Assistant Plant Manager

Kalera • Aurora, CO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Kalera is a science and technology-driven company dedicated to growing the very best possible produce through smart horticulture and urban vertical farming. As technology leaders, Kalera focuses on clean, safe, healthy, tasty greens, emphasizing the efficiencies of growing locally in controlled environments. Founded in 2010, Kalera has perfected unique hydroponic growing methods, combining optimized nutrients and light recipes, precise environmental controls, and clean room standards to produce safe, highly nutritious, pesticide-free, non-GMO vegetables with consistent high quality and longer shelf life year-round. With indoor facilities situated where demand is, Kalera supplies produce locally, eliminating long-distance shipping and ensuring freshness by delivering product within hours of harvest. Kalera's plants use 95% less water than field farming. The company has recently opened a new state-of-the-art growing facility in Orlando, FL, with an annual output of over five million heads of lettuce, making it the highest production volume vertical farm in the Southeast US. Kalera has aggressive expansion plans, with new facilities announced for Atlanta, Houston, and Denver to open in early 2021, and further domestic and international expansion planned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or its equivalency in experience and/or training
• 5+ years of experience in leading high performing teams
• Demonstrated success as a manager of people and process
• Demonstrated ability to work, manage, and meet competing deadlines in a fast-paced, high volume environment and on deadline; aptitude for problem solving and decision making needed
• Demonstrated ability to identify, recommend and implement best practice approaches that deliver rapid, consistent, high-quality service
• Proficient with Excel, Powerpoint, Word

Nice To Haves

• Experience with PowerBI and/or MS Dynamics a plus

Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily management of the harvest and production operations
• Responsible for harvest and production team efficiency and throughput yield
• Ensure that the facility is operating and producing product that meets food safety and quality standards
• Enforce strict Good Manufacturing Practices, Sanitation and Safety Standards
• Ensure harvest and production teams are fully compliant with all regulations related to food safety, employee safety, food processing, and employment laws
• Responsible for the training and continual improvement of all harvest and production teams
• Plan and implement equipment, production and labor goals
• Develop succession plan to ensure continuity of operations in the face of unforeseen turnover
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager