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Learn about all our current openings, meet our team and see our beautiful facility!
- Monday June 8, 2026 from 1 pm-5 pm
- Wednesday June 10, 2026 from 8 am- noon
- Thursday June 11, 2026 from 1 pm - 5 pm
Growing To Serve You
We exist to bring beauty and joy to our communities through our high-quality plants.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Head Grower, this position leads and oversees the daily functions of production to ensure the production lines efficiently and accurately plant vegetables, perennials, and annuals, and ensure the proper placement of plants after production.
SAFETY:
Safety is a top priority at Dan and Jerry’s Greenhouses, you will take an active leadership role in promoting a safe working culture. We want all employees, customers, and guests to Arrive Safe, Be Safe and Leave Safe.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (comprehensive, but not limited to):
Line Management:
• Leading the production line, this role will actively lead the daily functions of production by ensuring the production lines run at optimum efficiency.
• Establish what is being planted by the local range production lines in the daily/weekly production line schedule, based on past production output.
• Provides quality control of planting, soil, tags, water and setting on the production lines-ensuring the line is adhering to company standards.
• Meet production productivity standards for hourly count requirements.
• Work with line leaders to improve daily performance and provide employee feedback to Production Manager.
• Maintain and train employees on transplanters to ensure proper and safe usage.
Inventory Management:
• Ensure appropriate inventory levels of all live goods, hard goods and soil to production in a timely manner.
• Work with Head Grower to develop planting plans for spring and fall crops.
Planning and Reporting:
• In collaboration with the Range Manager, write new transplanter programs to increase efficiency.
• Gather production record throughout day, analyze, review, and submit to Office Administrator as needed.
EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
· 3+ years leadership experience in a production or greenhouse environment.
· Computer skills include proficiency in Microsoft Office Products.
· Some Spanish speaking preferred.
· Minimum education high school diploma or equivalent.
· Experience creating and maintaining spreadsheets.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES & PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
· Accuracy and attention to detail.
· Fluent typing and data entry skills.
· Good listening and communication skills.
· Comfortable with math and calculations.
· Proficient with Microsoft office products, including Outlook, and Excel.
· Possesses a high level of written and oral communication skills.
· Demonstrated ability to make positive impact decisions, prioritize and meet or exceed deadlines.
· Demonstrated ownership for decisions and actions; facilitates accountability.
· Strong personal presence with excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills.
· Does what it takes to get the job done.
The qualifications listed above are guidelines. Other combinations of education and experience may provide necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform this job.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to perform occasional to continuous repetitive motion while walking, standing, sitting, distinguishing colors, lifting, and carrying objects up to 50 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT / TRAVEL:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Typically, those in this or comparable roles will spend most of their time working side-by-side employees in a production and greenhouse environment with few physical hazards. The environments can at times be dusty, warm, and humid.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of leadership experience in a production or greenhouse environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products
- Minimum high school diploma or equivalent
- Experience creating and maintaining spreadsheets
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Typing and data entry skills
- Good listening and communication skills
- Comfort with math and calculations
- Written and oral communication skills
- Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
- Ability to make decisions and facilitate accountability
- Spanish speaking ability
What We Do
Dan & Jerry’s Greenhouses is an independent, family-owned horticultural business based in Monticello, Minnesota. The company grows high-quality plants for garden-center retailers and operates four locations—two in Monticello, one in Buffalo, Minnesota, and one in Madison, South Dakota—with approximately 35 acres of greenhouse space. It supplies retail garden centers with greenhouse-grown plants for customer sales across the region.
