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. 

Diversity and Inclusion:

Maitri is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate based on race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy, sex, gender identity or expression, disability, or because of the liability for service in the armed forces of the United States or the nationality of any individual, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.  ​

Maitri is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Maitri does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.