Posted 6 months ago
Senior Grower
@ JDI
Juniper, New Brunswick
Overview
JDI is hiring a Senior Grower for its Juniper Tree Nursery team in Juniper, NB. The role leads a crew of growers and irrigation specialists, owns crop and risk management plans, and drives trials and a mechanized mini plug transplanting program for reforestation seedlings. A university degree in horticulture, plant science, agrology or agriculture with 8+ years of experience is required, and a New Brunswick pesticide applicator's licence must be obtained.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of growers and irrigation specialists
- Develop and follow crop and risk management plans
- Implement IPM plans and manage pesticide use
- Establish a mechanized mini plug transplanting program
- Design and run trials to advance nursery knowledge
Requirements summary:
- University degree in horticulture, plant science, agrology or agriculture
- 8+ years of growing experience
- New Brunswick pesticide applicator's licence (to be acquired)
- Experience managing and supervising a team
- Budgeting and work planning experience
- Proficiency in MS Office
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-05-07
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-09
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Experience | 8+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Outdoors, Office |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Horticulture, Plant science, Agrology, Agriculture |
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JDI
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 643 |
We are currently looking for a ‘hands-on’ motivated individual to join the Juniper Tree Nursery team as a Senior Grower, working with our team in Juniper, NB.
As the Senior Grower, you will use your extensive horticultural knowledge and plant-growing experience to lead a team of dedicated and experienced growers and irrigation specialists.
- You will use your exceptional planning and organizational skills to ensure that crop and risk management plans are meticulously conceived, implemented and followed through. You are a well-organized ‘’hands-on’’ person, who tackles challenges methodically and with resolve. Your team will feed on your passion and superior understanding of plant physiology and crop management.
- You are familiar with the IPM (Integrated Pest Management) approach, capable of developing an evolving plan accordingly, and able to acquire a New Brunswick pesticide applicator’s license.
- Your familiarity with water, fertilizer, pests, and climate management in a greenhouse as well as in an outdoor environment will make you a valuable resource to your team with whom you will develop a lean and continuous improvement culture.
- You will also be a key player in the successful establishment of a mechanized mini plug transplanting program and defining the required crop plans and cultural practices to grow them to high quality reforestation seedlings.
- You will design and develop the required trials to further the required knowledge to move the business forward.
- The successful candidate will have at a minimum a university degree in horticulture, plant science, agrology, or agriculture and 8+ years’ of experience. A relevant combination of formal training and relevant experience will also be considered.
- Experience managing a team including the ability to coordinate and supervise operational tasks, planning, and crew supervision.
- Familiarity with budgeting and work planning processes.
- The ability to work with minimal direct supervision.
- Strong computer skills with proficiency in MS Office, familiarity with climate control systems.
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