Cultivation Technician

FLUENT, in exclusive partnership with Connected New York, is excited to be hiring for positions at our new state-of-the-art cultivation facility in Buffalo, New York. These roles offer the opportunity to join FLUENT’s growing team while being part of Connected’s highly anticipated expansion into one of the country’s most dynamic and fast-growing cannabis markets.

Connected family of companies. are a leading vertically integrated cannabis company based in Sacramento, operating in California, Arizona, and Florida. With over 11 years of experience, Connected specializes in breeding, growing, manufacturing, and distributing top-shelf cannabis through its state-of-the-art facilities and proprietary genetics.

With over 250 employees across the United States, Connected has built a strong industry reputation and is now expanding into New York through a master services agreement with FLUENT. Connected’s mission has always been to breed, grow, and sell the best cannabis in the world, setting the highest standards for its products, people, and partners wherever we go.

The Cultivation Technician performs labor to assist in the upkeep, stocking, and fulfillment of growing cannabis, including, but not limited to watering, feeding, flushing, pruning, washing, cloning, transplanting, harvesting, and facility maintenance under the supervision of the Cultivation General Manager. Attention to detail is extremely important.

• Perform all tasks in the indoor harvest grow
• Mother plant maintenance, cloning, transplanting, nutrients and pH management, water management, positive airflow, temperature and humidity control, pest and disease control, IPM program implementation, plant transfer from veg to flowering.
• Manage plant scheduling and organization to precisely project all plant needs on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis to produce the best results for maximum plant yield.
• Cataloguing and maintaining organization of plants, tags, and pruning biomass
• Knowledge of pest and disease control management a plus.
• Maintain and follow the cultivation department policies and procedures.
• Wash and sanitize all equipment. Scout all equipment, ensuring all tools are free of pests, viruses or disease.
• Must be able to adapt to various strains, styles and types of cannabis they are cultivating; adjusting techniques to maintain a steady pace and quality.
• Breakdown flowers off stem and stalk of plant to separate unusable waste from usable product; employee must track the amount of unusable waste for each batch.
• Knowledge or experience with METRC compliance is a plus.
• Demonstrate accurately and thoroughly in a timely manner to meet production standards.
• Work in a timely manner and strive to increase productivity.
• Maintain organization and cleanliness of the cultivation facility while performing job duties.
• Exhibit competency in basic organizational, tracking and communication skills.
• Works in a timely manner to efficiently meet goals while consistently producing quality product.
• Employee must be able to follow basic instructions and take constructive feedback from their managers to maintain quality standards and production goals.
• Employee must show up on time for work every day ready to work.
• Employee must exhibit personal hygiene and follow the health guidelines set forth by the company and the state while processing patient medicine.
• Cultivation staff is responsible for clean-up of all processing areas and equipment at the end of every shift.

• Minimum age of 21 years or older
• High school or equivalent
• May require working rotating shifts with varied hours/day, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and special events
• Previous agricultural/warehouse/manufacturing/laborer experience preferred.
• Adhere to company mission statement, while maintaining high ethical standards and professionalism.
• Ability to be flexible and work in various sectors of the department as needed an/or requested by their direct supervisor; this may include but is not limited to helping grow staff with small tasks, cleaning and/or moving supplies and equipment and/or helping the packaging department or working at other…