A Farm, Nursery, or Greenhouse Worker propagates, cultivates and harvests plants, primarily flowers, trees, shrubs and sod, and other crops such as mushrooms that are grown in greenhouses, or grows and harvests farm crops such as grain, fruit or vegetables. Operates and maintains equipment used to grow and harvest plants and crops. Cares for animals including dairy cows or chickens, pigs or other animals raised for meat.
Responsible for maintaining and preforming preventative maintenance on climate control systems, greenhouse structures and other greenhouse equipment. Find technical solutions and improvements in the daily work throughout greenhouses and the facility. Execute greenhouse tasks in cooperation with internal customers in order to provide support in the creation new varieties. Use power tools and field equipment in a safe and proper way to take care of maintenance and repairs in the greenhouse. Ability to obtain a pesticide private applicator license and spray pesticide with a respirator Assist with monitoring growing conditions such as fertigation, lighting, pests and other. environmental factors for growing Vegetable crops. Responsible for the operational work in the greenhouses and hardening houses in order to grow successful and healthy plants. Use modern computer systems for irrigation, climate control and operational administration. Carry out basic steps of standard operating procedures independently. Conduct troubleshooting, repairs, and installation of basic irrigation systems such as replacing PCV and metal pipes as well as fixing solenoids. Farm Technicians have also to take care of certain tasks outside normal working hours, like irrigating crops, pest control, control of the growth of crops or watch and check premises and test security systems when needed. These tasks are compensated in a specific way and can be an essential responsibility of the job.
Experience and Job Requirements:
At least 1 year maintaining a greenhouse preferred or at least 2 years working in agriculture maintenance/construction/troubleshooting equipment. Good communications skills. Greenhouse experience preferred. Pesticide application experience preferred. Ability to learn new greenhouse management systems. Ability to come in on weekends and work after hours. Driver's license. Work according QHSE standards. Stefanini takes pride in hiring top talent and developing relationships with our future employees. Our talent acquisition teams will never make an offer of employment without having a phone conversation with you. Those face to face conversations will involve a description of the job for which you have applied. We also speak with you about the process including interviews and job offers. About Stefanini Group The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore and near shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises around the world. Our presence is in countries like the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and more than 400 clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5, IT consulting company with a global presence. We are CMM Level 5 company.
Pay:
$21.00 - $23.00 per hour Expected hours: 40.0 per week
