What are the responsibilities and job description for the Floral Greenhouse Technician! *Year-Round Full-Time Work position at Len Busch Roses?
At Len Busch Roses, we are passionate about hiring employees who value of taking care of each other & our customers. We strive to align people in jobs that they love and are great at. As a result, we love the people we work with! Our managers care deeply about us as people and empower us to utilize our talents and strengths.
What you'll do: Support our team of greenhouse technicians and growers to bring our amazing grown product to customers throughout the 5 state area. This means you'll plant, weed, harvest, clear flower beds, and prepare product for delivery alongside this fast paced-team.
Crops you could work with: lilies, gerbera daisies, cyclamen, begonias, tulips, poinsettias, etc. (We're growing millions of stems a year.)
This is not gardening. This physical job is like a fun combination of landscaping, farming and manufacturing meaning you will on your feet for most of the shift.
When you'll work: Rotating shifts: Week 1 - Monday through Friday, Week 2 - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday
Hours: May through August and November through February 6:00 am - 2:30 pm, September through October and March through April 7:30 am - 4:00 pm.
Ability to work holidays and overtime as business needs.
Starting Pay: $18.50/hr
Physical Requirements:
- Walking
- Standing
- Stooping
- Pulling
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing, and challenging environment.
- Ability to perform various physical tasks (i.e. bending, kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting, etc.) and ability to work in a hot environment. (This is in a greenhouse.)
- Ability to work holidays and overtime as business needs
- Repetitive heavy lifting of 50 pounds or more
- Past experience is a plus.
Pay Frequency:
- Bi weekly or Twice monthly
This Job Is:
- A job for which military experienced candidates are encouraged to apply
- Open to applicants who do not have a high school diploma/GED
- A "Fair Chance" job (you or the employer follow Fair Chance hiring practices when performing background checks - learn more at https://start.really.com/fair-chance)
- A good job for someone just entering the workforce or returning to the workforce with limited experience and education
- A job for someone who enjoys heavy physical labor
Behaviors
Preferred- Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
- Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $18.50 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k) 5% Match
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Extended hours
- Holidays
- Morning shift
- Overtime
- Rotating weekends
- Weekends as needed
- Year round work
Work Location: In person
Salary : $19