Greenhouse Technician

Mahoneysgarden; Mishawum (MA); Vor Ort; USD 36.000 - 48.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Employee discount

Zusammenfassung

Mahoney's, a family-owned garden center with multiple locations around the Greater Boston Area, seeks a Greenhouse Technician to execute daily tasks in the growing facility and support inventory movement and shipping processes.

The role emphasizes pinching, spacing, watering techniques, and effective communication with Crew Leaders and management. Flexibility to adapt to seasonal needs and a proactive work attitude are valued.

Qualifikationen

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Associates degree in horticulture preferred.
• Experience in the horticultural industry or growing facility preferred.
• Ability to communicate in English.

Aufgaben

• Receive and execute daily task list accurately and on time.
• Apply training to spacing, pinching, and watering techniques across functional areas.
• Move and select products through the shipping process and load trucks.
• Communicate production or safety issues to Crew Leader or Head Grower in a timely manner.
• Complete all other tasks as assigned by Management.

Kenntnisse

Verbal Communication

Teamwork

Well Organized

Strong Work Ethic

Ausbildung

High School diploma or GED

Associates degree in horticulture

Jobbeschreibung

SUMMARY

Mahoney's is a family-owned and operated independent garden center with 7 retail locations in the Greater Boston Area and Cape Cod. For over 60 years, we have taken pride in offering the highest selection of quality plants, yard products, and gardening accessories - with outstanding customer service to match!

We employ customer-driven people that are dedicated to creating a refreshing and helpful shopping experience. For our employees, we offer a fun, fast-paced, and challenging workplace with the opportunity for growth. We are committed to maintaining a work environment that encourages trust, hard work, efficiency, self-motivation, initiative, continuous improvement, and teamwork. We provide an opportunity for personal and professional growth and a great employee discount, as well!

Objective

The responsibility of the Greenhouse Technician is to execute all tasks delegated by the Crew Leads or the growing facility management in a timely and accurate manner. This includes demonstrating and executing the proper techniques of pinching, spacing and watering methods across all functional areas as well as supporting the movement of inventory and the shipping process. Communication with Crew Leaders and other growing facility management is required to correctly receive and complete the daily task lists on a daily basis.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Receive and execute all items on daily task list in an accurate and timely manner, ensuring all actions are completed in accordance with company procedures


• Utilize training techniques to complete all tasks across functional areas as needed, utilizing the production methods and processes including spacing and pinching techniques, watering methods as well as the understanding of various products and stages of the growing cycle


• Execute the movement and selection of products through the shipping process, loading trucks in a timely and accurate manner


• Communicate any production or safety related issues to the Crew Leader or Head Grower in a timely manner


• Complete all other tasks as assigned by Management

COMPETENCIES

• Verbal Communication


• Maintenance of Productive Team Relationships


• Strong Work Ethic


• Well Organized

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

High School diploma or GED required. Associates degree in horticulture, floriculture or other related disipline as well as prior experience in the horticultural industry or work in a growing facility preferred. Previous experience working with annuals, herbs, veggies and perennials preferred but not required. Ability to effectively communicate in English.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in an active growing facility environment. This job may be either indoors or outdoors or both.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

This position requires frequent standing, walking, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching and / or crawling. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

POSITION TYPE / EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK

Flexible hours. Days and hours of work vary by schedule and season. Must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.

EEO STATEMENT

Mahoney's provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.