Cultivation Manager

Summary of the Role: 

Responsible for overseeing cannabis cultivation operations, from seed to harvest. Ensure optimal growth, health, and quality of Maitri cannabis plants while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Programming and management of automated greenhouse irrigation systems
• Conducting general flowering room maintenance and systems checklists
• Monitoring and maintaining drip irrigation systems
• Programming and management of Program Logic Control systems
• Operating an auto transplanter.
• Cleaning rooms, trays weekly, irrigation drip lines and systems
• Operating conveyor systems, scales, industrial shredders and other cultivation equipment
• Moving and mixing soil by hand or with bale breakers and a potting system.
• Aiding in the harvest as needed.
• Aiding in other departments where labor is needed.
• Maintaining a clean working environment.
• Working on scaffolding and ladders as well as tight spaces low and off the floor.
• Collecting of environmental data and adjusting controlled environments for optimum plant health
• Managing and reporting on plant health, soil moisture and environmental metrics
• Managing Crop steering and air flow
• Monitoring health of beneficial insects
• Managing the integrated pest management (IPM) and quality control team.
• Applying biological pest control such as beneficial insects.
• Scouting for pest, pathogens or system abnormalities.
• Coordinating with facilities manager on monthly facility health reports.
• Working with the logistics and compliance teams.
• Ensuring adherence to SOPs and Department of Health compliance standards
• Maintaining inventory in track and trace software (MJ Freeway)
• Ensuring compliance medical marijuana waste removal.
• Application and understanding of medical cannabis regulations and laws.
• Coordinating with other processing and extraction departments. 
• Managing a large cultivation team
• Managing the repopulation and flower room harvesting.
• Managing nursery team and nursery plant health.
• Providing direction to staff on canopy management
• Training of staff on cultivation related SOP sets
• Executing on direction from Director of Cultivation and Executive Team
• Producing quarterly productivity reports.
• Enrolling in continuing cultivation education programs provided by the company

Qualifications: 

• Minimum 3 years of management experience
• Ability to be flexible and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Capable of leading and directing tasks and teams
• Capable of training staff on specific cultivation related tasks
• High School diploma or General Equivalency Degree (GED)
• Must be 18 years or older
• Either: 5+ years in large-scaled horticulture management and 1+ years cultivating cannabis  or  3+ years in cannabis cultivation management
• Plant science, horticultural, or botany degree, though extensive formal or informal cultivation experience is also accepted
• Formal or informal horticultural cultivation cultivation with any flowering fruit varieties
• Skilled with control and business management software

Physical and Environmental Requirements: 

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

• Ability to work up to 10 hours a day and rotating shifts
• Flexible schedule availability including nights, weekends and holidays   
• Ability to lift, push, and pull 75 pounds   
• Able to stand for long periods of time
• Ability to work on scaffolding and ladders and in tight spaces

• Ability to sit, squat, bend, and kneel repetitively throughout a workday   
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time   
• Comfortable being under constant video surveillance 
• Work environments that include exposure to, but not limited to fumes, dust, odors, heights, indoor AC, no AC, motion, and noise.   
• Willing to work a flexible schedule including evenings/weekends/some holidays

Management reserves the right to assign other job duties as necessary, with or without notice. Please note this job description is not designed to cover a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. 

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