Experienced Plant Propagator | Production Nursery

Nursery Australia Pty Ltd; Wanneroo; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinelake is a production nursery at Nowergup, north of Perth, growing for the independent Perth market, including garden centres, landscapers and designers. This is a hands-on Experienced Plant Propagator role that leads a small team and manages the propagation program to meet the nursery’s expanding production needs.

You will work with the Head of Production and the owners, improving workflows, introducing new propagation techniques, and coordinating irrigation, humidity and plant health in

Qualifications

• Several years propagation experience across a wide range of plants in a commercial production nursery.
• Experience leading or supervising a small hands-on team.
• Experience contributing to production planning and managing propagation volumes.
• Strong knowledge of plant health, hygiene, and pest and disease management in propagation settings.
• Record of improving propagation workflows or processes.
• Well organised with accurate record keeping.
• Physically fit and comfortable with manual handling.
• Australian natives expertise highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Propagate from seed, cuttings and division, across a range that includes a strong focus on Australian natives, and prepare propagation material, media and trays
• Lead and mentor a small team of propagators, working alongside them day to day
• Manage the propagation program in collaboration with the Head of Production and the owners
• Contribute to production planning, working out the volumes required for each line and scheduling propagation to meet them
• Establish and manage the stock plant program, including the selection, maintenance and renewal of stock plants
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and design workflows that respond to the nursery’s growth
• Trial and introduce new propagation techniques, and train the team in them
• Manage irrigation, humidity and environmental conditions in propagation areas
• Monitor plant health, hygiene and pest and disease pressure, and apply treatments as needed
• Keep accurate records of propagation activity, strike rates and volumes against plan
• Maintain tools, equipment and work areas to a high standard

Skills

Propagation experience

Team leadership

Production planning

Plant health knowledge

Record keeping

Manual handling

Education

Certificate III in Nursery Operations or Horticulture

Job description

Experienced Plant Propagator | Production Nursery

About Us
Pinelake is a production nursery at Nowergup, north of Perth, growing for the independent Perth market, including garden centres, landscapers and designers. Production is expanding quickly, and this role has been created to manage propagation through that expansion.

The Role
This is a hands-on role reporting to the Head of Production. You will propagate alongside a small team of propagators who report to you, and manage the propagation program for the site collaboratively with the Head of Production and the owners. That includes planning production against the volumes the nursery needs and running the stock plant program that supplies it. We are looking for someone who can see where the program could work better, build efficient workflows that meet the nursery’s rapidly expanding needs, and introduce new techniques to the team.

Key Responsibilities

Propagate from seed, cuttings and division, across a range that includes a strong focus on Australian natives, and prepare propagation material, media and trays

Lead and mentor a small team of propagators, working alongside them day to day

Manage the propagation program in collaboration with the Head of Production and the owners

Contribute to production planning, working out the volumes required for each line and scheduling propagation to meet them

Establish and manage the stock plant program, including the selection, maintenance and renewal of stock plants

Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and design workflows that respond to the nursery’s growth

Trial and introduce new propagation techniques, and train the team in them

Manage irrigation, humidity and environmental conditions in propagation areas

Monitor plant health, hygiene and pest and disease pressure, and apply treatments as needed

Keep accurate records of propagation activity, strike rates and volumes against plan

Maintain tools, equipment and work areas to a high standard

Skills and Experience

Several years of propagation experience across a wide range of plants in a commercial production nursery, ideally with a specialisation in Australian natives

Experience leading or supervising a small team while working hands‑on

Experience contributing to production planning and managing propagation volumes against demand

Strong knowledge of plant health, hygiene, and pest and disease management in propagation settings

A record of improving propagation workflows or processes in a previous role

Well organised, with accurate record keeping

Physically fit and comfortable with manual handling

Highly Regarded

Experience establishing or running a stock plant program

Certificate III or above in Nursery Operations or Horticulture, or equivalent experience

Chemical handling training or accreditation

Experience using production planning or inventory systems