RES is looking for a Horticultural Assistant with at least 2+ years of experience for our Baldwin City, KS office.

The mission: The Horticultural Assistant will assist in a variety of horticultural activities at the direction of a supervisor or team leader, including containerized native plant and seed propagation, production, growing and inventory control from start to finish. Your role is a dynamic and integral part of ensuring the health and vitality of our plant materials.

One of your primary responsibilities will be to schedule and coordinate care tasks for containerized plants, ensuring they meet the highest Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) standards.

You will execute timely control methods and contribute insightful suggestions for improvement to enhance growing practices and putting approved strategies into action. This involves overseeing a dedicated transplant crew and/or plant maintenance crew, managing propagation and transplanting activities within the greenhouse environment.

You will scout for pests, diseases, and nutrient imbalances, conducting routine checks on potted stock and field production plants. To address potential issues, you will diligently prepare and send samples to the lab for accurate diagnosis. Applying fertilizers, pesticides, and beneficial agents will be part of your routine, all meticulously recorded and communicated to the supervisor for effective plant health care.

The relocation of stock, seed sowing, and other production activities will also fall under your purview.

All these tasks will be carried out with a commitment to safety, ceasing work immediately if unsafe conditions are identified and promptly reporting and correcting any such concerns.

Flexibility is key, especially during peak seasons (will be working over 40 hours weekly), where weekends and after-hours work can be frequent (extra-hours are compensated).

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of your duties. 

Required:

• 2+ years in greenhouse, nursery or horticultural experience or training; Equivalent combination of education and experience acceptable.
• A Valid Driver’s License, may be required

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

The working conditions and physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and talk or hear.
2. Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
3. Occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
4. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
5. Frequent exposure to outside weather conditions.
6. Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
7. Occasional exposure to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, extreme heat, and vibration.
8. Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts.
9. The employee is expected to be able to conduct field work that may require walking up or down steep grades or on uneven ground, operating in inclement, not dangerous, weather conditions, exposure to direct sun and other weather, and may be in areas occupied by wild or domestic animals. Exposure to thorny or poisonous plant materials is not uncommon in the field. The employee may be requested to wade or participate in work conducted on open water.

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RES is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.