Harvest Technician

About the Opportunity 

FLUENT, in exclusive partnership with Connected New York, is excited to be hiring for positions at our new state-of-the-art cultivation facility in Buffalo, New York. These roles offer the opportunity to join FLUENT’s growing team while being part of Connected’s highly anticipated expansion into one of the country’s most dynamic and fast-growing cannabis markets.

About Connected

Connected family of companies. are a leading vertically integrated cannabis company based in Sacramento, operating in California, Arizona, and Florida. With over 11 years of experience, Connected specializes in breeding, growing, manufacturing, and distributing top-shelf cannabis through its state-of-the-art facilities and proprietary genetics.

With over 250 employees across the United States, Connected has built a strong industry reputation and is now expanding into New York through a master services agreement with FLUENT. Connected’s mission has always been to breed, grow, and sell the best cannabis in the world, setting the highest standards for its products, people, and partners wherever we go.

About the Job

The role of the Harvest Technician executes the harvest, bucking processes, room cleaning and defoliation/canopy management Ensures compliance with company procedures and product specifications.

What You Will Do

• Executes plant bucking and harvesting processes.
• Removes branches, leaves from living plants to provide an optimal leaf environment.
• Cleans flower rooms post harvest for replanting. 
• Clone transplanting and plant movement throughout the facility as needed.
• Helps with trimming and packaging as needed.
• Maintain clean and sanitary work areas.
• Works productively to achieve daily and weekly goals.
• Expected to display teamwork, mutual respect, open communication within the team and across functions.
• Adheres to SOP’s.
• Adhere to KPI metrics to ensure timely material flow to ensure supply for the processing team.
•  Maintain quality standards and conduct periodic QC checks of WIP material.

What We Are Looking For

• Hardworking individuals that like working with plant material with a mindset geared towards quality and efficiency.
•  Ability to work in a fast-paced indoor farm environment under high intensity lighting and warm/humid conditions.
• Comfort with a fast-paced environment and changing requirements and tasks.
• Ability to adapt to different strains’ plant structure during various plant work tasks.
• Excellent attention to detail especially when pruning live plants and labeling strains separately. 
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Calm under pressure.
• Ability to work independently and diligently with minimal supervision.
• Strongly committed to maintaining high quality work standards in repetitive tasks.
• Safety and compliance focused.
• High school degree or equivalent required.
• Must be 21+ years of age.
• Experience in the cannabis or agricultural industry is preferred.

Compensation Description (annually): The hourly pay rate for this position is $18.00.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. 

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position involves sitting, walking and lifting less than 10 pounds for long periods of time throughout the day. Working in warm/humid environments with high intensity lighting. Able to bend for many of the work tasks, and stand on and climb ladders. Must be able to lift up to a maximum of 50 lbs. occasionally without assistance. Comfortable working with scissors and or pruning shears.The noise level in the work environment can be loud. Requires normal hearing range

Work is performed in a fast-paced cannabis grow location. 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.

Why Join Us?

By joining FLUENT with Connected, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Be part of Connected’s highly anticipated entry into the New York market

• Work with a team that combines Connected’s proven genetics and brand strength with FLUENT’s local expertise and cutting-edge cultivation facility

• Help shape the future of premium cannabis in one of the country’s most discerning markets

Note: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent to this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instruction or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, a drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.