Harvest Lead: Mentor & Operations Lead (Cannabis)

Verano; Apollo Beach (FL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Verano Holdings Corp. is seeking a Harvest Lead for its Apollo Beach facility in Florida. The role involves guiding harvest specialists, offloading, weighing, labeling, and maintaining quality control in compliance with state and local laws.

You will train new hires, document activity in the trace system, keep work areas clean, support cultivation and production teams, and perform other duties as assigned. This is an on-site role within a warehouse environment that emphasizes safety and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Follow detailed instruction and perform repetitive tasks.
• Previous experience harvesting produce or cannabis in an agricultural or cannabis cultivation facility.
• Must have a positive attitude and work well with others in a team environment.
• Willing to learn about, operate, and maintain facility equipment in a safe manner.
• Comfortable with heights, soil and water, and tight spaces.
• Ability to safely climb, squat, bend, twist, kneel and stand for at least 8 hours per day, and lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must be 21 years of age or older and able to register with the state cannabis commission as an agent.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to incoming and current harvest specialists by showing tips, tricks, and best practices.
• Offload, harvest, clean, and reload flower rooms.
• Help Harvest Specialists understand and follow departmental processes.
• Aid Assistant Harvest and Harvest Manager with new hire training.
• Weigh, record, and label post-harvest materials.
• Ensure plants are hung in specific dry rooms.
• Manage, document, and destroy cultivation waste.
• Transfer properly dried plant material to trim and production teams.
• Monitor and maintain quality control measures in accordance with state and local laws.
• Adhere to company policies and SOP.
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment within the facility and production areas.
• Immediately inform Harvest Manager of any system or process discrepancies.
• Visually inspect plants for diseases, insects, and mold, reporting concerns to management for remediation.
• Document all activity using company’s track and trace system.
• Work within company continuous improvement system and strive to increase productivity.
• Regularly clean and sanitize harvest equipment, tools, and work areas.
• Provide support to additional cultivation, harvest, and production teams as needed to achieve facility production goals.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Harvest experience

Team player

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Verano Holdings Corp. is seeking a Harvest Lead for its Apollo Beach facility in Florida. The role involves guiding harvest specialists, offloading, weighing, labeling, and maintaining quality control in compliance with state and local laws.

You will train new hires, document activity in the trace system, keep work areas clean, support cultivation and production teams, and perform other duties as assigned. This is an on-site role within a warehouse environment that emphasizes safety and teamwork.