Searching for a Seasoned Grow Manager

Rainier OR

Description

Up and coming Cannabis farm, located in Rainier, Oregon looking for a well seasoned Grow Manager. The Grow Manager shall be responsible for managing all cultivation operations and employee's in our state of the art, indoor grow facility. This position will report directly to our Director of Operations. Responsibilities include: Manage a large scale greenhouse. Performs all task in the grow cycle, including transplanting, feeding, cloning, cropping, inventory management, etc. Coordinate hiring needs to HR Manager, participates in hiring process, trains and manages a cultivation team of 20-30 employees. Establish key areas of responsibility, leadership, and reporting for each of the cultivation team. Setting cultivation goals for each production room including but not limited to: * Routine daily activities required to ensure plant maintenance and general operation of the cultivation areas (i.e. “Routine Activities”) * Routine daily activities required to ensure clones and mother maintenance and generation operation of the propagation room to ensure adequate feedstock for crop production (i.e. “Propagation Activities”) * Measuring and reporting performance metrics and criteria with respect to cloning, potting, clearing pots from rooms (i.e. “Planting Activities”) * Daily and Weekly goals * Monthly Goals * Labor hours and labor cost for cloning, potting, and clearing pots from rooms per room and per plant. * Establishing and implementing plans for continuously improving Routine, Propagation, and Planting Activities, establishing new work team structures, and new methodologies. * Identifying and securing new tools, equipment, and new supply items needed to implement new techniques and processes that provide step change improvements in cultivation performance. * Improving per plant and per plantable sf. yields * Reducing per plant energy and consumable use * Increasing yield per labor hour input * Establishing planting and harvesting schedules; * Setting budgets for cultivation operations at each manufacturing facility * Identifying and tracking the characteristics of the various strains planted to maximize growing efficiency. Develop growing and greenhouse utilization plans to maximize growing efficiency for the company’s mix of products and needed strains * Ensuring that parts, equipment and supplies are adequately ordered for cultivation operations at each manufacturing facility; * Ensuring that IPM is instituted in each production facilities * Manage and supervise Department Managers as the facility expands. * Ensure that adequate and accurate management reporting is generated for each facility on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis. * Ensure that the cultivation operations at each manufacturing facility are adequately staffed, supervised and trained * Ensure that all cultivation related standard operating procedures are followed including, but not limited to: All cultivation practices, Inventory, IPM, and Security SOPs. We prefer to hire locally but are open to all candidates. Reliable transportation is a must. Farm work is labor intensive and requires physical ability to lift more than 50lbs, bending, twisting, and the strength and stamina to work long hours when needed. We provide a positive, healthy work atmosphere and value our employees greatly. Please submit a paragraph describing your work history and why you feel you would be the best candidate for this job. This is an opportunity to get your foot in the door of a really dynamic company with a passion to succeed.