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Description:

Under the direction of the Head Grower, the Grower is responsible for ensuring crops are grown optimally and on time to meet internal specifications. This person will be detail-oriented, driven by challenge, and successful in a fast-paced working environment. This position requires an energetic, motivated, and self-actualized individual that demonstrates leadership. This person will have the opportunity to take ownership of his/her area and cross-train with other teammates in the area to become more valuable for SGI and provide support as needed.Requirements:

• Responsible for the quality of the crops to be grown under best practices.
• Responsible for all operational requirements in the assigned greenhouse. This includes maintenance notification, irrigation, fertilization, growing environment monitoring, sanitation efforts, etc.
• Responsible for the daily review of the crop quality. Any issues are to be raised immediately so action can be taken
• Responsible for minor maintenance repairs or for notifying maintenance of any concerns which could result in delays because of equipment maintenance issues
• Supervise and report regularly on a designated area of the grow facility
• Provide support and training to assistant growers in designated areas
• Monitor and report environmental conditions of greenhouses
• Scout daily for insects and disease pressure in crops
• Assist in applying biological control agents
• Responsible for following all Food safety requirements for production in this area or on this equipment. This includes any logs or SOP’s
• Records pesticide applications and maintains irrigation logs on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis as needed.
• Responsible for operating the machinery / equipment in a professional, safe manner, as determined by Occupational safety rules or manufacturer’s instructions
• Keeps a weekly inventory and fill out reports as required by the Grow team
• Trains, assigns tasks, and monitors work of any employee assigned to the crop production process.
• Reports any departmental discrepancies/problems and any observed safety concerns
• Reports on a weekly basis to apprise management of crop progress.
• Demonstrates the ability to lead and motivate people
• Covers weekend duties as required by the monthly schedule.
• Other duties as needed/assigned

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Degree in Horticulture or combination education & experience

Experience: 2yrs. practical growing in commercial/retail greenhouse and 2yrs. with both manual and automatic irrigation systems

Language Fluency: No specific language requirements; bi-lingual English/Spanish fluency preferred.

Technology: No specific technology requirements; basic computer and keyboarding skills preferred.

REQUIRED PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

Manual Dexterity: Ability to quickly move your hands and arms sufficiently to grasp, hold, finely manipulate objects

Muscle Strength & Flexibility: Ability to bend, reach, stoop, squat, pivot, turn, balance, walk, push, pull, and lift and carry up to 50lbs.

REQUIRED PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

Manual Dexterity: Ability to quickly move your hands and arms sufficiently to grasp, hold, finely manipulate objects

Muscle Strength & Flexibility: Ability to bend, reach, stoop, squat, pivot, turn, balance, walk, push, pull, and lift and carry up to 50lbs.

Sustained Fast Pace: Ability to work at a very fast sustained pace without reduction in quality, food safety and workplace safety compliance.

Not Allergic: Ability to breathe, touch and work around fresh herbs and leafy produce safely.

COGNITIVE/SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

Learning: Ability to understand and follow directions and learn new skills.

Near Vision: Ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Speech Recognition: Ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Oral Comprehension: Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Oral Expression: Ability to communicate information and ideas speaking so others will understand.

Problem Sensitivity: Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Emergency Response: Ability to understand, respond quickly, and move appropriately according to workplace safety protocols and SOPs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Temperature: Performs work in large industrial space kept at sustained temperatures between 70 to 100 Degrees Fahrenheit.

Noise: Moderate – generally, between 80-90 decibels or below.

Fumes, Gases, Dust: Minimal.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES:

Caring for Others: Job requires leaving egos at home and being sensitive to needs and feelings of co-workers as well as being understanding and helpful throughout the day.

Dependability: Job requires being reliable, responsible, dependable and fulfilling obligations.

Promptness: Job requires being on time and ready to begin work at start of shift and following breaks.

Friendliness: Job requires being friendly, welcoming, and helpful to new teammates.

Cooperation: Job requires working with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.

Adaptability/Flexibility: Job requires being open to change (positive and negative) and to frequent variety in the workplace.

Stress Tolerance: Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.

Persistence: Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.

Respect for Diversity: Job requires working respectfully and with sensitivity alongside individuals from a very broad range of global cultures, languages, orientations, preferences and appearances.

Accountability: Job requires being accountable for our own actions, behaviors, communication and work performance.

Communication: Job requires, and it is the teammates responsibility, to communicate with their direct supervisor in a timely manner regarding any changes to attendance, arrival and departure times, time off, FMLA, etc.

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