- Location – Mataranka, NT

- Strong base package

- Performance bonus tied to yield, packout and budget

- Full-time, permanent position starting January 2027

- Direct line to the owner, genuine input into crop decisions and scope to trial new crops

About the Company

Greenview grows rockmelons, watermelons and pumpkins across approximately 900 ha of irrigated country at Mataranka, 110 km south-east of Katherine, supplying the domestic market through the winter window.

About the role

This is the senior in office crop role, and it is 100% crop focused: walking the paddocks, reading the crop, picking up pest, disease and nutrition issues early and making sure the right calls get made quickly. You will report directly to the Director, with real scope to research and trial new crops suited to the Mataranka climate, soils and water.

Main Responsibilities

(must be demonstrated in your application letter/resume)

- Run structured crop monitoring across all blocks, from land preparation through to harvest

- Manage melon and pumpkin crop programs, including planting schedules, crop staging and harvest timing

- Diagnose pest, disease, nutritional and physiological issues in the field and through tissue, soil and water testing

- Develop and manage nutrition and fertigation programs matched to crop stage and yield targets

- Run integrated pest and disease management (IPM) programs, including chemical recommendations and resistance management

- Work with irrigation staff so scheduling matches crop demand,



soil conditions and weather

- Provide yield forecasts and harvest timing estimates for packing, labour and marketing

- Drive yield, packout and quality results within crop input budgets

- Keep accurate spray records and ensure chemical use complies with labels, withholding periods, NT regulations and QA requirements

- Plan, run and evaluate on-farm crop and variety trials

- Direct, train and support farm staff in monitoring, spraying and field operations

Education / Experience / Skills

- Proven experience growing melons commercially, with yield and packout results you can point to

- Strong hands-on agronomy skills: crop monitoring, pest and disease identification, plant nutrition and crop diagnosis

- Commercial-scale irrigated horticulture experience

- Sound understanding of fertigation, nutrition programs and tissue/soil test interpretation

- Working knowledge of chemical use, labels, withholding periods and spray records

- Experience directing staff in the field, with clear and reliable reporting

- Ability to work remotely and through seasonal peaks

- Current driver’s licence

Agribusiness Recruitment Pty Ltd thanks all applicants. However, only those to be interviewed will be contacted.

For confidential enquiries call Nick, Andrew, Peter, Wayne or James on 13•• ••• 421 and email your resume in Word format to ••••@agrecruit.com.au quoting J3792 or apply via www.agrecruit.com.au

📌 Grower / Agronomy Manager (Mataranka)
🏢 Agribusiness Recruitment
📍 Mataranka