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Greenhouse Crop Specialist (ColorChoice®)

Color Choice® is a popular brand within the Proven Winners® lineup featuring flowering shrubs that are bred, tested, and selected to bring the consumer more success with less effort. Proven Winers® Color Choice® brand has become one of the most popular line of plants within our assortment.

 

The steady growth of this product line creates the opportunity for an experienced grower to assist our Product Line Manager with all aspects of producing this crop at Four Star. Directly caring for the crop a couple of days a week while making sure the crop is properly cared for by others the other days of the week will be a key aspect of the position. This position will also work closely with IPM, Sales, Production and Shipping to ensure that the highest quality product is produced and shipped, from start to finish.

 

This role requires an individual who enjoys diving into the details, prioritizing tasks, is passionate about plant cultivation and proficient with software tools such as Excel and PICAS (after training).  Additionally, the ideal candidate will act as a role model to other growers, setting a high standard for teamwork, safety, and communication to ensure high-quality production that meets or exceeds customer expectations.

 

This is a Full-Time Year-Round position. Starting pay will be based on education skills and experience within the range of $21 – $27/hr.  We offer a competitive benefits package, and the opportunity for a merit increase after 90 days of employment.

 

Please provide a cover letter & resume to: hr@pwfourstar.com

Human Resources Administrative Assistant

We are seeking a Human Resources Administrative Assistant with outstanding analytical, organizational and communication skills to enhance our department and keep pace with future growth. Providing the services and support that each employee needs to be fully engaged and successful is a primary focus of our HR department. Four Star Greenhouse recognizes that engaged and successful employees produce high quality work when their talents are recognized and appreciated in an ethical, safe and fulfilling work environment. The Human Resources Administrative Assistant will perform a wide range of support activities to help our department fulfill that ideal.

 

Areas of focus include:

  • Carrying out necessary day to day functions within the HR department
  • Identifying areas for improvement and participating in the constant improvement of Four Star Greenhouse
  • Performing administrative functions that support the success of the HR department and the growth of both the employee and the organization
We look forward to talking to you if you have excellent verbal and written communication skills, possess a high attention to detail, and can effectively use time management skills by meeting deadlines and prioritizing tasks. This will be a full-time year-round position with a starting pay of $18.00 per hour for the entry level candidate. Starting pay may increase based on relevant skills and experience. We offer a competitive benefits package, and the opportunity for a merit increase after 90 days of employment. 

Please provide a cover letter & resume to: hr@pwfourstar.com

Senior Production Supervisor

Four Star Greenhouse has 30 acres of state-of-the-art greenhouses to produce our high-quality plants for a nationwide customer base. Our production is modeled after a manufacturing facility and includes a Quality Assurance department. Our Production & Quality Assurance teams stick unrooted cuttings, trim, plant, and patch our products on assembly lines. The Production team also hangs baskets & moves plants so that they are always located in the optimal growing environment. All production and quality assurance team members are thoroughly trained and have jobs with minimum standards. All jobs are tracked for productivity and many jobs offer piece rate bonuses. Some tasks are automated with robotic technology while most jobs are completed manually by an experienced team.

Our Senior Production Supervisor will lead a diverse team to produce high quality crops in a positive work environment. Skills required for this senior level position include using a positive leadership style and strong employee engagement principles to inspire and motivate everyone to produce high quality work. Key aspects of this position include:

  • Training team members,
  • Monitoring production numbers,
  • Improving morale,
  • Ensuring that the work produced meets our high-quality standards,
  • Identifying and implementing ways to improve quality,
  • Finding ways to decrease costs without impacting quality or morale.
  • Building effective collaborative relationships with key leaders within the department, as well as throughout the company, is fundamental to success.

We are looking for someone that can creatively work through the challenges of producing a living product with contagious enthusiasm and professionalism. If you enjoy producing a high-quality product with highly experienced and trained team members while working in a fast-paced environment, we’d like you to consider joining our industry leading production team.

The qualified candidate will be fluent in English and Spanish. This will be a full-time year-round position. We offer a competitive benefits package, and the opportunity for a merit increase after 90 days of employment.

 

Please submit your resume and cover letter to hr@pwfourstar.com

Section Grower Team Leader

 

At Four Star Greenhouse, we recognize that our employees and leaders are our most valued resource. We are looking for an approachable leader who is passionate about helping others grow. A Team Leader at Four Star Greenhouse provides inspirational leadership for daily and specialized assignments like pesticide applications, crop care techniques or advice on insect and disease identification.

They will strive to engage a team of growers to create and foster, a respectful and safe working environment. This position will mentor, oversee, and guide our Section Growers on a day-to-day basis using positive leadership techniques, to ensure they are receiving training and have the expertise needed to produce our crops to meet our quality specifications. A Team Leader will also play a large role in supporting our Growers by creating SMART goals to achieve and by providing positive feedback and continuous encouragement.

The Team leader will act as a liaison between the Product Line Managers and other departments, to ensure messages are accurately communicated and implemented as needed. They will also function as an advocate for all Section Growers regarding equipment repairs or upgrades and help obtain needed supplies.

If you are someone who has greenhouse and leadership experience, then this could be the position for you. If you are also highly collaborative, supportive of others and are willing to get your hands dirty, then please review our detailed job description for more information.

Send your resume to hr@pwfourstar.com to apply!

Section Grower

If you would like to turn your passion for growing into a career, we will train you to grow plants as a Section Grower inside our 25+ acre greenhouse complex. Section Growers are the caretakers for our crops. Once trained, this position is responsible to decide what to water, when to water and how much to water. Applying fertilizers and making other applications are additional functions you would learn. Growing quality crops in time to ship to our nationwide customer base is the end goal.

We offer a competitive wage and benefits package. We prefer to hire full-time year-round but we may also be open to a seasonal full-time schedule working from December through mid-June.

Job summary is to correctly perform the cultural requirements needed for each crop in such a way to produce quality plants, on a consistent basis, with minimal losses, and as efficiently as possible. Maintain the growing area to meet the sanitary and organizational standards of the company.

This position starts at $17.25 per hour for the entry level candidate. Starting pay may increase based on relevant skills, experience and education. We pay a $2/hr shift premium for weekend work. We pay time and a half for all hours worked past 40 hours in a week. We offer the opportunity for a merit increase after 90 days and annually thereafter.

Qualified candidates please send your resume to our HR Department at hr@pwfourstar.com.

Greenhouse Growing Rotational Internship

 

Four Star Greenhouse is a growing, highly successful, family-owned company, founding partner in the premium national plant brand “Proven Winners”. We are recognized nationally for our strong investment in research and development, breeding, rigorous testing, and trials to ensure high garden performance and a user experience that is Easy, Successful, and Inspiring. You have likely seen our beautiful plants, hanging baskets, shrubs and other products at your local garden center, Home Depot, Lowes or online at Amazon.com. We have been operating in the horticulture industry since 1977 with state-of-the-art facilities headquartered on 30-acres in Carleton, MI, with an additional 4+ acres of outdoor growing area and a large display garden, about 15-minutes south of Detroit Metro Airport. Our company has a genuine middle market family-feel, highly cohesive and collaborative with a casual setting focused a team-success.

Four Star recognizes the importance of internships when starting a career. Our rotational growing internship will provide interns with the full scope of how greenhouse growing works at Four Star Greenhouse. Interns will gain knowledge in crop care, production, pest management, plant testing and sampling, greenhouse facilities, and the new technology that we have. Paid positions are available in the fall, winter, and spring/summer with specific dates flexible enough to fit your schedule.

This internship will primarily focus on gaining high levels of knowledge in:

  • Greenhouse Growing
  • Season Dependent
  • Stock and Mother Plants
  • Young Plants
  • Finished Crops
  • Color Choice Shrubs
  • Plant Health Identification
  • Multiple Irrigation Techniques
  • Greenhouse Equipment
  • Pesticide Applications and Growth Regulator Applications

This internship will also have the opportunity to gain knowledge in:

  • Young Plant Production
    • Propagation of Vegetative Tip Cuttings
  • Seed Sowing
  • Shipping of Young and Finished Plants
  • Finished Plant Production
  • Integrated Pest Management System including:
    • Pest Identification
    • Beneficial Insects
  • Tissue and Soil Sampling
  • Test, Read and Adjust Soil for pH and EC
  • Virus Testing
  • Greenhouse Environmental Control Systems
  • Inventory Management
  • Product Line Management
  • Four Star Greenhouses Display Garden

*All aspects of the internship are season and length of internship, dependent*

Requirements:

Submit an updated resume
Submit a brief essay/cover letter describing background, interest in field and career goals

Additional Details:

Full Time Paid Position
Program with flexible start and end dates
Fully Furnished House Provided- walking distance from the Greenhouse
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Opportunity to attend “Cultivate” the largest all-industry trade show and conference in the horticulture industry

Email Resume with subject listed as: Greenhouse Growing Rotational Internship
Please send your resume to our HR Department at hr@pwfourstar.com.

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