Manages and maintains grow-house protocols for a small, medium, and large-scale cannabis cultivation facilities. The Greenhouse Manager is a highly skilled horticulturist responsible for managing all aspects of a commercial cannabis growing center operation and overseeing all plant production for retail/wholesale sales. The Greenhouse Manager is responsible for the management and development of the growing center staff along with overseeing volunteers and interns. This position requires a keen attention to detail and excellent customer service, pricing, inventory management, organization and financial management skills. Looking for a strong candidate with previous large-scale food crops or cannabis growing and cultivating experience in a greenhouse environment.
General Job Tasks:
- Supervise Assistant Greenhouse Manager, full time growers, seasonal staff, volunteers, and interns
- Work closely with the Associate Director of Operation and Manager, Business and Administration in building and sustaining a viable commercial growing operation
- Develop and maintain strict growing and delivery standards for commercial accounts to ensure quality, timeliness and customer satisfaction
- Utilize comprehensive knowledge and experience with Integrated Pest Management, ensuring that all Worker Protection Standards are met and compliance with all local, state and federal statutes related to pesticides
- Build strategic personal development plans for growing center staff to improve their individual knowledge base around growing skills, crop management and plant forcing
- Ensure the growing center is adequately equipped and maintained to meet its needs and demand in raw materials, fertilizers, equipment and other ancillary elements
- Provide support to the grounds team in growing for their needs
- Maintain current inventory records, develop competitive pricing, and keep accurate records within the enterprise management software system
- Work with the management team to build an annual budget, monitor performance against that budget and make corrections as needed through the year to meet expectations
- Make presentations in current horticulture practices to and lead tours for company members, volunteers, garden clubs, community/educational groups, et al.
- Other duties as assigned
Perform tasks in the grow including:
- cloning, transplanting, feeding plants, defoliation, topping, flushing, and inventory management
- Develops and maintains grow warehouse protocols and nutrient regiment. Sets propagation, germination and planting protocols for all crops
- Highly knowledgeable and well researched on many growing techniques and provides insight to expand the company’s knowledge of growing techniques that result in continually gains in plant yield.
- Uses this knowledge in combination with the company’s-controlled environments and greenhouse setups for growing to develop new high yield growing methods for individual strains
- Either possesses or develops comprehensive knowledge of strains and mastery of medicinal implementation and knowledge of effects of strains and types of medicinal administration
- Strong working knowledge in container systems with soil and hydro as well as understanding temperature and humidity manipulation
- Operates under the high standards our company has for compliance and professionalism
- Expert knowledge of plant diseases, insects and fungi, as well as plant treatment options
- Demonstrates mastery of growing methods, including in-depth knowledge of micronutrients, beneficial bacteria and nutrient implementation
- Manages plant scheduling to precisely project all grow needs on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis
- Analyzes each individual strain from clone to harvest
- Successfully executes preventative maintenance and elimination of types of mold, powdery mildew, spider mites, root aphids, etc.
- Maintains a clean and organized work environment
- Collaborates with management staff to provide timely reporting
- Assists in government inspections and compliance audits
- Conducts facility maintenance and troubleshooting as necessary
Candidate Profile:
- Must possess a deep understanding of cannabis horticultural science, specifically in a greenhouse environment.
- Proven extensive experience working in a large scale commercial cannabis operation, plus experience working in commercial sized greenhouse operation with horticultural crops.
- Team player with high-level communications and interpersonal skills with corporate and/or military experience.
Personality:
- High level of interaction with others in the company, both up and down
- Must be able to follow corporate protocols and adhere to a budget
- Only presents results to the board of directors in a timely and accurate manner and never presents problems without viable solutions
- Willing to work long hours, weekends in addition to getting their hands dirty if necessary
Job profile and Team Environment:
- This position is located in the Coachillin development
- Ensure maximum annual cannabis flower production is achieved while maintaining quality standards
- Follow all protocols and communicate with International operations and executives if changes are needed
- Strong communications and interpersonal skills required
- High morale and integrity
- Team player that can work on a corporate-type structure
Education, Experience and Preferred Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in horticulture, floriculture or a related degree
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in forcing and growing a wide variety of plants in a commercial greenhouse environment
- Detail orientation with strong organizational and communication skills
- Knowledge of the key industry trends to ensure that the growing center is on the leading edge horticulturally
- Keen knowledge of cannabis plant science
- Ability to correctly complete assigned tasks in a timely manner
- Dedication to quality outcomes with a strong customer service focus
- Ability to work independently and lift and/or carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds for short distances
- Computer Skills – Excel, Outlook and other Microsoft Office applications; previous POS or inventory management program beneficial
- Working knowledge of California Cannabis State Pesticide Laws. Individual pesticide license mandatory.
- Some evening and weekend work is required, including assisting with special events
Job Type: Full-time
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*Must be able to pass a criminal background check
Job Type: Full-time