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Silver Lions Farms is looking for a knowledgeable Director of Greenhouse Facilities & Systems to join our team in Ely, Nevada.

The Director of Facilities & Systems will manage our 350,000 square foot, state-of-the-art greenhouse, including - construction, maintenance, and continuing readiness of all indoor grow facilities, capital infrastructure within those facilities, and related structures at Silver Lion Farms’ farm in Ely, NV. This is a full-time, on-site position.

We Offer

• Competitive salary and PTO policy
• 100% company-paid employee Medical, Dental, & Life Insurance
• Onsite housing and relocation expenses paid for by the Company
• 401k Program
• Career growth and development opportunities

Responsibilities:

Grow Facility – Greenhouse Construction & Maintenance:

• Acting liaison between Silver Lion Farms and the manufacturer, Certhon.
• Works with internal and external partners to strategize, plan, and execute glasshouse construction, maintenance, and operations.
• Manages the greenhouse construction and maintenance labor force, including contractors.
• Enforces Jobsite safety standards.
• Responsible for reporting glasshouse construction-related risks, timelines, and progress to General Manager.

Grow Facility - Greenhouse Systems:

• Responsible for implementing glasshouse systems, manufacturing processes, and field biomass drying processes.
• Manages glasshouse system operations, process, design, planning, control, performance improvement efficiencies, and operations strategies.
• Regularly checks glasshouse systems for efficiency, and accuracy, and troubleshoots issues.
• Analyzes glasshouse production metrics and makes recommendations for improvements and solutions to issues.
• Works directly with Grow Manager(s) to create and maintain a productive environment for all seeds, seedlings, and biomass contained within facilities.
• Follow-up on OSHA and CCB inspections - correct any issues identified.
• Create, maintain, and train staff to execute capital equipment and systems SOPs.
• Reports all changes, updates, and risks to General Manager.

Grow Facility - Greenhouse Budgeting

• Works directly with General Manager and department heads to create and manage all relevant construction, facility, and systems budgets and project timelines.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Facilities Management and/or Agriculture-related disciplines.
• 5+ years of Supervisory Greenhouse Facilities & Systems experience
• 2+ years of experience with automated irrigation/fertigation systems (we use Priva).
• Willing and available to live onsite and work outside of shift hours, respond to alerts and emergencies (power outages, labor issues, etc.) as required.
• Ability to manage people, provide day-to-day supervision, and handle employee-related issues.
• The ability to set and implement overall strategy, policy, and procedures to drive process and improvement amongst the company.
• Basic understanding of safety and labor compliances not limited to permitting, licensing, OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) regulations, safety protocols, and crop testing.
• Experience developing and documenting SOPs.
• Ability to manage through complexity by identifying and prioritizing the high leverage items.
• Creating transparency on large cross-functional challenges so that they may be dealt with holistically and swiftly.

Silver Lion Farms is a privately held, vertically integrated seed-to-extraction, organic hemp supply chain company founded in 2018, headquartered in Ely, Nevada. We are working together to create the gold standard in industrial-scale standardization and efficiency for USDA Certified Organic CBD & Cannabis — for the world’s largest and most innovative CPG, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic companies. We are transforming the commercial CBD industry, the communities where we invest in shared success, and the lives of our customers and each other.

Our best-of-class, USDA-certified, organic hemp farms, greenhouses, and biomass processing centers and extraction centers include thousands of owned, sustainable acres and hundreds of thousands of square-foot state-of-the-art propagation greenhouses, as well as the largest biomass processing facility of its kind in North America.

Silver Lion Farms is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We place priority in an environment of inclusion, diversity, and social justice and are committed to securing a better, brighter way forward for our employees and our communities.

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