What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cultivation Manager position at Ascend Wellness Holdings?
SUMMARY
The Cultivation Manager is responsible for successful cultivation activities from seed/clone through harvest, following company policies and procedures and in compliance with state regulations
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITES
- Responsible for the grow operations, including developing a detailed plan and timeline for plant production from seed/clone to harvest
- Initiates and manages a harvest schedule to consistently meet the demands of the business
- Tracks consumable inventory levels and ensures that adequate supplies are available in reasonable quantities
- Ensures that growing environment is clean, properly equipped and in good working order at all times
- Produces a product that meets all lab testing requirements at targeted yield levels with the expected amounts of active pharmaceutical ingredients
- Clearly sets out a vision for success and educates cultivation members on how their actions and accomplishments contribute to the overall success of the company
- Establishes and enforces standards of accountability for cultivation staff
- Completes regularly scheduled quality assessment of plants for signs of pests/disease
- Ensure staff is trained and follows appropriate SOP's
- Ensures that all requisite information is maintained in the state required system and site records are up to date
- Coach and develop the Cultivation Technicians, provide constant developmental feedback
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's Degree in Botany, Horticulture, Agricultural Engineering, or related field
- 5 years' experience in a large-scale commercial growing operation in a greenhouse environment, with 2 years at the management level operations
- Experience with grow data acquisition
- Experience designing nutrient mixes
- Knows automated environmental control systems
- Advanced understanding of horticulture practices including cloning plants
- Ability to identify and remedy plant disease states
- Can identify and remedy suboptimal nutrient states
- Detailed knowledge of indoor hydroponic cultivation practices, life cycle of cannabis, common pests of cannabis and compliance
- Must be 21 years or older and pass any and all required pre-employment screenings
- Full knowledge of all applicable law, regulations, and requirements to keep the facility at 100% compliance at all times, this includes being up to date on any changes to current applicable laws/regulations
- Must be and remain compliant with any and all regulatory requirements for working in the cannabis industry
- Must be able to obtain and retain a Registered Agent Card issued by the state of operation
- Must have excellent organization and time management skills
- Must be focused, pay close attention to detail
- Must be able to internalize training and follow instructions
- Must be able to communicate clearly and effectively
- Other duties as assigned
AWH is a vertically integrated cannabis cultivator, processor, and dispensary operator with assets in Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. We seek to foster a robust and inclusive cannabis organization through providing a premium, unmatched customer-focused retail experience and producing quality and mindfully created cannabis products. Our goal is to build a world class team that will continue our mission of helping to shape the future of cannabis and bettering our customers life with cannabis. How will we achieve this? By offering unrivaled quality, consistency and meticulously curated products that satisfy our customers unique, individual needs.
WHY AWH?
Our people are our greatest asset. Our teams are comprised of a group of skilled and passionate professionals and partners from a diverse range of fields. We believe in not only building a diverse team but creating a space where ALL feel welcome and training our leaders to not only be inclusive themselves but to inspire their teams to be the same. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, age or disability. We believe in providing competitive compensation, quality benefits and a work environment that fosters creativity, hard work and leverage every one of our employees' unique skills while giving them what it takes to advance those said skills and learn new ones. We sweat the details to ensure our teams are confident and excited to provide best in class service to our customers and communities we serve.
EEO STATEMENT:
Ascend Wellness Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer and celebrate the population of differences and does not discriminate in its hiring / hiring practices, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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