Cultivation Manager

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Feb 28, 2022🔗 👁️ 236 236 Views

🏢 Acreage Holdings 📍 Sterling, MA

💰 DOE 🗓️ Full-time 🏷️ Cultivation 📛 No license required

About our company

Mission To champion and provide access to cannabis’ beneficial properties by creating the best quality products and consumer experiences.

Job description

Under the umbrella of Acreage Holdings, The Botanist is seeking a full time Cannabis Cultivation Manager for our production facility in Sterling, MA. Excellent work environment with a full benefit package offered including medical, dental, life insurance, short and long term disability insurance, 401(k) plan, paid time off, holidays and more.

Summary: The Cultivation Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of the cannabis crop cultivation at the production facility through successful coaching and development of the cultivation team. The successful candidate will possess a passion for horticulture, excellent interpersonal skills, experience leading others and strong cannabis knowledge with a willingness to continually learn more about the subject.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The main responsibilities of the Cultivation Manager are to manage a wide range of large- scale cultivation, with emphasis on coordinating, timing, scheduling and supervising the crop cultivation processes. The Cultivation Manager will ensure a collaborative work environment through workload planning, delegation and cross training team members for efficiency and development.. Establish, refine and improve overall crop quality as determined by date driven results to ensure the ability to grow and prepare the highest quality cannabis.

Operational Duties:

Carries out the crop cultivation Standard Operating Procedures (“SOP”) and protocols including, but not limited to:

• Propagation

• Crop care

• Plant nutrition

• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program

• Harvest

• Drying

• Effectively leads and manages the cultivation team to realize high quality product results, efficient work flows and motivated staff including, but is not limited to:

• Team leadership

• Technical guidance

• Staff scheduling

• Performance reviews

• Manages the crop growth environment by keeping all growth facility systems in good working order and keeping the necessary horticultural supplies on hand to optimize the health and productivity of the crop. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Monitoring system performance and identifying issues with lights, gas exchange, hydrology, temperature and humidity

• Monitoring systems maintenance programs

• Working with the Security and Facilities teams to keep systems in good working order and scheduling repairs in a timely fashion

• Managing the timely availability of horticultural supplies

  Administrative Duties:

• Works closely with Director, Plant Operations to implement Company goals

• Assists Director, Plant Operations with strategy, approvals, and crop management protocols

• Issues periodic inventory and production progress reports

• Creates work schedules, cultivation logistics, goals and objectives

• Assists in hiring of cultivation staff members

• Trains, supervises, evaluates and develops cultivation staff members

• Interfaces with other teams as necessary

• Partners with Human Resources as necessary to ensure positive productive work environment

  Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent experience

• Associate degree in horticulture, agriculture, biology, chemistry, botany or related field preferred

• Minimum 2 years of experience in cannabis cultivation required

• Minimum 4 years of experience in a project management or supervisory role required

• Knowledge of computer and office equipment and programs (Seed to sale, inventory systems; MS Office Suite programs)

• Extensive math and analytical skills required for inventory, data analysis, projections, measurements, calculations

• Principles and practices related to the indoor cultivation of cannabis

• Strains and their effects, biology and chemistry of medical marijuana

Skills and Abilities

• Effective and efficient communication skills are a must
• Excellent time-management skills; ability to effectively plan and prioritize
• Skill in managing physical resources (budgeting, inventories, equipment, materials)
• Attention to detail
• Mechanical skill
• Ability to work effectively as team leader and guide
• Ability to remain calm in periods of high stress or unusual activity
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and absolute reliability and honesty

Physical Requirements

• Extended time standing, walking, bending, and reaching
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds for a distance of 100 feet
• Close visual focus required
• This position occasionally requires the extended and repetitive use of arms, hands and fingers to cut and manipulate small objects
• Must pass state mandated background check