Job Opportunities
Operations Assistant Manager
Seeking an Operations Assistant Manager candidate for an immediate full-time position. Must have experience with Microsoft Office, and operations & project management. We encourage you to submit your resume if you have such experience and can demonstrate a positive, friendly, can-do work ethic, have strong organizational and communication skills, take initiative, and pay acute attention to detail.
We are Plant Delights Nursery/Juniper Level Botanic Garden, a perennial plant nursery established in Raleigh in 1986, offering unique, rare, well grown, and properly named perennials to passionate gardeners around the world. We have one of the most extensive perennial trialing programs in the country. Our concern goes far beyond selling plants! Despite being best known as a nursery, we actually exist for our work as a private 28-acre botanical garden and plant research facility focusing on ex-situ plant conservation, plant exploration, breeding, and propagation. We are a family-owned company with a mission to support research, education and the exploration of plants through the sales of unique perennial plants.
Our nursery and garden provide an opportunity to work indoors and outdoors year-round, so we have a casual dress code, a diverse staff, and a friendly working environment.
Benefits: We offer an extensive benefits plan that includes health, dental & vision insurance, life insurance & a company matching simple IRA. We also have paid public holidays, PTO & vacation days.
Job Description
The ideal candidate will have the ability to perform the following duties effectively and efficiently:
Management responsibilities:
• Assisting and filling in for Administration Manager duties
• Customer Service and Shipping team management assistance
General operations:
• Seasonal hiring and candidate screening/interviewing
• Troubleshooting technology issues
• Backup roles in shipping, plant pulling, and nursery needs.
• Assist with marketing efforts and analytics
• Event preparation and calendar management
General office responsibilities:
• Maintain shipping and office product inventory
• Purchase and receive supplies while comparing prices of various vendors
• Responding to customer service and membership inquiries
• Sales assistance and POS management
Outside vendor contract management:
• Phone system
• Internet system
• Networking system
• Various software
• Computer hardware
• Point of sale hardware
• Various waste services
• Vending machines
• Event vendors
• Additional general business vendors
Some duties may require:
· Performing physical and dirty work in all types of weather
· Working independently or collaboratively
· Walking on uneven surfaces, bending, kneeling and carrying heavy items (up to 30 lbs.)
· Standing for long periods of time
· Assisting other departments as needed
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Driver’s license
• Experience in retail sales and customer service preferred
• Plant knowledge is helpful, but not required
Employee Classification: Salary Permanent Full Time
Compensation: $36,000 to $40,000 annually bases upon experience
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Send cover letter and resume with a detailed description of work history along with 3 professional references to jobs@plantdelights.com
Seasonal Nursery Production Team Member
We are Plant Delights Nursery/Juniper Level Botanic Garden, a perennial plant nursery established in Raleigh in 1988, offering unique, rare, well grown, and properly named perennials to passionate gardeners around the world. We have one of the most extensive perennial trialing programs in the country. Our concern goes far beyond selling plants! Despite being best known as a nursery, we exist for our work as a private 28-acre botanical garden and plant research facility focusing on ex-situ plant conservation, plant exploration, breeding, and propagation. We are a family-owned company with a mission to support research, education, and the exploration of plants through the sales of unique perennial plants.
Our Nursery and garden provide an opportunity to work indoors and outdoors year-round, so we have a casual dress code, a diverse staff, and a friendly working environment.
Candidates must be physically durable, have a tolerance for a wide range of outdoor weather, have a good work ethic, a friendly personality, and be able to work well with others. Candidates must also be able to pay acute attention to detail while working at a fast pace.
Job Description
Must be able to perform the following tasks proficiently & accurately as directed by the Production Supervisor:
- Sowing of seed and fern spores
- Vegetative cuttings
- Division of plants from pots, garden or trial beds
- Potting of liners and bare root material
- Plant fertilization with appropriate fertilizer at the correct rate
- Place potted plants in correct stock locations
- Assist with check in of incoming plants
- Operation of farm tractors and skid-steer loader
- Assist with daily production data entry
- Other duties as assigned.
Working Environment and Physical Efforts:
The primary working condition for this position is an outside plant nursery environment with exposure to outdoor elements, soils, and fertilizers, The environment is fast paced, and the employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds multiple times a day and stand for eight or more hours a day.
Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. Jobs are subject to change for personal growth, organizational development, and/or evolution of innovative technologies.
Work hours: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:30pm
Qualifications
- Driver's license preferred
- No educational qualifications are required, but a 2-year Horticulture-related degree or comparable nursery experience is preferred
Employee Classification: Hourly Seasonal Full Time
Compensation: Starting at $13.00 based on experience.
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Send cover letter and resume with a detailed description of work history. jobs@plantdelights.com
Plant Propagation Team Member
We are Plant Delights Nursery/Juniper Level Botanic Garden, a perennial plant nursery established in Raleigh in 1986, offering unique, rare, well grown, and properly named perennials to passionate gardeners around the world. Despite being best known as a nursery, we actually exist for our work as a private 28-acre botanical garden and plant research facility focusing on ex-situ plant conservation, plant exploration, breeding, and making plants available via propagation. We are a family-owned company with a mission to support research, education and the exploration of plants through the sales of unique perennial plants.
Our nursery and garden provide an opportunity to work indoors and outdoors year-round, so we have a casual dress code, a diverse staff, and a friendly working environment.
Candidates must be physically durable, have a tolerance for a wide range of outdoor weather, have a good work ethic, a friendly personality, and be able to work well with others. Candidates must also be able to pay acute attention to detail while working at a fast pace.
Job Description
Must be able to perform the following tasks proficiently & accurately as directed by the Production Supervisor:
• Sowing of seed and fern spores
• Vegetative cuttings
• Division of plants from pots, garden, or trial beds
• Potting of liners and bare root material
• Plant fertilization with appropriate fertilizer at the correct rate
• Place potted plants in correct stock locations
• Assist with check in of incoming plants
• Operation of farm tractors and skid-steer loader
• Assist with daily production data entry
• Other duties as assigned
The primary working condition for this position is an outside plant nursery environment with exposure to outdoor elements, soils, and fertilizers, The environment is fast paced, and the employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds multiple times a day and stand for eight or more hours a day.
Standard work hours: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:30pm.
Qualifications
- Driver’s license preferred
- 2-year Horticulture-related degree or comparable nursery experience is preferred.
Qualified candidates must be open to learning, process driven, self-motivated, and work as part of a team. Strong organizational and communication skills are also vital to the success of this role. They must be able to work with co-workers in a courteous and professional manner at all times.
Employee Classification: Hourly Permanent Full Time
Compensation: starting at $15.00 - $18.00 based upon experience
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Please send cover letter and resume with a detailed description of work history along with 3 professional references. jobs@plantdelights.com
Botanical Garden IPM Technician
Seeking garden/ornamental plant field production Integrated Pest Management technician for an immediate permanent benefited full-time position.
We are Plant Delights Nursery/Juniper Level Botanic Garden, a perennial plant nursery established in Raleigh in 1986, offering unique, rare, well grown, and properly named perennials to passionate gardeners around the world. Despite being best known as a nursery, we actually exist for our work as a private 28-acre botanical garden and plant research facility focusing on ex-situ plant conservation, plant exploration, breeding, and making plants available via propagation. We are a family-owned company with a mission to support research, education and the exploration of plants through the sales of unique perennial plants.
Our nursery and garden provide an opportunity to work indoors and outdoors year-round, so we have a casual dress code, a diverse staff, and a friendly working environment.
Job Description
This position is responsible for weed control, disease control, pest management, and nutrition of the garden and field production areas. This position requires the spraying of pesticides as a regular part of the job, but this must be done by always opting for the most effective and environmentally friendly option.
Job Responsibilities:
- Implements all pest management, nutrition and plant health programs (garden and turf)
- Scout and monitor for pest, nutrition and disease issues
- Compliant equipment operation and chemical storage
- Proactive communication with supervisors to develop and implement plant health strategies, and with staff about pesticide application and re-entry periods.
Qualifications
Our ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Up to date knowledge of plant health problems and solutions
- Sound, work-related thought processes
- Passion for working outdoors and especially with plants
- Physical durability including the ability to carry 50-pound backpack sprayers in challenging weather conditions
- Ease in troubleshooting and multi-tasking with flexibility to handle changing priorities.
Job Requirements:
Significant experience in chemical applications is required.
Some formal education or experience in horticulture is preferred and applicants with the following qualifications will be strongly considered:
- Valid NC Pesticide Applicators License
- Horticulture experience or degree.
Employee Classification: Hourly Permanent Full Time
Compensation: $18.25 - $20.25/hour, based upon experience
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Send a resume with a detailed description of work history along with 3 professional references Jobs@PlantDelights.com
Looking for something else? Excited about what we do? Become a volunteer!
Learn more about our volunteer program.
Employee Classification: Volunteer Part Time
Compensation: Exercise, fresh air, and the occasional free plant
Standard Business Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm + eight open nursery and garden sales weekends each year
Email for more information: volunteer@jlbg.org