Cultivation Specialist

Kingcitygardens; Forest Park (OH); On-site; USD 37,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dispensary discounts

Job summary

King City Gardens is seeking Cultivation Specialists to support day-to-day plant maintenance and facility cleaning in our Cannabis grow operation. You will manage flowering room responsibilities, monitor environmental conditions, and ensure equipment is kept in good working order.

You’ll log environmental data, assist with harvest procedures, and adhere to GACP/GMP compliance. The role requires weekend/evening shifts, the ability to lift 50 lbs, and a reliable team mindset in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Ability to make decisions with oversight when needed.
• Proficiency with Windows-based software and internet navigation.
• Strong work ethic, attention to detail, and team orientation.
• Willingness to work weekends, evenings, holidays, and rotate shifts.
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds and perform physical tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to management to ensure cultivation duties are completed per SOPs.
• Involves essential cultivation operations; duties may expand over time.
• Topping, sanitation, room prep, and general cleaning of the grow areas.
• Cloning, pest scouting, plant inventory, and maintenance of vegetative trays.
• Harvest assistance, IPM activities, and inventory counts.
• Follow safety, security, sanitation policies and GMP/GACP guidelines.

Skills

Fast-paced environment

Decision making

Software proficiency

Team player

Weekend shifts

8-hour shifts

Lift 50 lbs

Mobility (sit/stand/bend)

Job description

Cultivation Specialists support the entire Cultivation Department by

handling day-to-day plant maintenance and grow-facility cleaning. These

individuals are the true labor force behind our large grow operation

—they have a hand in every part of the cultivation process. As such, it is

critical that Cultivation Specialists are properly trained on company

protocols and the importance of compliance.

The Cultivation Specialist is responsible for all Flowering phase cannabis

plants in the pertaining cultivation room as assigned. Responsibilities

include watering, nutrient mixing, defoliation, and monitoring and

controlling the room environment. Ensuring all necessary equipment is

maintained or reported for repairs, cleaning, and general maintenance is

also required. The Specialist is also responsible for logging and recording

all environmental factors, measuring water run-off, and completing the

necessary waste logs needed to maintain compliance. The Cultivation

Specialist will be responsible for leading the harvest procedures upon

harvest day.

The Cultivation Specialist operates with direct supervision from the

Cultivation Manager. Follows established policies and procedures and

contributes to the development of new concepts, policies, and

procedures as necessary to perform job duties and tasks.

Cultivation Specialists may be cross trained to care for cannabis plants in

other stages of life such as clones, vegetation, and mothers. Breeder

positions are commonly fulfilled with experienced and proficient

Cultivation Specialists. In addition, trimmers, buckers, and packaging

personnel are often cross trained with Cultivation Specialists.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide any necessary support to the management team to ensure cultivation duties are efficiently and timely completed in a manner consistent with the company’s Standard Operation Procedure for each duty.
• Initial Cultivation Associate duties will involve essential Cultivation operations and may be expanded over time.
• responsibilities include plant work, and specifically (but not exclusively) topping, sweeping and disinfecting flower/vegetative rooms, disposing of used growing media, preparing rooms for a new transplant and all general cleaning.
• responsibilities include spot cleaning, cloning, scouting pests, maintaining plant inventory, consolidating vegetative trays, planting coco cubes, watering, and light maintenance.
• responsibilities include harvesting, applying predatory insects, hanging sticky cards for IPM monitoring, helping with monthly on-handle inventory counts.
• Responsible for following all applicable operational guidelines, comply with verbal directives, and practice and/or implement all safety, security, sanitation policies.
• Responsible for understanding and following all GACP/GMP guidelines throughout the facility.
• Perform such other duties as an employee is qualified to perform and may be assigned.

Environmental Demands:

Exposure to pollen, allergens, and non-carcinogenic pesticides, dust, odors, extreme temperatures, artificial light, sun exposure, loud machines, vibrations, and water.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing, and challenging environment.
• Ability to make decisions as necessary with oversight when needed
• Proficiency in windows-based and other software and internet navigation
• Fun attitude, strong work ethic, strong attention to detail and must have a team player mentality and able to accommodate scheduling expectations including weekends, evenings and holiday shifts and store location movement
• Ability to work a minimum of 8 hours a day and rotating shifts, including weekends.
• Ability to lift, push, and pull 50 pounds
• Ability to sit, squat, bend, and kneel for extended periods and repetitively throughout a workday
• Ability to stand and walk for 8 hours

All applicants must be at least 21 years of age.

All applicants must pass a FBI fingerprint search and a BCI federal background search.

Salary: $18 per hr

Benefits

• King City Gardens offers health benefits as well as discounts at our dispensaries!