Horticulture Specialist

Your future team
Premier Tech Growers and Consumers is a North American leader in the professional and commercial horticulture markets. Thanks to our coast-to-coast production and distribution network, we provide our customers with superior quality products so they can help feed, protect and improve our world in turn!

Your future role

• Conduct and evaluate research on product components and their effectiveness in specific conditions for customers growing ornamental, medicinal, and edible crops in a controlled environment.
• Travel to and provide onsite technical support at commercial greenhouses in the southwestern United States and Mexico to evaluate the use and effectiveness of our products.
• Provide plant culture recommendations to customers to achieve the best results when using our commercial products.
• Identify and resolve product effectiveness concerns for customers by analyzing samples taken from client greenhouses.  
• Track progress and prepare reports for internal and external stakeholders on the usage of commercial products in specific environmental conditions.
• Advise distributors, customers and sales representatives on the technical requirements and best use practices of commercial products.
• Analyze customer needs and recommend products to distributors, growers, sales representatives, and other agents.
• Prepare technical support materials for customers and sales agents. Design and develop a database to track, analyze, escalate, and respond to customer feedback about products.
• Assist in the development of global strategies for product development and product technical support.
• Conduct research to develop new products in collaboration with the product development team.
• Monitor and track research progress with partners and evaluate the feasibility and marketability of new products.
• Provide recommendations on new products to the product development team.

Your future work environment

• Premier Tech Growers and Consumers 200 Kelly Road
  200 Kelly Road, Unit E-1, Quakertown, PA 18951

Required skills

• Must have a bachelor’s degree in Agronomy, Biology, Horticulture, Hydroponics, Plant Science, or closely related field. Must have 2 years of experience, including:
• Crop cultural requirements in commercial greenhouse
• Techniques in controlled environmental agriculture for ornamental, medicinal, and edible crops 
• Working understanding of laboratory analyses and reports
• Creating controlled environmental agriculture technical and scientific reports
• Analysis, interpretation and summary of nutritional application and uptake for plant growth
• Markets and competition for greenhouse market and controlled environmental agriculture
• Must be available for travel 60% of time to client sites in Arizona and California. Must also be available for international travel to Mexico and Canada 25% of time. Remote work is an option.
• Hours:   40 hours/week, Monday-Friday

Do these words spark your interest?

Analysis, greenhouse, agriculture, travel
If you are ready to take on this challenge, please bring your drive, ambition and talent, and let’s partner together!