Responsible  for  daily  irrigation, fertilization, crop protectants, and overall crop care.  Accountable for crop needs including environmental controls, support with IPM, and sanitation/ housekeeping with support from Growing Leadership. 

• Lead a team of up to 8 people, managing human resource situations with foresight, as well as training and developing staff and ecting activities.

• Responsible for more technical crops or locations

• Use and teach the “Language of Watering” to communicate detailed instructions to staff. Explain how to water considering multiple factors such as genera, age, and location.

• Support staff with creating task lists for the next day in order of priority, walking crops and basing decisions on workload, other dept tasks, and weather.

• Follow Crop Library and/or rotations set in plan.

• Assist in building, using, and maintaining our Crop Library.

• Understand and teach volume/ sq ft targets as well as the importance of uniform application to achieve quality crops.

• Recognize and adjust manual vents and/or adjust environmental control programming (Argus) to achieve a target if necessary.

• Create graphs using Argus to ensure environments are correct.

• Understand technical greenhouse environment management such as DIF, DIP, and humidity management.

• Follow and create ections regarding activities such as watering decisions, feeding decisions, EC levels, and application rates.

• Measure EC, pH, and alkalinity of water and soil in field tests. Recognizing discrepancies, troubleshoot, and reporting results to management.

• Monitor EC over time and provide suggestions to boost or leach EC levels or applications for pH management.

• Manage and program automated watering systems (BaseManager, mist systems)

• Work with the team to manage fertilizer injector tanks, checking for air in lines, and other basic troubleshooting.

• Calibrate, maintain, and teach the use of portable injectors to avoid common issues.

• Scout, identify, and use cues to scout for major pests and diseases. Able to find and identify problems proactively and training staff to do the same.

• Perform and lead others with applications of pesticides, fungicides, growth regulators efficiently while following all safety regulations.

• Fill out WPS forms and has label knowledge for chemicals most used, provides WPS training for Spanish-speaking employees. Educates staff of WPS rules and active in policing them.

• Ability to maintain accurate inventory records of a type of equipment or resource.

• Support and enforce all company policies and rules.

• Willingness to work longer hours seasonally as crops require.

• Able to follow the Crop Library in order to produce quality crops on time.

• Basic computer and Microsoft office skills.

• Recognize and adjust when environments are not correct. (Venting, fans, heating, lighting, black cloth, shade cloth, etc.)

• Understand the basics of plant care and bedding plant identification.

• Aware of fertilizer types, crop protectants, and the importance of rates. (Pesticides, fungicides, bactericides, etc.)

• Able to use spraying equipment.

• A valid pesticide applicator’s license must be obtained within 90 days of starting this position and kept current.

• Mechanical aptitude preferred.

• Knowledge of growth regulators and crop protectants. Aware of application windows, rates, and effectiveness on certain genera.

• Recognize when a plant is in the incorrect environment and what to do to mitigate the problem until the crop can be moved.

• Familiarity of pH and EC ranges for all crops in area.

• Respectful, timely, and direct communication.

• 3 year of leadership experience

• Positive customer service attitude and work ethic.

• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize in a fast-paced working environment.

• Bachelor's degree in Horticulture or related field, three or more years work experience, or an equivalent combination.

• Three or more years supervisory or leadership experience preferred.

• Knowledge of assigned genera grown that are requiring lighting, shading, cold, or special irrigation or feeding in order to flower on time.

• Work indoors and outdoors, in seasonal temperatures and conditions.

• Lift up to 50 pounds in an environment that is often hot.

• Continuously walk, stand, bend, kneel (and remain working below knee-level) as well as reaching overhead, and from side to side for long periods of time.

$24.82 - $27.82 per hour