Plant Production Associate

Calling all GREEN thumbs!

POSITION TITLE:

PLANT PRODUCTION GURU

• Do you love getting your hands dirty?
• Are you a hard working, plant loving, detail oriented, and process driven professional that wants to make a difference in the world?
• Love people & plants and all things horticulture?
• Do you thrive in a fast paced, think on your feet work environment?
• Would you like to join a rockstar team that values honesty, professionalism, and accountability?

If you answered “YES” to any of the above, read on!

COMPANY:

Freckle Farm is Cache Valley’s preferred retail greenhouse nursery. We live and breathe people, plants and process. We specialize in providing a world-class, raving fan customer experience by educating our customers about the things we are most passionate about…plants! We subscribe to an educate first, sell later mentality. We are changing how our clients see the natural world on a daily basis. We foster a work environment that inspires innovative thinking, teamwork, collaboration, and ongoing education. We value our company culture and esteem our customer’s needs above all else!

POSITION TYPE:

• Full or Part time
• Seasonal job with opportunity for year-round employment based on performance

THIS OPPORTUNITY IS FOR YOU IF YOU ARE:

• Passionate about plants and people

• Looking for seasonal work during the day, position starting beginning of February and running until middle of June
• An outside person
• Interested in working with your hands
• Organized, detail-oriented, critical thinker
• Creative, low-drama problem solver
• A lifelong learner motivated to continue to learn and grow with the company
• Inclined to deliver a world-class, raving fan experience for customers
• Student with studies in plant science, ornamental horticulture, ecology, biology, botany
• Committed to personal excellence, driven to succeed with a “can do” attitude

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

• Maintain a tight production schedule of transplanting and seeding plants
• Care for plants, including transplanting, watering, and fertilization, pruning, deadheading, etc
• Participate in pest & disease identification and treatment
• Stock & restock plant material in the retail space
• Maintain a clean workspace, including weeding and garbage clean up
• Direct customer questions to the appropriate team members
• Facilitate a world class customer experience with Raving Fan customer service
• Participate in daily huddles & weekly team meetings

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Passion for plants and people
• Friendly demeanor
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, while maintaining consistency
• Willingness to communicate clearly and provide feedback
• Ability to multi-task
• Strong work ethic
• Plant knowledge is preferred, but not required
• Desire to learn
• Possession of a working cell phone that we can reach them on as needed
• Ability to get to/from work on their own
• Drug free
• Emotionally stable & drama free
• Legal to work in the United States

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this position or that a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Specific vision abilities required by this job are dictated by the Utah Driver’s License requirements.

This job may have specific physical demands including, but not limited to, the following: ability to lift up to 60 lbs repeatedly; ability to sit, bend, reach, kneel, squat, climb stairs, or stand for a long period of time. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

The nature of plant production work requires standing for long periods of time, repetitive movement, and frequent heavy lifting. The majority of hours worked will be spent in a traditional greenhouse environment being exposed to extremes of temperature and weather.

You will operate a variety of tools & equipment common to the greenhouse environment including: computer, pruners, hose wands, etc requiring continuous and repetitive arm, hand and eye movement.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

• $10-$14-hour DOE
• Freckle Farm employee discount
• Freckle Farm family discount
• PTO starts accruing at the commencement of full-time employment. Can be used after one year of full-time employment.
• Holiday bonus
• Company parties

APPLICATION: