours:
- Strong management and leadership skills
- Team builder with drive and enthusiasm
- Proactive with a can-do attitude
- Accepts accountability and takes personal ownership
- Willing to learn and enjoys a challenge
- Strong decision-making capability
- Adaptable and flexible work ethic
- Effective communicator
- Organised and thorough with attention to detail
- Able to identify and prioritise multiple tasks
- Health and safety awareness for all jobs at all times
- Forklift/Spraying driving as required according to skills and training
Salary package £30- £35K
