Lead Cultivation Agent

Cresco Labs•Lincoln, IL

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Cresco Labs is a leading multistate operator in the cannabis industry, focused on normalizing and professionalizing cannabis through passionate employees. Our mission is to lead the nation's cannabis industry with a focus on regulatory compliance, product consistency, and customer satisfaction. We aim to bring legitimacy to the industry with the highest level of integrity and professionalism. Our SEEDTM initiative focuses on Social Equity and Educational Development to ensure our company reflects the communities we serve. This role is responsible for managing cultivation staff, schedules, cultivation processes, and inventory. The Lead Cultivation Agent serves as a role-model and resource for cultivation staff, responding to their questions and concerns, and delegating tasks to ensure a compliant and clean cultivation facility. This position also oversees all cultivation tasks and processes, ensuring proper documentation, plant health, and maintaining strain rotation.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience training, leading and/or mentoring junior staff or new hires preferred.
Demonstrated experience overseeing a large-scale agriculture facility preferred.
Two years’ experience within a production facility, regulated field highly preferred. Or, any satisfactory combination of experience and training which clearly demonstrates the ability to perform the above-described duties.
Effective time-management, organizational skills, and ability to multi-task
Advanced knowledge of plant cultivation and cultivation facility operations
Computer literacy in word processing, point-of-sale systems, windows-based software, and data base management
Knowledge of medical cannabis policy and law
Critical-thinking, problem-solving, planning and assessment skills
Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing and challenging environment
Requires work around plant material, which could include exposure to plant pollen and/or dust.
Requires ability to sit, stand, kneel, and/or do repetitive actions with your hands for long periods of time.
Requires ability to lift up to 50 lbs to torso level.
Must be 21 years of age or older to apply
Must comply with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without the need for current or future sponsorship at any time.

Responsibilities

Managing cultivation staff, schedules, cultivation processes, and inventory.
Serving as a role-model and resource for cultivation staff concerning products and services, policies and procedures, industry news, and changes in regulations.
Responding to all gardener questions, concerns, or suggestions and taking action when necessary to resolve conflicts.
Delegating tasks to gardeners and harvest technicians in order to maintain a compliant and clean cultivation facility.
Coordinating with the Garden Manager to ensure accurate information is communicated to the cultivation staff.
Overseeing all cultivation tasks and processes, ensuring proper documentation of all applicable activities in accordance with the State and standards set by Cresco Labs.
Measuring and mixing nutrient and plant applications and applying these mixtures according to Cresco Labs policy.
Ensuring plant health by pruning, topping, trimming, analyzing plant health according to Cresco Labs policy, as well as any other tasks required.
Maintaining rotation of strains through garden to ensure variety and quantity for cultivation facility.
Maintaining accurate records of all cultivation activities including inventory records, crop application records, materials receipt, returns, etc. in accordance with the State and standards set by Cresco Labs.