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Employment type:
Full time
Experience required:
Intermediate
Salary
Salary not provided
About the company:
We are a team of growers, plant scientists, engineers, artists, foodies and plant romantics working to improve the lives of plants, people, and the planet. We currently operate in South San Francisco, CA, and Laramie, WY. Our new Compton, CA site set to open in 2021 will be the world’s first, high-capacity indoor vertical farm.
Plenty believes food justice is social justice. Equal access to healthy, nutritious food is fundamental to a quality life. We build farms in communities that need better access to food and jobs. Plenty provides living-wage, year-round jobs along with flavorful, nutrient-rich food to the communities we serve. We use automation and robotics so machines do the backbreaking labor while people perform new kinds of skilled agricultural, science and high-tech jobs.
Now is the time to help Plenty achieve its mission to feed the world healthy food in a sustainable way. We are a start-up with expanding career growth opportunities.
We are actively seeking those who embody our core values: find a way, down to earth, & grow together. These values guide how we work together as teammates, approach innovation and engage with customers. Does this sound like you? Join the mission as we improve human and planetary health by increasing access to craveable fruits and vegetables.
About Plenty
Plenty is on a mission to make fresh, pesticide-free fruits and vegetables more accessible to everyone. Our cutting-edge indoor, vertical farms produce extraordinary yields using a fraction of the land and water outdoor farms need. Nutrient-rich, mouth-watering and locally grown, our crops help people, communities and our planet to be healthier and more resilient.
The people and teams who make up Plenty are at the core of how we do this. We are a collaborative and innovative bunch. We are passionate about our contributions to Plenty, the communities around us and our planet, but never take ourselves too seriously. We’re down to Earth, we grow together, and we always find a way. Most importantly, we’re here to improve the lives of plants, people and our planet.
Plenty is looking for a Technical Project Manager to join the Devices team. The Devices team develops hardware and firmware devices which are manufactured in high volume for use in our indoor agriculture farms. In this role, you will be the SCRUM Master for multiple teams of engineers working on a variety of products and will manage the timeline, budget, and project progress to ensure they are delivered on time, on spec, and within budget.
You will work closely with technical managers to create development schedules and budgets while balancing risk, with available resources (budget, time, headcount, equipment, etc.). You will also be the SCRUM master for at least 2 teams of cross functional engineers, leading sprint planning meetings, design reviews, and holding the team accountable for project deliverables. You will then work cross functionally throughout the organization to remove blockers and get the right people in the conversation to shepherd our projects through a robust product development lifecycle, including, but not limited to prototype & design stages, installation & commissioning stages, and sustaining stages.
- Maintain project time frames, budget estimates and status reports.
- Develop automated dashboards and other systems to effectively communicate project status, developments, and risks
- Participate in decision making on how budget and staff are allocated for the projects
- Hold regular technical team meetings to determine progress and address any questions or challenges regarding projects
- Collaborate with stakeholders throughout the organization to develop, plan, and verify requirements and standards in reference to scheduled projects
- Assign daily tasks of technical teammates while ensuring they are actively working toward established milestones
- Determine and define clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities for teammates required for specific projects or initiatives
- Partner with the Supply Chain team to ensure materials for prototype builds are available when needed, and aid in ensuring production kickoff is not limited by part availability
- Hold the team accountable to following a defined stage gate product development process while finding opportunities to improve processes through retrospectives and other organizational learning systems
- Organizational skills and time management skills to keep projects on track to the finish
- Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, backed by analytical skills to coordinate with team members, vendors and management
- Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles
- Experience in a fast-paced technology environment, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, drive solutions, think creatively and provide innovative solutions
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office or Google Docs
- Basic knowledge of Smartsheets or similar scheduling software
- Basic knowledge of Atlassian suite or other task management software
- Preferred knowledge of agriculture and plant science to communicate effectively with internal stakeholders
- Professional Project Management Certification from accredited intuition preferred
- Willingness to travel 10% to support commissioning activities
What we can offer
- Compensation; we’ll pay you a competitive salary, give you a stake in the company via equity and contribute toward your 401K
- Health & well-being; we’ll invest in your physical and mental well-being with comprehensive medical, dental, & vision benefits, in-office gyms, and an Employee Assistance Program to help with mental health, financial & legal matters
- Food; in-office lunches, snacks and access to our leafy greens & new produce in development -- are you up for a side gig as a taste tester?
- Grow together; learning & development opportunities including unlimited access to our Upstart University platform, LinkedIn Learning, lunch & learns, training certifications, and more
- Equipment; we’ll provide you with the equipment you need to be successful, including $75/month toward your phone bill and $250 every 2 years to upgrade your phone
- Paid time off; we know you’ll do your best if you’re taking time to recharge, so we don’t cap the amount of days you can take off per year in addition to the paid holidays we observe
- Parental leave; 12 weeks off for all new parents - fully paid so you can focus your energy on your newest addition
Food & Safety Requirements
- Comply with all Plant, State and Federal OSHA, EPA, FDA, HACCP, and SQF regulations
- All employees must show proof of COVID vaccination before starting work, other than in limited circumstances where the law requires an exception
- Ensure equipment design is of a material suitable for food safety and designed in a way that is smooth and easily cleanable
- All applicants must be 18 years or older to apply
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