Do you want to be part of a business that inspires its staff to develop and learn, to healthily challenge the norm and welcomes new ideas? Look no further….
The Operational Team Supervisor will lead one of Haygrove’s mobile operational teams, overseeing tasks such as hoop bending, gutter rolling, tunnel construction, and customer training. This role involves representing the company professionally to clients in the UK and internationally. The Supervisor is responsible for ensuring quality, safety, and efficiency in delivering our tunnel systems and managing a small team of operational technicians in dynamic and high-pressure environments.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience supervising a small team
• Background in construction or agriculture
• Experience working internationally or with diverse teams (desirable)
• Mechanical background (preferred)
• Telehandler and forklift licences (preferred)
• Strong literacy and numeracy skills
• Able to travel frequently, including international trips

THE BUSINESS:

Founded in 1987 by the Chairperson, Angus Davison, Haygrove is a profitable £100m+ business with cherry and berry farming enterprises in the UK, South Africa, China and Portugal. The business also has ‘Growing Systems’ equipment sale subsidiaries in Germany, USA, Mexico, South Africa , Poland, China and further afield, with sales in over 40 countries.
Listed in 2011 as in the ‘Fastest 500’ companies in the EU in terms of growing employment; in 2012 in the Sunday Times ‘Fastest growing in international sales in the UK’; and in 2017 as Herefordshire and Worcestershire’s ‘Exporter of the Year’; this medium-sized practical business is exciting, complex, and in a fast fresh industry. Growing at 20-30% pa and with international breadth, opportunity in Haygrove is never scarce. It is more likely you will be stretched than bored.
Haygrove selects its people carefully, and works hard to shape roles to individual talents, whilst always living the company values. The business defines success in human terms, constantly seeking to “create opportunities for great people, particularly those who have drawn the short straw” , and measuring its’ results across three bottom lines: People, Profit and Planet.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £26,000.00-£27,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Ledbury HR8 2JL: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In perso