Manager, Propagation

The Propagation Manager (PM) performs technical and supervisory work under the direction of the Cultivation Manager to plan cloning, vegetation, and mother stock needs to meet production demands in a fast-paced environment. This position oversees a team and ensures proper care for specified phases of the plants’ life cycle to produce high-quality medical marijuana while maintaining a clean, safe, and bio-secure environment.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee, coordinate, train, and manage the activities of propagation, mothers, and vegetation phases to achieve production goals.
• Assist in the planning of the production schedule: cloning dates, transplant dates, cultivar selection, and future crop planning.
• Creation of internal plant tracking logs related to the creation/destruction of plants, fertigation, and record keeping in compliance with the state.
• Oversee day-to-day activities in Mother, Clone, and Veg rooms including but not limited to mother plant maintenance, cloning, transplanting, pruning, fertigation, environmental and IPM monitoring in adherence to standard operating procedures.
• Maintain a detailed plant inventory through internal tracking in accordance with the MJ freeway system.
• Maintain daily record keeping. (i.e., Plant Waste, Destruction, Cleaning logs, Plant Tracking etc.)
• Oversee all SOPs, compliance, and safety standards are being met in support of leadership.
• Responsible for ordering/inventory department materials as needed.
• Conduct daily meetings with Cultivation Staff.
• Maintain open communication with the management team and other co-workers.
• Maintain/ensure a clean, sanitary, safe, and bio-secure work environment.
• Oversee/maintain proper storage and sanitation of all tools and equipment standards are being met, including but not limited to shop vacs, pumps, hoses, carts, scissors, stools, totes, gloves, rags, and PPE gear.
• Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove job duties at any time, with or without prior notice, in accordance with business needs. Employees may also be required to perform additional job-related tasks not specifically outlined in this job description, including special projects or assignments requested by their direct manager.

Key Competencies:

• Functional Acumen – Consistently shows comprehensive knowledge, skills, and abilities in the functional area(s) for which they are responsible, and understands the fit with overall business goals.
• Emotional Intelligence - Consistently executes the four (4) principles of EQ (i.e., self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, relationship management)
• Intellectual Agility - Consistently evaluates challenges and opportunities from a variety of angles, taking in multiple inputs, and arrives at reasonable business decisions
• Leadership:
  • Lead - Able to inspire others through words and actions to achieve a common goal, and meets or exceeds targeted business results
  • Manage - Able to get specific tasks done through others, and meets or exceeds targeted business results
  • Coach & Develop - Able to observe the job performance and conduct of an employee, identify the employee’s strengths and areas for improvement, and formulate approaches to enhance the employee’s output, job satisfaction, and commitment to the company
• Collaborate - Consistently maintains effective teaming relationships with internal parties, and as applicable, external parties
• Dependable - Can be consistently trusted to execute their job responsibilities on-time and within scope, and meets or exceeds targeted business results
• Upholds Company Values - Consistently role-models and supports execution of the Company core values

Qualifications:

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• A high school diploma or GED is required; undergraduate degree in horticulture, plant science or equivalent technical field is preferred
• 3 or more years cannabis cultivation experience.
• 2 or more years in management.
• Must understand and follow rules, regulations, policies, and procedures set forth by the state and company.
• Able to follow and adhere to a complex production and harvest schedule in a fast-paced environment.
• Show skills in analyzing potential problems with plant health or the product being processed.
• Every job applicant must pass a comprehensive background check, including the mandates of the local cannabis control commission. A job offer issued before the completion of a background check shall be contingent upon a positive result. A negative background check result may lead to the withdrawal of the job offer.
• Must be willing and able to occasionally work a flexible schedule as the business needs demand, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and special events.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

• Ability to stand for eight (8) hours and work in a variety of environments comfortably.
• This position requires a great deal of squatting, walking, bending, kneeling, and reaching.
• Must be able to stand for extended periods, lift objects on a regular basis, and perform daily repetitive tasks.
• This position requires the extended and repetitive use of arms, hands, and fingers to cut/manipulate small objects.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lb.
• Handling and mixing of chemicals: pesticides, fungicides, and sanitizers.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to do this job. The above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required.

Jupiter Holdings Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer Committed to DEI. All qualified job applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We are committed to fostering diversity and leveraging the value of diversity with equity and inclusion.

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