Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist team in greenhouse space planning in the area.
- Lead facilities operations, maintenance procedures across multiple sites.
- Execute standard operating procedures and programs for greenhouse and laboratory safety, safety training, chemical inventories, laboratory audits, laboratory operational permits, hazardous waste disposal, and maintain accurate and up-to-date records on all training, permits and incidents.
- Coordinate vendor contracts.
- Act as the primary interface between the labs for greenhouse operations. Providing onboarding training, guidance and support on greenhouse use, initiating new services for tenants as required (e.g., coordinating shipment of lab samples, providing key vendor contacts, etc.), and providing advice on tenant-related decisions related to lighting, temperature, watering, fertigation/fertilizer, etc.
- Work to trouble shoot minor greenhouse and lab equipment issues.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Minimum 10 years of experience running a research greenhouse operation and/or science laboratory.
- Familiarity with the life science industry and regional AgTech ecosystem.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, multi-task, and prioritize effectively.