Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive team member to support operational and mechanical maintenance across our facility. This role involves hands-on work with specialized systems and equipment, ensuring optimal performance and cleanliness in a dynamic environment.
Ability to work 12-hour night shifts on a consistent schedule.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Pipe Painting: Perform routine and project-based painting of facility piping systems.
- GPS Mechanical Drive System: Inspect and maintain the GPS mechanical systems, focusing on Germination box and Grow Field.
- Fogging Nozzle Cleaning: Clean and maintain fogging nozzles to ensure proper misting functionality.
- Light Fixtures and Overhead Equipment Cleaning: Perform regular cleaning and upkeep of light fixtures and other overhead systems to maintain facility cleanliness and food safety.
- Gutter Maintenance & Cleaning: Perform regular cleaning and upkeep of G gutters to prevent blockages and ensure drainage; sanitizing when necessary.
- Dripper Replacement & Cleaning: Replace and clean irrigation drippers to maintain consistent water delivery.
- Insect Netting: Assist with cleaning and maintenance of insect netting for windows. *If trained by specialist.
- Gutter Repair: Conduct repairs on damaged or leaking gutters.
- Roof Chalking: Apply chalk to roof during necessary times.
- Window Washing: Clean facility windows to maintain visibility and hygiene standards.
- Adapt to changing environment and work pace dependent upon throughput needs.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS:
- High School diploma or GED equivalent
PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS:
- Technical school diploma
- Prior knowledge or experience in industrial maintenance, plumbing, water treatment, or electrical
- Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials as part of daily work to stand and walk for extended periods and to bend, crouch, kneel, and reach as needed.
- Comfortable working in greenhouse conditions, including warm temperatures (around 80°F) in full sun and high humidity. Willingness to work outdoors in varying weather conditions when required
- Ability to work at heights using ladders or platforms when required
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
Skills Required
- High School diploma or GED equivalent
- Ability to work 12-hour night shifts on a consistent schedule
- Detail-oriented and proactive team member
- Technical school diploma
- Prior knowledge or experience in industrial maintenance, plumbing, water treatment, or electrical
- Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials; stand and walk for extended periods; bend, crouch, kneel, and reach as needed
- Comfortable working in greenhouse conditions (warm temperatures, high humidity) and outdoors in varying weather
- Ability to work at heights using ladders or platforms when required
- Assist with insect netting cleaning and maintenance if trained by specialist
What We Do
Little Leaf Farms is the country’s #1 brand of packaged lettuce sustainably grown through controlled environment agriculture. We are on a mission to transform the way food is grown through peri-urban agricultural practices that are rebuilt for the modern world. Using advanced greenhouse technologies, we grow fresh, sustainably farmed lettuce 365 days a year. We utilize captured rainwater, natural sunlight that shines through high transmission glass, and solar-powered energy in our precise, soil-less hydroponic farming. Our crispy, flavorful baby greens are harvested without ever touching human hands and are never treated with chemical pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides.
