Lead Cultivation Associate - Nursery at Curaleaf — Biddeford, ME

Title: Lead Cultivation Associate Pay Rate: $20.00  - 22.50/hr Location: Biddeford, ME Job Type: Full Time | Non-Exempt Shift: Monday - Friday | 7:30am - 4:00pm

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Lead Cultivation Associate is responsible for leading a team of hourly employees in vegetative garden cultivation operations with a continuous focus on compliance, safety accountability, product integrity, team productivity and cost. Support additional department operations, which include but are not limited to mother plant care, cloning, inventory control and supporting the flower garden as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead a team of Cultivation Associates in the performance of cultivation tasks such as watering, feeding, defoliating, transplanting, organizing, cleaning cultivation spaces and operator-level maintenance in the vegetative garden space.
• Co-lead and support additional department functions such as sanitation, room preparation, mother plant care, cloning, etc.
• Care for cannabis plants via transplanting, pruning and fertilizing with oversight from Cultivation management.
• Lead and pace the team to ensure adherence to the grow plan and schedule.
• Ensure product integrity; making sure plant quality is maintained while being cloned, grown and harvested.
• Safely handle and apply sanitizing, foliar and preventative chemical sprays.
• Perform daily audits of garden rooms to maintain optimal growing conditions.
• Monitor/report problems with lighting, HVAC, CO2, irrigation and air flow systems.
• Monitor humidity/temperature levels and report readings that are out of tolerance.
• Perform pest inspection and mitigation activities to prevent/remediate mold, powdery mildew, spider mites, root aphids, fungus gnats, etc.
• Maintain the correct plant structure and level of foliage to allow for proper airflow and light penetration by removing leaves strategically per schedule.
• Measure and dispose of plant waste in accordance with state regulations.
• Support department core metrics (quantity, quality, and productivity objectives).