Grower Helper

Grower Helper

Green Circle Growers was founded in 1968 by John van Wingerden. With just a few acres, Green Circle Growers began selling to other companies like variety stores, lumber yards, hardware stores, and grocery stores. Today, Green Circle Growers is still owned and operated by the van Wingerden family and has grown to over 150 acres of indoor growing space. Our state-of-the-art greenhouses offer many different environments to keep up with the demanding mix of products that today's market expects.

We now provide plants to regional and national stores across the United States and Canada. We are able to market and offer broad products to mass merchants, as well as to growers. The retail market expects the full line of annuals in flats, containers, and baskets. The grower line produces pre-finished containers, plugs, and liners.

The Grower Helper plays a key supporting role in the successful cultivation of plants within our greenhouse facilities. Working under the guidance of the Growing team, the Grower Helper assists in daily crop care, environmental monitoring, irrigation, pest control, and other tasks essential to healthy plant production.

Job duties include: working collaboratively with the Growing team to ensure daily greenhouse operations and assigned tasks are completed efficiently and on schedule; spacing and organizing pots, trays, and plant materials to promote optimal growth; moving and positioning growing tables as directed; operating electric carts safely and responsibly to support daily greenhouse activities; assisting with mixing and applying fertilizer according to established guidelines;

maintaining cleanliness of work areas including sweeping and hosing floors; emptying trash receptacles and ensuring proper disposal of waste; performing light maintenance tasks as needed; and all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and education requirements include: high school diploma/GED or other relevant experience; greenhouse or nursery experience preferred; willingness and ability to work overtime and weekends based on operational needs; consistently following all safety policies, procedures, and best practices to ensure a safe work environment; demonstrating strong flexibility and adaptability in response to a fast-paced work environment with shifting priorities; and ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions and communicate effectively.

Physical environment and requirements include: plant/production facility, occasionally outside, or in-store; possible extreme heat/cold dependent on season; continuously requires ability to follow verbal and/or written direction; frequently requires walking, lifting (up to 50lbs), carrying, reaching, kneeling, pushing/pulling (up to 200lbs), bending, and crouching; occasionally requires sitting, standing, fine dexterity, climbing and handling; may require ability to operate machinery, drive vehicles (truck, car, van, tug, forklift) or use equipment such as hand tools, computers, or general business equipment;

and CDL license or tug/forklift certification may be required.