Homegrown Maintenance, Roses and Irrigation Supervisors Jobs in Nanyuki

About the company

Homegrown is a market leader in production and processing of flowers and vegetables for export and as part of the larger Flamingo Group their added value products supply markets in the UK, Europe and USA.

Flamingo is part of Finlays, one of the largest agricultural organizations in East Africa and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Swire Group, the largest privately owned company in the UK.

Exciting career opportunities have arisen for analytical, results focused team players with excellent communications and interpersonal skills to fill the supervisory positions below that have arisen in our operations located at the outskirts of Nanyuki Town.

Maintenance Supervisor

The Maintenance Supervisor will have the following key responsibilities:

·         replacing greenhouse polythene

·         building hygrove type of greenhouses

·         carrying out support work on all crops

·         monitoring stock levels for different materials

·         maintaining a high level of health and safety

·         placement of signs at different sites at the farm

·         maintenance of post harvest sheds, drains and any other minor construction or repair as need arises.

Minimum requirements:

·         Certificate/Diploma in Agricultural Engineering/Building & Construction

·         3 years experience in a similar position

·         Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

·         Efficiency and effectiveness in both work and staff supervision

·         Experience in greenhouse repair and maintenance will be an added advantage.

Roses Supervisor

The Roses Supervisor will supervise the production of our Roses crop with the following key accountabilities:

·         monitoring, reporting and instituting control measures on all pests and diseases

·         training; instructing and undertaking all plant management activities that drive production

·         proactive planning of daily activities including work allocation and effective staff leadership and ensuring efficiency of all agronomic activities

·         projecting people requirements, observing attendance and reporting any shortfalls on productivity to management

·         monitoring the irrigation and fertigation efficiency and advising where alterations are needed for maximum crop production

·         compliance with company health and safety policies.

Minimum requirements:

·         BSC in Horticulture/Agriculture

·         Minimum 3 years experience in a roses growing

·         Monitoring and evaluation skills

·         Knowledge of crop nutrition and pest management will be an added advantage.

Irrigation Supervisor

The Irrigation Supervisor will have the following key responsibilities:

·         carrying out daily people planning, duty allocation and supervision in the irrigation section

·         ensuring that irrigation, fertigation systems and equipment are in good working condition

·         implementation of irrigation and fertigation programmes

·         training employees on their tasks and ensuring compliance with health and safety policy

·         ensuring all pumps are in good working condition for proper water delivery

·         overseeing efficient operations of the priva , Sacom and venturi systems

·         taking water and medium samples for analysis as per program and needs

·         ensuring that all the fertilizers are mixed in the fertigation tanks as per the programs given

·         ensuring that all the irrigation and drip lines are in the right working order and arranging for repairs where there are defects

·         undertaking periodic audits of the whole irrigation infrastructure to ensure that it is working efficiently.

Minimum requirements:

·         Diploma in Water technology

·         Minimum 3 years experience in a similar position

·         Experience in flower growing will be an added advantage.

If you fulfill the requirements for any of the above positions and wish to be considered, please send an application letter for the job you are interested in including your detailed CV and copies of certificates and testimonials together with a daytime telephone contact to reach the undersigned not later than 27th May, 2011.

Human Resources Director
Homegrown (K) Limited
Nairobi Business Park, Unit B
P.O. Box 10222-00400, Nairobi
careers.homegrown@f-h.biz

Those who will not have heard from us by 1st July 2011 should consider their applications unsuccessful.

Homegrown (K) Ltd is an equal opportunity employer

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