AG TECH

Current Openings; Chico (CA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Learning & development

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Onsite clinic

Paid time off

Mental health benefits

Job summary

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is seeking an Agriculture Technician to support grounds, irrigation, and horticulture tasks across the brewery properties. You’ll help with planting, landscape maintenance, and seasonal harvest, contributing to sustainability goals and the company’s care for the environment.

The role emphasizes outdoor work in varied weather, with opportunities for training and career growth alongside an established craft brewery.

Qualifications

• Basic literacy skills required.
• Previous experience in horticulture or agriculture preferred.
• Experience with hand tools and machinery (pruners, shovels, rakes, hand saws, lawn mowers, blowers, trimmers, tractors, lifts).
• Ability to use hand tools, power tools, tractors, and lifts.
• Must follow all safety protocols.
• Valid driver’s license with no major violations in last three years.
• Must be at least 18 years old and pass a background check.

Responsibilities

• Perform seasonal planting, garden and vegetable propagation, general garden maintenance and harvest.
• Maintain brewery grounds, parking, trees and shrubs, and control weeds.
• Install and maintain irrigation systems.
• Carry out greenhouse duties and maintain plants.
• Support natural resources and livestock tasks.
• Transport equipment and supplies between sites.
• Participate in safety training and professional development.

Skills

Groundskeeping

Irrigation

Horticulture

Crop maintenance

Harvesting

Garden maintenance

Tool handling

Teamwork

Job description

Get to Know Us

Ken Grossman started Sierra Nevada in 1980 with a hand-built brewhouse and the odds stacked against him. That passion forever changed the course of American craft brewing and launched a beer revolution that’s in full force today. Turns out, good beer can do a lot of good, and Sierra Nevada became a cornerstone for both its innovation and its care for the Earth and its people. We’re committed to advancing a culture of inclusion and believe diversity in all its forms makes us stronger. We keep pushing boundaries, whether that’s in the brewhouse, with sustainability, or in the great outdoors.

Get to Know This Role

The Agriculture Technician supports all functions of the Agriculture department to ensure the aesthetics of our grounds, productivity of our farms and special projects and caring for the wellbeing of our environment and the organisms within. Areas of support will include grounds keeping, irrigation, gardening, horticulture, crop maintenance and harvest. Position responsibilities will flex based on seasonality of required work and project focus.

What’s In It For You

We’re committed to our employees and work hard to prove it. For starters, we’re offering $16.90 to $23.95 hourly compensation for this role. Individual offers are based on skills, experience, and qualifications, and geographical location.

But base pay is just the beginning. We support your future by offering a generous 10% company match on 401(k) contributions, providing learning and development opportunities, and fostering your safety at work with ongoing trainings, state-of-the-art equipment, and preventative care. We offer medical, dental, and vision insurance, an onsite medical clinic, as well as mental health and well-being benefits including paid sick leave. We foster a culture of work-life balance and always encourage employees to use and enjoy their generous paid time off.

What You Will Do

• Perform seasonal planting duties, garden & vegetable propagation, general garden maintenance and repairs, and crop harvest; provides deliverables to restaurant as needed
• Perform grounds and landscape maintenance of all brewery properties (both on and off-site) and parking lots to include: mowing, blowing, and trimming of trees and shrubs, and controlling weeds
• Install, monitor, and maintain irrigation systems
• Perform greenhouse duties which could include maintaining vegetable starts, propagating plants, maintaining indoor and landscape plants
• Tend to natural resource and livestock duties
• Transport equipment, supplies, and self to and from different work sites
• Emails, safety videos and professional development

Please Apply if You Have

• Basic literacy skills required
• Previous experience working in horticulture or agriculture preferred and
• Previous experience with the use and maintenance of hand tools and machinery such as, pruners, shovels, rakes, hand saws, lawn mowers, blowers, trimmers, tractors, and lifts preferred
• Ability to use hand tools, power tools, tractors, and lifts
• Ability to follows all safety protocols
• Knowledge of safe loading, moving, and unloading equipment and/or materials to and from various worksites
• Ability to work in all weather conditions, with most of the time being spent working outside
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to perform quality work while working independently or as part of a team
• Ability to work proficiently in gardens, fields, and landscape is
• Willingness to learn and perform a variety of tasks
• Attention to sustainability and conservation while carrying out tasks
• Driver’s License free of any major moving violations in the last three years upon hire required
  Additional Requirements to Consider Before Applying
• You must be at least 18 years of age to work for Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
• Selected candidate must pass a pre-employment, post offer background check.

Before applying for this role, please review the full job description, including the physical demands and working environment: https://sierranevada.jdxpert.com/ShowJob.aspx?EntityID=2&id=2744

** This position will remain open until filled; online applications will be reviewed weekly **

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer