Production Staff

Smith Gardens • Watsonville, CA

8d • $18 - $18 • Onsite

About The Position

At Smith Gardens, our business is growing: Growing annuals and perennials, growing our relationships with partners, growing our love of gardening, and growing our team's passion and expertise in horticulture—all for the benefit of the consumers who love to garden.
Whether we are out in the greenhouses or working in the office, our Smith Gardens team is dedicated to delivering the healthiest plants on the market for the biggest impact on our partners' shelves and in our customers' gardens.
One of our Core Values is People: “We value and respect all people. We are focused on developing teams and growing the potential of individuals.” We encourage personal growth and continued education so that each member of our Smith Gardens family succeeds. We take as much care cultivating the ecosystem of our offices as we do our gardens. Achieving the quality we strive for in our products and culture is truly a team effort, and every role is vital.
Nurturing growth, collaboration and community is in our nature. Put down roots at any of our five locations and unearth your full potential.
We have an exciting opportunity for Planting Staff to join our Production Department. Responsible for assisting in various tasks related to greenhouse operations. play a crucial role in supporting daily operations, ensuring the health and growth of plants, detail-oriented, capable of working in a fast-paced environment. This position involves a range of duties, from planting, cultivating to harvesting.

Requirements

• Communication: Strong verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
• Collaboration: Work effectively with teams, build relationships and contribute positively to group dynamics.
• Teamwork: Collaboration with team members to achieve planting goals and optimize workflow
• Positive attitude and communication with team members and supervisors.
• Be organized and think forward.
• Ability to balance speed and accuracy in planting activities.
• Attention to detail to ensure uniformity and adherence to specifications.
• Knowledge of proper planting techniques for various crops.
• Ability to climb over 3 ft height rails and work between ground obstacles.
• Capable of reading, writing, and Math basics.
• Work long hours in standing position, required to work long hours during the busy season, including weekends.
• Continuously walk, stand, bend, kneel (and remain working below knee-level) as well as reaching overhead, and from side to side for long periods of time.
• Stamina to work in varying weather conditions, as some tasks may be conducted outdoors.
• Ability to lift and carry heavy objects (up to 30 pounds) and perform physically demanding tasks for an extended periods.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Agricultural/Greenhouse Industry preferred.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Planting: Place material from seed, cuttings, roots and divisions into trays previously prepared with substrate for this purpose.
• Patching: Patch, clean, weed, select and grade plants by sizes.
• Pinching/Trimming: Using tools, cut the tips of the plants to obtain more shoots or branches.
• Harvest:To obtain cuttings from our stock plants.
• Occasionally/Frequently assistant in Production Department or other departments, in tasks such: hauling, labeling, transplanting, loading/unloading, shoveling, housekeeping and more.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees