Farm Associate

**About Sensei Ag**

Sensei Ag is a market-changing AgTech company aiming to solve global gaps and inconsistencies in nutrition, food safety, and food security through the transformative power of data. Guided by the capabilities and insights of our founders, technology entrepreneur Larry Ellison and Dr. David Agus, we design, develop and deploy cutting-edge agricultural technologies to build a better, more stable food supply that is capable of feeding our entire world nutritionally-relevant, delicious, affordable meals.

Everything we do is evidence-led, radically transparent, always enriching.

Learn more from our website or by following us on LinkedIn. If you'd like to see what we are doing with our consumer-facing brand Sensei Farms, please check our Instagram

**Position Description**

Reporting to the Farm Supervisor, Farm Associates are instrumental in the growth, harvest, and handling of each crop. They will be working in a fast paced environment.

**Responsibilities**
- Plant bulbs and seeds
- Plant, cultivate and irrigate crops
- Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings
- Spray or dust plants with insecticides and fungicides
- Report signs of insect or disease damage
- Clean work area
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Harvest crops
- Visually inspect and handle fresh vegetable/fruit; grade by identifying different ripening stages, sizes and classification and package according to Company specification
- Communicate frequently with team lead; report quality issues, damage, shortages of product or packaging
- Comply with SOPs, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Food Safety, d Safety, and company policies and procedures; ensure standards consistently meet expectations.

**Requirements**:

- Being comfortable with heights
- Able to operate in various temperature conditions
- Perform routine tasks that may involve handling heavy loads that are physically demanding
- Strong attention to detail
- Hand-eye coordination
- Comfortable with standing for extended periods of time, walking, bending, kneeling, and crouching

**Traits We Value**
- Appreciation for transforming health and the future of food
- Smart, not arrogant
- Humble and hardworking
- Entrepreneurial, not risk averse
- Kind and genuine
- Grit and lots of it

**Compensation & Benefits**
- Prescription Drug Coverage
- Paramedical Services
- Medical Supplies & Equipment
- Hospitalization
- Out of Province Emergency Medical Assistance
- Vision Care
- Dental Care
- Basic Life Insurance & AD&D
- STD
- LTD
- Optional Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness

**Sensei Ag is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If contacted for an employment opportunity, please advise People Operations if you require an accommodation.