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Description:
Duties/Responsibilities - What You Will Do:
How will you help us grow? It matters to us, and it matters to you!
- This position will include various plant care opportunities
- Work with many agronomic crops that will be shedding pollen
- Work in greenhouse with high temperature and humidity
- Work independently, completing detail orientated research tasks
- Must be comfortable working with pesticides and various arthropods
- Mixing and applying beneficial organisms such as insects, and other arthropods
- Scouting for pest, beneficial organisms, and for checking plant quality
- Must be able to obtain Iowa Pesticide Certification for Greenhouse 3G within 30 days of hire
- Will be tank mixing and applying pesticides
- Will be spraying pesticides with spray suit and respiratory protection
- Will calibrate equipment to ensure proper application amounts
- Support watering and fertilization crops
- Mixing, cleaning and calibrating various fertilizer equipment
- Testing growing media quality
- Opportunities to support various plant care research
Job Qualifications:
Requirements - Who You Are:
What expertise have you grown? What do you bring to the table?
- High school diploma/GED.
- Attention to detail, and carefully follow standard operating and safety/ergonomics protocols.
- Must be able to obtain Iowa Pesticide Certification for Greenhouse 3G within 30 days of hire
- You have excellent communication skills, a high degree of self-motivation, possess a positive attitude and work well independently as well as a team member with minimal supervision.
- You have good basic computer skills including experience with MS Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook), and are willing/able to gain competency with internally developed research software.
- You are willing and able to stand/sit for long periods of time, lift up to 30 pounds and perform repetitive work in a warm, humid greenhouse with pollen present year-round.
- You understand that delivering to our customers on-time keeps us viable and are willing and able to work a rotating shift and work overtime hours including weekend work required to support business needs.
Preferences - It Would Be Great If You Have:
- Previous experience in areas including but not limited to greenhouse plant care, agronomy, horticulture, gardening, or biology research. Interest in agronomic research desired.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $19.00 - $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Health insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Ability to Commute:
- Johnston, IA 50131 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Johnston, IA 50131: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
