Section Grower

Opened in 1988, our Marysville location is the largest site of the Smith Gardens family consisting of 60 acres, with 500,000 square feet of greenhouse space. Marysville is the primary site for perennial production, but also grows mums, hanging baskets and annuals.

Responsible for daily irrigation, fertilization, crop protectants, and overall crop care . Accountable for crop needs including environmental controls, support with IPM , and sanitation / housekeeping with support from Growing Leadership .

• Lead a team of up to 8 people, managing human resource situations with foresight, as well as training and developing staff and ecting activities.
• Responsible for more technical crops or locations
• Use and teach the “Language of Watering” to communicate detailed instructions to staff. Explain how to water considering multiple factors such as genera, age, and location.
• Support staff with creating task lists for the next day in order of priority, walking crops and basing decisions on workload, other dept tasks, and weather.
• Follow Crop Library and/or rotations set in plan.
• Assist in building, using,and maintaining our
  
  Crop Library.
• Understand and teach volume/ sqfttargets as well as the importance of uniform application to achieve quality crops.
• Recognize and adjustmanualvents and/or adjust environmental control programming(Argus) toachieveatarget if necessary.
• Create graphs using Argus to ensure environments are correct.
• Understand technical greenhouse environment management such as DIF, DIP, and humidity management.
• Follow and create ections regarding activities such as watering decisions, feeding decisions, EC levels, and application rates.
• Measure EC, pH, and alkalinity of water and soil in field tests. Recognizing discrepancies, troubleshoot, and reporting results to management.
• Monitor EC over time and providesuggestionstoboostorleachEClevels or applications for pH management.
• Manage and program automatedwateringsystems (Base Manager, mist systems)
• Work with the team to manage fertilizerinjectortanks,checking for airinlines,andotherbasictroubleshooting.
• Calibrate, maintain, and teach the use ofportableinjectors to avoid common issues.
• Scout, identify, and use cues to scout formajorpests and diseases.
  
  Ableto find and identifyproblemsproactivelyand trainingstafftodothesame.
• Perform and lead others with applications of pesticides, fungicides, growth regulators efficiently while following all safety regulations.
• FilloutWPSformsandhaslabelknowledgeforchemicalsmostused,providesWPStrainingfor
  
  Spanish-speakingemployees.
  
  EducatesstaffofWPSrulesandactiveinpolicing them.
• Ability to maintain accurate inventory records of a type of equipment or resource.
• Support and enforceallcompanypoliciesandrules.
• Willingnesstoworklongerhoursseasonallyascropsrequire.

• Abletofollowthe Crop Libraryinordertoproduce quality crops on time.
• Recognize and adjustwhenemvironmentsare not correct.(Venting, fans, heating, lighting, black cloth, shade cloth, etc.)
• Understand the basics of plant care and bedding plant identification.
• Aware of fertilizer types, crop protectants, and the importance of rates. (Pesticides, fungicides, bactericides, etc.)
• Abletousespraying equipment.
• A valid pesticide applicator’s license must be obtained within 90 days of starting this position and kept current.
• Knowledgeofgrowth regulators and crop protectants. Awareofapplication windows,rates, and effectiveness on certain genera.
• Recognize when aplantis intheincorrect environmentandwhat to doto mitigatetheproblemuntil thecropcanbemoved.
• FamiliarityofpH and EC rangesforallcropsinarea.

• Respectful,timely, and direct communication.
• 3yearof leadership experience
• Positive customerserviceattitudeandworkethic.
• Self-motivatedwiththeabilitytoprioritizeinafast-paced working environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Horticulture or related field, three or more years work experience, or an equivalent combination.
• Three or more years supervisory or leadership experience preferred.
• Knowledge of assigned genera grown that are requiring lighting, shading, cold, or special irrigation or feeding in order to flower on time.

• Work indoors and outdoors, in seasonal temperatures and conditions.
• Liftup to50poundsinanenvironmentthat isoften hot.
• Continuously walk,stand,bend,kneel(and remain working belowknee-level) aswellasreachingoverhead,and fromsidetosideforlongperiodsoftime.

$24.82 - $27.82 per hour

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package including…