Gourmet Summerfruit is a large horticultural operation, with a small passionate team in Roxburgh. We have a core group of employees year-round, that increases seasonally when the cherries and blueberries are ripe and ready for picking.

As a machine operator, you’ll be assisting the management team with a range of tasks, maintaining the health and productivity of our crops which is vital in ensuring that we have a successful season each year. So previous experience in the horticultural industry on machinery is needed.

A few specific responsibilities will include operating and maintaining our spray equipment, applying chemicals and fertilisers as per the spray program, mulch spreading and mowing.

In this role you need to be confident to work alone, along with being a team player and have a willingness to get “stuck into” any task attitude. You will need to be flexible to work in variable weather conditions and adapt to seasonal demands along with assisting in other duties such as harvesting irrigation repair and maintenance, property maintenance and tree husbandry work.

If you enjoy working in horticulture and are looking for a new environment with fresh challenges and have the experience with skills listed above, we invite you to apply for this position.