Plantation Executive

About the role

Plantation is where a farm project starts, and whatever goes wrong here follows the project for years. You take the plantation plan, which sets out what goes into each unit and each plot, and you make sure the ground matches the paper.

You are not tied to one farm. You move across all projects, wherever planting is happening. Development hands you a site once fencing, levelling, trenching and irrigation are in. You plant it out, and then it goes to the Farm Portfolio Executive who runs it from there.

The same team handles replanting. When a portfolio executive flags gaps in an existing project, it comes to you through the supervisor and you treat it the same way as new planting. We deliberately do not run a separate replanting team, because waiting on one is how gaps stay open for a season.

This is a supervisory role. The digging and planting is done by a labour team. Your job is to plan the sequence, work out how many hands a plot needs, brief the team, and then check plot by plot that what went in is what the plan said.

The other half of the job is counting. Every consignment of plants gets audited on delivery against what was ordered. Every plot gets audited after planting against what was specified. If the counts are wrong and nobody catches it, the mortality numbers on that project are wrong for the next three years.

You report to a Farm Supervisor. Your work is judged on whether the plan and the field agree, plot by plot, and on how many of what you plant is still alive at handover.

What you would do

• Read the plantation plan and sequence the work plot by plot and unit by unit
• Plan labour and timing for each planting round and raise the requirement in advance
• Direct the labour team through planting and check the work as it goes
• Audit every consignment of plants on delivery against what was ordered
• Audit each plot after planting against what the plan specified
• Handle replanting on existing projects when it comes through the supervisor
• Flag poor quality or short deliveries before planting, not after
• Record every planting and audit and report it through the company app
• Hand the project over to the Farm Portfolio Executive once planting is complete

What we are looking for

• A diploma or degree in agriculture or horticulture, or equivalent nursery or plantation experience
• One to three years in plantation, nursery or field work
• Able to direct a labour team and hold them to a plan
• Careful with counts and records, since the whole role rests on accurate auditing
• Willing to travel between farm projects and stay on site during planting rounds
• Fluent in the local language for labour management
• Comfortable using a smartphone and a laptop for daily reporting

What you can count on

How we hire

1. Step 1Apply in two minutesYour name, your mobile number and your resume. If you have no role in mind, leave your details in the talent pool instead and we will call when something fits.
2. Step 2A call from HRWe call to understand what you have done and what you want to do next, and to answer whatever you want to ask us.
3. Step 3The interviewWith HR and the manager for the role. If you are selected, a founder interview follows before the offer.
4. Step 4The offerIf it is a fit, HR makes you an offer setting out the role, the pay and the start date, and goes through it with you before you decide.

About Hebbevu

Hebbevu farms 1200+ acres without chemicals and looks after 2000+ desi cattle, and has delivered 19+ managed farmland projects for 1600+ co-farmers. Three brands sit on that: Hebbevu Managed Farmland at the farms in Penukonda, Hebbevu Fresh in the factory and the stores around Bengaluru, and Hebbevu Genetics with the cattle.