Shipping Application

Shipping and Order Fulfillment

Responsibilities  

  • Order Fulfillment. 
  • Gathering plants around the nursery. 
  • Order/plant accuracy. 
  • Being able to read and gather the correct plants listed for each order. 
  • Basic math skills – addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. 
  • Organized and efficient in all duties. 
  • Cleaning and organizing plants and orders. 
  • Labeling orders and plants. 
  • Expected to stay until the job is finished, long hours in spring. 
  • No time off accepted in April, May, June (our busy season). 
  • Being a team player, creative ideas to help productivity, positive attitude. 
  • Punctuality 
  • Must be on time since you are working with a team. 
  • This includes starting in the morning, after breaks, and returning from lunch. 
  • Working with other departments. 
  • In the off season you may be spending most of your time in departments other than shipping. 
  • Priorities sometime shift quickly depending on receiving deliveries and you will occasionally have to switch tasks at a moment’s notice to help other departments. (Helping with cuttings, unloading /loading delivery trucks, pulling will-calls, maintenance around the property, trimming /cleaning plants in the greenhouses, moving /consolidating crops ect.) 
  • Any and all other tasks that management deems necessary.  

Qualifications 

  • Excellent work ethic.  
  • Able to do physical work, with the ability to lift 25-60 lbs. 
  • Able to stand for long periods of time. 
  • Willing and able to work long days. 
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability resolve issues in a prompt and timely manner, while working under pressure. Good problem-solving skills. 
  • Ability and willingness to learn and work on new tasks and projects. 
  • High School or GED education.  
  • Ability to work well in a team setting. 
  • Bi-lingual is a plus. 
  • Forklift experience is a plus. 
  • Welding experience is a plus. 

Salary, Bonus, & Benefits 

  • $14.00-$16.00 an hour based on experience and education. 
  • Raises each year to salary depending on performance and sales year. 
  • Annual bonus (depending on performance and sales year). 
  • 5% – 10% of total wages earned for current year.  
  • Overtime hours will be required of you, mandatory during the spring season and are paid as straight time. (No overtime pay due to our ”Agricultural” status.) 
  • Vacation  
  • 40 hours paid personal time after one year, additional 8 hours each year. Up to 80 hours. 
  • 1 week Christmas to New Year’s paid vacation. 
  • All major holidays paid off. 
  • 100% of dental and vision premiums (employee and family). 
  • 50% of health premium (employee only). 
  • IRA employee contribution match up to 3% of total wages. 

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