Plant Maintenance Manager jobs in Durham, NC

Seeking Nursery Manager candidate for an immediate full-time position. Reporting directly to the business owner, the ideal candidate will be a natural leader and detail-oriented problem solver, who has a thorough understanding of greenhouse/nursery operations. 

We are Plant Delights Nursery/Juniper Level Botanic Garden, a perennial plant nursery established in Raleigh in 1986, offering unique, rare, well grown, and properly named perennials to passionate gardeners around the world. Despite being best known as a nursery, we actually exist for our work as a private 28-acre botanical garden and plant research facility focusing on ex-situ plant conservation, plant exploration, breeding, and making plants available via propagation. We are a family-owned company with a mission to support research, education and the exploration of plants through the sales of unique perennial plants. 

Our nursery and garden provide an opportunity to work indoors and outdoors year-round, so we have a casual dress code, a diverse staff, and a friendly working environment.

Job Description

Responsibilities Includes everything related to:

• Plant Growing
• Plant Inventory
• Plant Production
• Nursery Facilities
• Nursery Purchasing
• Nursery Staff Supervision & Hiring
• Nursery Organization
• Interdepartmental Coordination

Benefits: We offer an extensive benefits plan that includes Health, Dental & Vision Insurance, Life Insurance & a company matching Simple IRA. We also have paid Public Holidays, PTO & Vacation days.

Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year

Qualifications

If you have the following experience and can demonstrate a positive and friendly can-do work ethic, positively motivate staff, have strong organizational and communication skills, take initiative, and pay acute attention to detail we would like to hear from you.

• College degree in Horticulture or related field
• At least 5 years of supervisory experience in a plant nursery environment.
• Excellent technology skills: Office 365 – Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, Google Docs, Etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective delegation skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Exceptional time management skills.
• Excellent report analyzation skills.

Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year

Send cover letter & resume with a detailed description of work history along with 3 professional references. jobs@plantdelights.com