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Greenhouse Maintenance Operations Technician
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What they do
A Building and General Maintenance Technician performs building maintenance and appliance repairs for an apartment complex, housing division, residential center or business, as directed by a property manager.
$50,044 / year median in California
+12% projected growth
Job Description
Join our dynamic team as a Greenhouse Maintenance Operations Technician and play a vital role in ensuring the optimal functioning and upkeep of our greenhouse facilities. This energetic position involves maintaining healthy plant environments, managing irrigation systems, and supporting sustainable growing practices. If you're passionate about horticulture, outdoor work, and hands-on plant care, this is your opportunity to contribute to a thriving agricultural operation.
- 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.
- At least 1 year maintenance of 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
- Drivers license
- Work according QHSE standards This role offers an engaging environment where your skills directly impact the health of our plants and the success of our operations.