Career-Greenhouse Technician

Full-time available

Languages: English

Experience: Horticulture or Greenhouse Technician Diploma or equivalent experience working in a greenhouse or nursery. Forklift license is an asset.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Planting, growing, and potting up annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs.
• Precise watering according to each plant’s needs and management of irrigation systems.
• Monitoring for disease, pests, and other changes in plant health.
• Monitoring and controlling environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, and ventilation.
• Preventing conditions that compromise plant health.
• Perform inspections to identify and address issues related to pests, diseases, and nutrient deficiencies.
• Scheduling and implementing an IPM program.
• Ensuring plants are cared for over weekends and holidays.
• Maintaining the greenhouse and nursery, ensuring it is clean, neat, tidy, and well-organized.
• Maintaining accurate records and documentation related to plant growth, environmental conditions, and any treatments or interventions applied.
• Updating and tracking inventory.
• Labeling and arranging trays and pots methodically and systematically.
• Assembling and attaching plant labels.
• Pack and prepare orders for clients and customer pick-up and delivery.
• Accurate reporting and updating of plant and growing materials.
• Ensure all clean-out tasks and startup tasks are completed, including ensuring the greenhouse is cleaned and ready for planting.
• Ensuring production lines are organized, prepared, cleaned, and maintained.
• Equipment and facility maintenance tasks include cleaning and repairing equipment and greenhouse structures and ensuring proper functioning of irrigation systems, heating, and ventilation systems.
• Following all safety protocols and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, including the safe handling and storage of chemicals and PPE

Requirements and skills:

• Equipment operations such as tractors are considered an asset.
• A pesticide application license is considered an asset.
• Experience working in a greenhouse or nursery.
• Experience and understanding of the production of ornamental plants.
• Practical, hands-on experience growing and caring for hundreds of plants and general gardening knowledge.
• A solutions-oriented thinker with experience diagnosing, troubleshooting, and overcoming plant health issues and pests.
• Able to use a computer, smartphone, and/or tablet and able to work with Microsoft products and Google Suite.
• Disciplined, reliable, methodical, and punctual with updating records.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic working environment and are familiar with communication and coordination of tasks using Google Drive and shared documents.
• Able to take initiative, pursue self-directed tasks, and work independently.
• Adaptable and flexible with changing weather and daily schedules, accepting that some days may be longer than other days.
• Able to maintain a solutions-oriented disposition even during stressful situations.

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Fast-paced environment.
• Work under pressure.
• Attention to detail.
• Working outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Bending, lifting, kneeling, hot and humid.
• Ability to lift 25-50lbs (plants, plant material, bags of soil etc.).
• Adaptable and flexible with changing weather and daily schedules, accepting that some days may be longer than other days.

Please note: only candidates being considered will be contacted for an interview.