Greenhouse Cultivation Supervisor

Rubicon Organics (TSX-V: ROMJ) is an award-winning, fast-growing licensed producer of super-premium, certified organic cannabis. With two facilitieslocatedin Delta and Hope, BC, Rubicon is entering an exciting new phase of expansion and innovation.

The Cultivation Supervisor is responsible for overseeing an efficient and effective workforce, including all jobs from propagation through plant out and harvest based in our Delta facility.

Reporting to the Cultivation Labor Manager andleadingthe Cultivation Team (Team Leads and Crop Laborers) in the pursuit of safety, compliance, quality, and yield. This position ishands-on, with a focus on the development and documentation oflaborpractices, co-ordination of all greenhouse activities, and performance assessment of the Cultivation Team.

• Foster a positive work environment and lead by example.
• Motivate and inspire the Cultivation team, encouraging teamwork, professionalism, and continuous improvement.
• Work together with the Cultivation Labour Manager to optimize production while encouraging team members and working to improve their performance.
• Work with other departments including maintenance, quality, processing, and engineering to achieve organization wide goals. Ensure the cultivation team is reporting issues in a positive, collaborative, and timely manner.

• Work to build a safety conscious culture.
• Train employees on safety protocols and provide guidance to minimize accidents and injuries.
  
  Ensuring compliance with safety regulations and promote a safe working environment.

• Develop an understanding of our production crop work goals and strategies.
• Work to improve our standard crop work strategy with the aim of increasing plant health,yield,flower quality, work efficiency, and job satisfaction.
• Implement quality control procedures to maintain the highest standards of work, site appearance, and batch uniformity.
• Spend time working with our labour team, helping to keep them focused, on task, and working effectively.

• Direct the work of leads and greenhouse labourers, assigning tasks, providing training, and monitoring performance to ensure productivity and quality standards are met.
• Assist in the development of standardized plans for flowering compartment activities, including daily crop work requirements, goals, and deadlines.
• Give feedback to the Cultivation Labour Manager to help in scheduling and to ensure that the correct number of individuals are available for work each day, including leads and temporary foreign workers.

• Work with the Cultivation Labour Manager to improve the labour tracking system to monitor and develop consistency and efficiency in the work force.
• Train team members on the correct use of this system, and provide guidance for their development in understanding, tracking, and optimizing labour use.

• Help to ensure each member of the cultivation team understands the importance of the work that they perform.
• Encourage personal development and help the team to improve their skills and perfect the art of growing cannabis.
• Work with the Cultivation Labour Manager to assess, analyze, and optimize each labourer’s abilities and quality of work.

• Regularly inspect plants to identify and monitor for health, pests, and diseases.
• Work with the Integrated Pest Management team to track these issues.
• Implement labour activities to improve these areas and accurately report plant health from transplant to harvest.

• Maintain accurate records of compliance documentation, production activities, crop data, labour hours, inventory levels, and other data.
• Ensure compliance with the requirements for growing and selling cannabis.
• Other duties as required.

• Minimum 5 years of experience leading cultivation or greenhouse labour teams, ideally within cannabis, horticulture, or agriculture.
• Proven ability to manage large, diverse teams including leads and temporary foreign workers.
• Hands-on experience with crop work planning and scheduling from planting through harvest.
• Strong knowledge of plant health,…