Glasshouse Technician

We wish to appoint a Glasshouse Technician to join our Kent Glasshouse team working with a wide range of horticultural and agricultural crop species in our protected environment growing facilities. The team is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the glasshouse facility, including pests and disease monitoring and irrigation, as well as the team's service delivery function from the Science departments to external trials.

As a Glasshouse Technician, your key duties include:

• Delivering specific project goals from detailed protocols for internal and external customers


• Carrying out all aspects of plant care, including watering, plant husbandry, spraying etc.
  
  A level or equivalent qualifications/experience


• Good organisational skills with accuracy and attention to detail


• Knowledge of a range of horticultural plant species


• Practical experience of working with plants


• Ability to work to specific protocols


• A strong interest in plants and a proactive approach to learning


• Ability to work unsupervised


• Physically fit and able to do manual lifting


Desirable requirements
Ideally you will also have:


• Recognised qualification or work experience in horticulture


• Knowledge of Microsoft Office e.g. Word and Excel


• Pesticide application training (PA1 and PA6), training will be given


• Experience of forklift driving, training can be given


• Driving license or access to independent means of transport enabling you to

occasionally travel to Cambridge

NIAB is a dynamic, research led and market driven plant bioscience organisation, with an emphasis on innovative applications for end-users in the agricultural, horticultural and food sectors. With almost 90 years' experience of technology evaluation and transfer, NIAB is spear-heading the advancement of plant genetic resources through research, technical services and training.

Benefits include 25 days' holiday plus public holidays and 3 days off during the Christmas period, generous sick pay, attractive pension scheme, income protection, life assurance, employee discount scheme, free on-site parking and great colleagues.