Greenhouse Operations Supervisor

Hippo Harvest; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental

Paid Sick Leave

Vacation

Holiday Time

Personal Hours

Job summary

Hippo Harvest seeks an Operations Supervisor for our greenhouse in Pescadero, CA. This hands-on leadership role oversees staffing, shifts, and day-to-day production while collaborating with engineering to troubleshoot robotics and software systems.

The ideal candidate brings supervisory experience in agriculture or a similar field, strong troubleshooting skills, and excellent cross-functional communication. Daily on-site work at the California greenhouse is required.

Qualifications

• Fluent in English and Spanish is required.
• Prior supervisory or team-lead experience in hands-on environments such as agriculture/manufacturing.
• Strong troubleshooting instincts and calm, resourceful problem-solving on the floor.

Responsibilities

• Own staffing, scheduling, and day-to-day workforce management for all production shifts.
• Direct greenhouse associates across seeding, transplanting, harvesting, washing, and facility upkeep.
• Serve as on-the-floor partner for engineering — triaging hardware/software issues.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Supervisory experience

Troubleshooting

Effective communicator

Tools

Google Calendar

Google Sheets

Productivity apps

Job description

Hippo Harvest Greenhouse Operations Supervisor Pescadero, CA·Full time Apply for Greenhouse Operations Supervisor

Operations supervisor for our autonomous greenhouse and greenhouse staff.

About Hippo Harvest

We are a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) startup that leverages plant science, machine learning, and robotics to economically and sustainably grow vegetables in greenhouses.

Description

Overview

In a world increasingly impacted by climate change, pollution, and population growth, conventional vegetable production is unsustainable. Greenhouse hydroponics uses up to 90% less water, increases yields, reduces food waste, uses fewer pesticides, eliminates fertilizer runoff, and enables local production. Still, greenhouse producers remain a niche due to high capital and labor costs and operational complexity.

Hippo Harvest has broken through this barrier by developing the first vertically integrated physical AI platform for growing leafy greens that are cost-competitive with conventional field production. Hippo’s products deliver longer shelf life, better flavor, and more reliable supply.

As the Operations Supervisor at Hippo Harvest, you are the connective tissue between our people, our plants, and our technology. You thrive in fast-moving environments, can context-switch between a staffing gap and a robot malfunction, and bring calm and clarity to a production floor. You're as comfortable reviewing a shift schedule or handling a workplace injury as you are supporting boots on the troubleshooting alongside an engineer. You care deeply about your team, food safety, and getting things done right.

You Will

• Own staffing, scheduling, and day-to-day workforce management for all production shifts
• Direct greenhouse associates across seeding, transplanting, harvesting, washing, and facility upkeep
• Serve as the on-the-floor partner for our engineering team — triaging and troubleshooting robotic, hardware, and software issues
• Coordinate daily work sequencing with the Plant Scientist and ensure all farm tasks are completed to standard
• Enforce food safety protocols, train new hires, and provide feedback to tech and plant science teams on process improvements
• Act as the operational point of contact across engineering, plant science, sales, and ops teams

You Have

• Fluent in both English and Spanish (required)
• Prior experience in a supervisory or team lead role, preferably in agriculture, manufacturing, or a similarly hands-on environment
• Comfortable with everyday software tools including Google Calendar, Google Sheets, and other productivity apps
• Strong troubleshooting instincts — able to stay calm and resourceful when people, plant, or technology problems arise
• Excellent communicator who can work effectively across a diverse team and multiple departments.
• The ability to commute to our location at Pescadero California, daily.

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Mission-aligned: Shape the future of sustainable agriculture!
• Team-first: We value integrity, empathy, hard work, and results-driven collaboration.
• Growth opportunity: Your efforts will define our trajectory; you'll lead first and scale next.

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• Compensation: $80,000 – $90,000 in annual compensation dependent on skillset, seniority, and background.
• Competitive benefits: package including Medical and Dental, Paid Sick, Vacation, Holiday Time, and Personal Hours.

Hippo Harvest is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.