Grower – Fruit

Tailored Resourcing Solution; Scotland; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Tailor Made Resources Limited is seeking an Assistant Grower / Graduate Grower to advance a fruit production program. You will help develop growing strategies, oversee day-to-day activities and ensure crop quality, yield and food safety standards.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will plan crop profiles, coordinate labour, and work with agronomists to improve growing methods and crop performance across multiple varieties in a hands-on, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within agriculture or commercial crop production.
• Understanding of crop husbandry, growing environments, irrigation and crop development.
• Strong planning skills and ability to manage multiple growing activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement growing strategies to achieve quality, yield and productivity targets.
• Oversee day-to-day growing activities, ensuring on-time completion within budget.
• Plan annual crop profiles, forecasts and labour planning.
• Coordinate with Technical, Operations, Husbandry and Irrigation teams.
• Maintain a fit-for-purpose growing environment for quality and yield.

Skills

Growing Experience

Technical Knowledge

Planning & Organisation

Commercial Awareness

Problem-Solving

Attention to Detail

Communication

Innovation

Driving Licence

Education

FACTS/BASIS qualification

Job description

The Opportunity

Are you an experienced Assistant Grower / Assistant Growing Manager / Graduate Grower looking to progress your growing career with a passion for fruit production, crop development and driving agricultural performance?

Our client is looking for a motivated and commercially minded Grower to join their team, taking responsibility for delivering growing strategies that achieve quality, yield and productivity targets. Reporting to the General Manager, you will play a key role in planning and managing day-to-day growing operations, ensuring crops reach their full potential while maintaining high standards of quality, food safety and operational efficiency.

This is an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Grower / Assistant Growing Manager / Graduate Grower who enjoys being hands-on, developing new growing methods and contributing to the ongoing success of a progressive fruit business.

Key Responsibilities

Growing Strategy & Crop Performance: Develop and implement growing strategies to achieve agreed quality, yield and productivity targets across each crop variety.

Operational Management: Oversee day-to-day growing activities, ensuring operations are completed on time, to the required standard and within budget.

Crop Planning: Work alongside management to agree annual crop profiles, prepare forecasts and support effective labour planning.

Team Coordination: Work closely with Technical, Operations, Husbandry and Irrigation teams to coordinate activities, establish priorities and maintain efficient growing operations.

Growing Environment: Maintain a fit-for-purpose growing environment, ensuring conditions are optimised for crop quality, health and yield.

Irrigation & Fertigation: Lead the implementation of irrigation and fertigation strategies to maximise crop performance while ensuring efficient use of water and fertiliser.

Crop Health & Husbandry: Implement effective husbandry practices and work with agronomists and technical specialists to minimise yield losses and maximise productivity.

Crop Monitoring: Conduct regular crop walks, assess performance and identify opportunities to improve growing conditions and address potential issues.

What You'll Bring

Growing Experience: Previous experience within agriculture or commercial crop production, ideally with exposure to fruit growing.

Technical Knowledge: An understanding of crop husbandry, growing environments, irrigation, fertigation and crop development.

Planning & Organisation: Strong planning skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple growing activities and manage competing priorities.

Commercial Awareness: An understanding of labour costs, budgets, productivity targets and the importance of delivering strong crop yields.

Problem-Solving: A proactive approach to identifying challenges, resolving issues and implementing effective solutions.

Attention to Detail: The ability to monitor crop performance, interpret relevant information and maintain accurate records.

Communication: Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues, management, technical specialists and external partners.

Innovation: An interest in trialling new techniques, improving growing systems and developing innovative approaches to crop production.

Qualifications: A relevant agricultural qualification, such as FACTS or BASIS, would be advantageous.

Driving Licence: A full, clean UK driving licence is required.

Flexibility: A flexible approach to working hours, particularly during key growing periods.

Why Apply?

Career Development: Take ownership of growing operations and further develop your expertise within the fruit sector.

Variety: Enjoy a diverse role combining crop production, team leadership, technical development and operational planning.

Innovation: Contribute to trials, new growing methods and the development of improved cropping systems.

Commercial Impact: Directly influence crop quality, yield, productivity and operating costs.

Collaboration: Work alongside experienced management, technical specialists, agronomists and external growing partners.

Continuous Improvement: Help shape the future of growing operations through new ideas, improved processes and industry best practice.

If you're an Assistant Grower / Assistant Growing Manager / Graduate Grower who combines strong technical knowledge with leadership ability and a passion for improving crop performance, we'd love to hear from you.