KD22185

Crop Supervisor

Wiltshire

Competitive Salary + Career Development Opportunities

Ready to take the next step in your growing career?

is a pioneering UK producer of high-quality cannabis-based medicines, operating a state-of-the-art cultivation, processing and laboratory facility in the heart of Wiltshire. Built around sustainability, innovation and quality, our carbon-negative-by-design operation is helping shape the future of controlled environment agriculture.

We're looking for a Crop Supervisor to support the day-to-day management of our cultivation operation, leading crop teams, maintaining exceptional quality standards and ensuring our facility remains audit-ready at all times.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious horticultural professional with supervisory experience who is looking to develop their career within one of the UK's most advanced growing environments.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Growing, you'll be responsible for leading daily crop and harvesting activities while ensuring production targets, compliance standards and operational objectives are consistently achieved.

You'll act as a key link between management and cultivation teams, supporting staff development while maintaining the highest standards of crop quality, traceability, biosecurity and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

Supervise and support cultivation and harvesting teams on a daily basis.
Monitor crop health, irrigation programmes and IPM strategies.
Plan and coordinate daily, weekly and crop-cycle activities.
Lead, motivate and develop Team Leaders and cultivation staff.
Ensure full plant traceability and accurate documentation.
Support GMP, GACP and internal quality management systems.
Investigate non-conformances, deviations and corrective actions.
Assist with internal audits, external inspections and regulatory compliance.
Monitor performance through KPIs including yield, quality, labour efficiency and waste reduction.
Work closely with Production, Quality, Engineering and Security teams.
Support recruitment, onboarding and staff development.
Promote a positive, professional and high-performance team culture.
Ensure cultivation environments remain clean, organised and audit-ready.
Maintain strict biosecurity, hygiene and controlled-drug security procedures.

About You

We're keen to hear from candidates who have:

2-4 years' experience within commercial horticulture, greenhouse production or controlled environment agriculture.
Previous supervisory or team leadership experience.
A strong understanding of plant health, crop husbandry and production systems.
Experience managing teams and achieving performance targets.
Excellent organisational, communication and problem-solving skills.
Strong attention to detail and the ability to follow regulated procedures.
Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office and electronic record systems.
The ability to work in a physically demanding environment.
A proactive, hands-on approach and a desire to continuously improve processes.

Desirable

Experience working within highly regulated environments.
Knowledge of GACP, GMP or quality management systems.
Experience with audits, traceability systems and compliance documentation.
Horticulture, plant science or crop production qualifications.
Experience within glasshouse, medicinal crop or controlled environment production.

What You'll Get

The opportunity to work in one of the UK's most technically advanced horticultural facilities.
Ongoing training and career development.
Exposure to GMP and medicinal crop production systems.
A collaborative and highly professional growing environment.
The chance to play a key role in a rapidly expanding and innovative business.

Interested?

If you're passionate about crop production, enjoy leading people and want to develop your career within a progressive and highly regulated growing environment, we'd love to hear from you.

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Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed