Job description

Gotham Greens is seeking passionate, driven and hardworking individuals to fill positions as Greenhouse Assistants for its Gowanus and Greenpoint Brooklyn and Jamaica, Queens facilities.

Greenhouse positions are hands-on and require individuals who enjoy rolling up their sleeves and are accustomed to manual labor intensive jobs. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assisting in the Growth and Packing of leafy vegetables and tomatoes.
• Crop Handling: Seeding, Transplanting, and Harvesting.
• Cleaning and Sanitation of Greenhouse Floors and Channel Washing.
• Prior Green House Experience preferred but not required.
• Educational background in Agriculture, Hydroponics, or related fields a plus.
• Packing, labeling and boxing produce.
• Assisting in loading products onto U-boats/pallets and loading them onto our trucks.
• Assisting in in the loading and unloading of Greenhouse and Pack House supplies and materials.

Essential Job Duties include the ability to do the following:

• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Open availability for work various work schedules including evenings and weekends.
• Must be authorized to work in the US.
• Ability to stand for a full 8 hour shift.
• Must be comfortable working in summer heat conditions
• A willingness to work at all 3 NY Gotham Greens locations; Greenpoint Brooklyn, Gowanus Brooklyn, and Jamaica Queens.
• Must have a reliable form of transportations, train, bus, car, Etc.
• Must not be allergic to bees.

About the Company: Gotham Greens is a leading producer of local, premium-quality, greenhouse-grown vegetables and herbs. The company develops and operates greenhouse facilities in urban areas to ensure consistent, year round, fresh vegetable production. Since building the nation’s first commercial-scale hydroponic urban greenhouse in 2011 Gotham Greens has quickly become a worldwide pioneer in the field of urban agriculture. The company provides its diverse retail, restaurant, and institutional customers with reliable, year-round supply of local produce grown under the highest standards of food safety and environmental sustainability. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Gotham Greens is involved in greenhouse agriculture projects in cities across the United States and internationally. For more information regarding our company please visit our website at www.GothamGreens.com.

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