Site Manager
(Wine Jobs:
Vineyards & Cellars )
Full Time
Southern England Wines (UK) Ltd
Ticehurst, East Sussex,
England
A new and rapidly expanding group of wine estates based in Sussex is seeking a full-time site manager in Ticehurst, East Sussex. To work closely with the management team, in-house and sub-contracted vineyard teams to oversee all elements of viticulture and ultimately achieve healthy vines, a well-performing vineyard and a high-quality crop.
Site Manager job description:
The right candidate must possess the experience and ambition to continually elevate and develop the fruit quality of our vineyard. A practical and thorough understanding of cool-climate viticultural practices is a must.
They will need to be able to adapt to the challenging growing conditions of English viticulture. Allied to this, a strong history of management and high degree of organisation will be needed.
The role also demands that the successful candidate will need to adopt flexibility in working hours throughout busy periods during the growing season. A can-do attitude and proactive mindset are also crucial. From time to time there will be customers, trade visitors, press and journalists visiting, so the successful candidate needs to be comfortable with being ‘customer’ facing on occasion.
In the vineyard, duties would include:
· Data collection– weather data, grape & yield analysis, vine monitoring, labour efficiency analysis etc
· Oversight of all viticultural Health & Safety practices and maintenance of those practices
· Tractor operations
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Preferred qualifications and skills include:
· Experience of vineyard establishment
· Viticulture background
· At least 3 years tractor driving with PA1 and ideally both PA2 and PA3 spray tickets.
· Experience in managing in house and contracted workers
· A valid UK driving licence
· Full eligibility to work in the UK
· Organised, problem solving, attention to detail
· Good communication skills and accuracy in record keeping
· Comfortable with being “customer facing”
· Experience using MS Word and Excel
· Forklift user qualification (preferred but not essential)
· Towing license (preferred but not essential)
· Mechanically minded (preferred but not essential)
Salary range offered between £25k p/a and £30k+ p/a dependent upon relevant experience
Generous holiday allowances
Pension scheme
Discretionary bonus scheme
All PPE (personal protective equipment) provided
How To Apply
Please email a covering letter together with your CV or work experience to Sue Hashemi at
[email protected].