Cannabis Cultivation Manager in FLINT, Michigan at DACUT

About the Role

• Oversee daily cultivation activities across propagation, vegetative, and flowering rooms.
• Manage plant schedules and ensure plants move through each stage of production according to established timelines.
• Monitor plant health, growth, quality, and overall crop performance.
• Ensure cultivation SOPs are followed consistently across all rooms and shifts.
• Oversee watering, feeding, transplanting, pruning, defoliation, trellising, harvesting, and other cultivation activities.
• Coordinate harvest schedules with Post-Harvest and Inventory teams.
• Identify production bottlenecks and implement solutions that improve efficiency and consistency.

• Lead, coach, and develop Cultivation Supervisors, Leads, and Technicians.
• Assign daily responsibilities and ensure teams understand production priorities.
• Establish clear performance expectations and hold employees accountable.
• Monitor employee productivity, quality, attendance, and overall performance.
• Train employees on cultivation techniques, SOPs, sanitation, safety, and compliance.
• Develop strong Leads and Supervisors capable of independently managing their areas.
• Foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, urgency, and continuous improvement.

• Conduct routine inspections of plants throughout all stages of growth.
• Identify nutrient deficiencies, environmental stress, pests, diseases, and other plant health concerns.
• Develop and maintain consistent feeding and irrigation strategies.
• Monitor plant development and make adjustments to improve quality and yield.
• Work closely with cultivation leadership to evaluate genetics, crop performance, and production results.
• Maintain consistency across rooms and production cycles.

• Monitor temperature, humidity, VPD, lighting, CO2, airflow, irrigation, and other environmental conditions.
• Ensure cultivation rooms remain within established environmental parameters.
• Review environmental data and identify trends that could impact plant health or production.
• Work closely with Facilities and Maintenance teams to troubleshoot HVAC, irrigation, lighting, and environmental control issues.
• Respond quickly to environmental alarms or equipment failures that could impact crop health.

• Oversee Integrated Pest Management (IPM) procedures throughout cultivation.
• Monitor crops for pests, pathogens, mold, mildew, and disease.
• Ensure preventative IPM treatments and procedures are completed according to schedule.
• Maintain strict sanitation standards throughout cultivation areas.
• Ensure employees follow biosecurity, PPE, and sanitation requirements.

• Ensure accurate plant counts, movements, harvest records, waste documentation, and inventory tracking.
• Partner closely with Cultivation Inventory Specialists to maintain inventory accuracy.
• Ensure all cultivation activities comply with company SOPs and Michigan CRA requirements.
• Support METRC documentation and reconciliation as required.
• Assist with internal audits and regulatory inspections.
• Investigate and resolve inventory or compliance discrepancies.

• Develop cultivation schedules based on production requirements.
• Monitor key cultivation metrics including yield, plant health, harvest performance, labor productivity, and crop consistency.
• Evaluate room performance and identify opportunities to improve production.
• Maintain accurate cultivation records and production reports.
• Provide regular updates to leadership regarding crop health, production timelines, staffing, and operational concerns.

• Identify opportunities to improve cultivation processes, efficiency, quality, and yield.
• Develop and improve SOPs as cultivation operations evolve.
• Evaluate equipment, technology, and cultivation methods that could improve production.
• Implement scalable systems that create consistency across rooms and cultivation teams.
• Work cross-functionally with Post-Harvest, Inventory, Compliance, Facilities, Processing, and Executive Leadership.

• 5+ years of commercial cannabis cultivation experience.
• 3+ years of cultivation leadership or management experience.
• Experience managing large-scale, high-volume indoor cultivation operations.
• Strong understanding of cannabis plant health, nutrition, irrigation, environmental controls, and crop management.
• Strong knowledge of propagation, vegetative growth, flowering, and harvest processes.
• Experience leading and developing cultivation teams.
• Strong understanding of IPM practices and plant health management.
• Ability to analyze cultivation data and make informed production decisions.
• Strong organizational, leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Must be at least 21 years of age and meet all requirements for employment within Michigan's cannabis industry.

• Experience managing multiple cultivation rooms or facilities simultaneously.
• Experience with automated irrigation and fertigation systems.
• Experience with environmental monitoring and cultivation control systems.
• Strong METRC knowledge.
• Experience developing cultivation SOPs and production schedules.
• Experience improving yield, quality, and production efficiency within large-scale commercial grows.
• Experience working within vertically integrated cannabis operations.
• Physical Requirements
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods throughout the workday.
• Ability to bend, kneel, crouch, squat, reach, twist, climb, and perform repetitive movements.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to safely work from ladders and elevated platforms when necessary.
• Ability to work in warm, humid cultivation environments with high-intensity lighting.
• Ability to work around cannabis plants, fertilizers, nutrients, and strong odors.
• Ability to wear required PPE throughout the workday.
• Ability to respond to cultivation or environmental issues outside normal business hours when necessary.

• Competitive compensation based on experience
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Employee discount program
• Career advancement opportunities within a rapidly growing organization
• Opportunity to lead a large-scale commercial cultivation operation
• Collaborative leadership and operations team
• Ability to directly impact cultivation quality, yield, efficiency, and future growth