Manager, Cultivation

**Manager, Cultivation**

**Location: Comox, BC Onsite**

**Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent**

**Hours: Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week**

**Salary: $80,000 - $110,000 CAD**

**A LITTLE ABOUT US**

We are a global cannabis company driven by our passion to help people improve their lives. We have a diverse team who bring their best every day so Aurora can be the cannabis provider of choice for patients and consumers. We love our work, and we especially love our high quality, innovative brands that make up the Aurora family - from Aurora, Aurora Drift, San Rafael ’71 and Whistler.

Our people combined with our collective passion for the industry is what makes Aurora a special place to work and defines what we call our “A-Team”. We are a high-performing team of cannabis experts, innovators, and champions, that work, learn and win together. We think **BIG**, act **BOLD** and execute with **PURPOSE** in all that we do, and will stop at nothing to cultivate the ultimate cannabis experience for our community.

**JOB SUMMARY**

We're searching for a dynamic leader to plant their roots with us as a Manager, Cultivation. In this role, you will be responsible for all aspects of the Cultivation department within our R&D facility with the goal of managing our live plant germplasm and ensuring our crop programs and trials are delivered on-time, in good health, and within the scope of our Breeding & Genetics program and Research projects. You will also manage our Cultivation team and relevant budget.

You will work closely with all department leaders and our Director, Science & Operations to support and implement best practices and Standard Operating Procedures as well as manage the enviornmental, nutrient, and IPM strategies at our Coast Facility in Comox, BC.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Managing the Aurora Coast Priva greenhouse operating system to enable smooth and consistent envionmental conditions, nutrient and irrigation strategies as well as ensuring seasonal adjustments are made and monitored based on weather conditions.
- Overseeing the Integrated Pest Management Program and develop strategies for pest and disease management to ensure an effective program.
- Supporting the Site Scheduling and Programming on a continuous basis related to fine tuning and optimal timing as it relates to crop health.
- Learn and understand the site trials and programs in order to adapt the growing culture to the goals of the trials.
- Interpreting media, water and/or plant nutrient analysis to effectively adapt fertigation recipes and/or adjust crop irrigation strategies.
- Monitoring and enforcing data collection as required by the Senior Leadership as it relates to Crop management and regulatory requirements.
- Overseeing and responding to greenhouse alarms and report to Senior Leadership in order to facilitate continuous improvements and mitigate risks to the greenhouse structure and crops.
- Supporting the distribution of plant material to Aurora’s network while facilitating production scale trials, initiating new mother stock and ensuring redundancy of key genetics assets.
- Supporting in the development and writing of SOP’s specific to IPM, Growing and Crop maintenance activities.

**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES**
- In-depth knowledge of cannabis cultivation techniques, plant nutrition, and pest management and experience with commercial plant propagation in a greenhouse environment; experience with cannabis or hemp propagation and cultivation would be an asset.
- Experience with scheduling, crop maintenance and shipping of unrooting cuttings for Genetic Stock/Mother Programs.
- Experience with R&D trials and growing crops in an R&D facility environment is an asset.
- Proven experience in IPM particularly related to Cannabis and Health Canada regulations.
- Familiarity with modern greenhouse operational systems including irrigation, Priva, air handling, lighting, etc.
- Excellent computer skills in MS Office, particularly with Outlook, Teams, Excel, and Word.

**REQUIREMENTS**
- A Bachelor's degree or diploma in Horticulture, Agriculture, Plant Science or related field.
- Proven experience in cannabis cultivation, with a minimum of 3 years in a management and or a people-management role and a minimum of 5 years in a Grower or Lead Grower position in a greenhouse environment or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- A minimum of 5 years experience working with Priva and/or other Greenhouse operating systems and managing/collaborating with Facility & Engineering departments to manage complex high-tech greenhouse systems and equipment required.

**WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING AT AURORA**

Our people are at the heart of everything we do here at Aurora, and we take pride in fostering an inclusive space that inspires our team to love where they work From rewarding career opportunities to flexible work environments to team activities, we go above and beyond to prioritize your success and here’s how we do