What are the responsibilities and job description for the Indoor Plant Specialist position at Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC)?
Come bring your love for plants to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community! As a Indoor Plant Specialist you will be part of the team that keeps our community looking beautiful year-round. Enjoy weekly pay, on-site clinics, and health benefits.
Job Overview: Responsible for the technical care and maintenance of interior tropical plants in both indoor
environments and greenhouse settings to provide an aesthetically pleasing environment for guests, community members and team members. Performs routine plant care tasks including watering,
pruning, fertilizing, pest and disease management, repotting, and propagation.
Create Your Path: The Work You’ll Do:
Reflects MINIMUM EDUCATION, TRAINING, CERTIFICATION and EXPERIENCE required in order to meet the expectations of this job:
Who We Are: The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community contributes to causes, organizations and tribes across the region, state and country. The SMSC has donated more than $350 million to organizations and causes, provided $500 million in economic development loans to other tribes, and contributed millions more to support regional governments and infrastructure. The SMSC's Native Green initiative annually diverts hundreds of tons of waste from landfills, has implemented compostable containers throughout our properties and restored hundreds of acres of prairie land. Team members are eligible to participate in SMSC Gives, a community outreach initiative. Learn more at shakopeedakota.org.
Job Overview: Responsible for the technical care and maintenance of interior tropical plants in both indoor
environments and greenhouse settings to provide an aesthetically pleasing environment for guests, community members and team members. Performs routine plant care tasks including watering,
pruning, fertilizing, pest and disease management, repotting, and propagation.
Create Your Path: The Work You’ll Do:
- Propagate and grow tropical plants in a temperature and humidity-controlled greenhouse. Care for the plants through regular pruning, transplanting, and watering.
- Create and follow IPM plan using biological control and pesticides. Creates and follows a daily maintenance plan and keep detailed records of process.
- Transport tropical plants/mums/poinsettias to SMSC enterprises and gaming facilities, maintains and water according to plant health needs.
- Works closely with other indoor plant specialist to ensure all indoor plant areas are clean, pest free and healthy. Periodically work with horticulture staff in various outdoor landscape projects.
Reflects MINIMUM EDUCATION, TRAINING, CERTIFICATION and EXPERIENCE required in order to meet the expectations of this job:
- Combination of education and experience to equal three years in horticulture and landscaping.
- Two years maintaining and propagating tropical/indoor plants.
- Valid Class D driver’s license may be required with a good driving record.
- MN non-commercial pesticide applicators license or ability to obtain within 60 days of hire.
- Intermediate level computer skills.
Who We Are: The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community contributes to causes, organizations and tribes across the region, state and country. The SMSC has donated more than $350 million to organizations and causes, provided $500 million in economic development loans to other tribes, and contributed millions more to support regional governments and infrastructure. The SMSC's Native Green initiative annually diverts hundreds of tons of waste from landfills, has implemented compostable containers throughout our properties and restored hundreds of acres of prairie land. Team members are eligible to participate in SMSC Gives, a community outreach initiative. Learn more at shakopeedakota.org.