Lead Nursery Person – Field Production
Lakeville, MN
Full Time
Entry Level

Lead Nursery Person – Field Production
Full Time Union Position
Full Time Union Position
Essential Qualifications:
- High school diploma plus two-year certificate in horticulture or equivalent required.
- Must have strong background and knowledge in field production practices including planting, pruning, irrigation, pest control, soils management, space planning, and etc.
- Leadership skills required
- Requires a valid Class D Minnesota driver’s license or equivalent.
- Strong working knowledge of landscape plant materials commonly found in Minnesota landscapes preferred.
- Must be accepted as insurable with Bachman’s Insurance carrier via semi-annual Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) and compliance with Bachman’s Safe Driver Standards.
- Must be able to read, write, and speak English.
Desirable Qualifications:
- CDL driver’s License preferred.
- MNLA Nursery Professional Certification preferred.
- Three years of experience in a nursery or farm production setting including two years of nursery field production experience.
- Two years of leadership role experience.
- Must be able to operate a variety of nursery production equipment including farm tractor, skid loader, forklift, front-end loader, tree spade, semi-tractor/trailer, or others as needed.
- Demonstrated strong and effective team leadership skills required.
Duties:
- Direct and/or perform all cultural practices necessary including: spraying, pruning, irrigation, shearing, planting, weeding, fertilizing and others as directed.
- Direct and/ or perform pest control duties to include chemical pesticide applications for insects, disease and weed control. Keep necessary records. Follow all safety precautions and procedures.
- Maintain communication with Manager on all pest or cultural problems.
- Direct or perform all aspects of field growing, digging and shipping operations to ensure the delivery of quality field nursery stock in an efficient, timely and safe manner.
- Operate all equipment necessary for all nursery production. May include tractor with dump wagon, skid loader, forklift and any other vehicles pertaining to nursery production.
- Maintain accurate records and complete necessary paperwork in a neat and timely manner.
- Provide work direction and training to Nursery Persons, Assistant Nursery Persons, Nursery Helpers and seasonal employees.
- Always maintain facilities in a neat condition
- Perform light maintenance.
- Perform other duties as assigned, including possible reassignment to other work areas during the off-season or at other times as needed.
Benefits:
- Medical Insurance
- Health Savings Account/PPO
- Dental Insurance
- Vision
- Life and AD&D
- Disability, Accident, Critical Illness Insurance
- 401(K)
- ID Watchdog
- Pet Insurance
- Wellness
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- PTO
- Paid Holidays (6/year)
Compensation: $28.29/hour
Bachman's is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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