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Kitting & Assembly Specialist Who Loves Growing Food and Making Medicine
(the most fun and meaningful job you'll ever have)
The Grow Network is the online home of a community of people who are stopping the destruction of the Earth via home grown food. We have a blog with daily posts, store, forums, newsletter, and an academy. https://TheGrowNetwork.com
Our company culture is of a team of rugged adventurers out to make a difference in the world. We are a distributed company with most of us based in Texas. Those with a life-attitude of being on an expedition in the back-country will like working in this environment. This is a part-time contract position where you (mostly) determine your own hours.
About you:
You are warm, professional, detail oriented, with excellent hand eye coordination. You are highly organized and enjoy implementing efficient processes and procedures. You are technologically savvy. You value clear labelling and communication. You keep your work area spotless. You enjoy working with your hands in a light manufacturing setting. You work best on your own, but you are really good at communicating with the rest of the team. You’re willing to roll up your sleeves to do whatever it takes to get the job done. There’s no task too small and too large!
About the role
The Grow Network primarily sells small herbal kits, tools, and bulk herbs online to people who want to make their own medicine and grow their own food. Your job will be to take the raw materials and assemble the kits. You’ll also be responsible for the inventory management and process flow. You’ll be working at the TGN leased facility at Edesia Kitchen and other leased local warehouses in Paonia, CO.
- Receive raw materials, parts, and components checking for accurate quality and quantity.
- Inspecting and reporting on quality of incoming bulk herbs for dryness, purity, and vibrancy.
- Developing and following quarantine procedures for incoming herbs or components
- Maintaining logs for retain samples, kitting, manufacturing, and other processes
- Manage inventory and maintaining accurate inventory levels at all times.
- Communicating regularly with the TGN team
- Organize shipping to the fulfillment center in a timely manner
- Manage local regulators / inspections as needed
- Implement GMP (good manufacturing practices)
Minimum requirements
A passion for homegrown food and good health (you have a garden, and/or chickens, or you are growing some of your own food in some way).
3 years of experience in an assembly / light manufacturing position
Ability to effectively work with a remote team, you communicate clearly and regularly via email, phone, and text as needed.
Exceptional organizational and prioritization skills.
You are a labelling, file-naming, organizational, and cleanliness fanatic.
Experienced with Office365 (word, excel, powerpoint) and Outlook coordinated company email and calendaring.
Extra points if you are familiar with Katana manufacturing software and GMP (good manufacturing processes).
Compensation and Benefits
Starting at $14.00 /hour on a contract basis. Initially estimating the workload to be about 15 to 20 hours per week. The workload will increase as the company grows and our best estimate is this will become full time within a year. Although this is initially part-time we are looking for a long-term committed teammate and friend who wants to be part of our innovative and growing organization for many years to come.
Other benefits of working at The Grow Network include the following:
· Being surrounded on a daily basis by like-minded super-cool teammates who are passionate and creative about solving the world’s environmental and health crises by growing our own food, and teaching others how to do the same.
· Access to cutting edge information about sustainable food production via our published information and our partnerships with thought-leaders in sustainable small-scale food production.
- Up to 2 hours per week working in your personal garden or livestock is considered valid company work.
· You’ll have access to free testing of great gardening, homesteading and health management tools and products, as part of our team reviews the products we sell.
· Professional development is a high priority and we will invest in you
To apply, send us your resume in word docx format attached to an email to hr @ thegrownetwork.com In your email use the subject line of “Kitting Specialist - {your name inserted here}”. There will be a series of phone interviews and then in-person interviews. We are accepting resumes until July 10th
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