Lazaro Aleman
ECB Publishing, Inc.
Trulieve, the state-licensed medical marijuana business with a large, plant growing facility in Jefferson County, has begun hiring for the local operation.
Edward Bowers, a Trulieve human resources recruiter, told the Monticello News earlier this week that as many as 150 entry positions were currently available.
Bowers, in fact, was going around town passing out flyers and business cards. The key points he wanted to emphasize were that the openings were for full-time employment, that they included benefits such as healthcare and personal time off, that they allowed for internal growth opportunities, and that the minimum starting pay was $11 hourly.
The pay, of course, would vary depending on the position and experience, Bowers added.
As far as the job requirements, he said applicants must have a high school diploma, GED or the equivalent; be willing to work flexible hours, as the facility's standard operating hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week; be 21 years of age; and pass a comprehensive background check.
Persons interested in applying should visit Trulieve.com/Careers or contact Bowers directly via email at Edward.Bowers@Trulieve.com or by phone at (850) 692-2061.
Trulieve's Jefferson County facility is located at 1948 W. Capps Hwy., about a half mile east of the small community of Waukeenah off U.S. 27.
County officials approved the plan for the construction of the medical marijuana facility in mid- 2019 on an 85-acre parcel zoned agricultural near Waukeenah.
Trulieve, which operates a processing operation in Gadsden County, assured local officials that the facility here would only grow the marijuana plants, which would be transported to Gadsden for processing.
Trulieve's initial master plan called for four phases of construction, culminating in three buildings of 250,000 sq. feet each and four buildings of 24,000 sq. feet each, with a total workforce of 300 employees.
In December 2019, however, Trulieve returned before local officials with a request to modify the site plan to accommodate an expansion. The expansion included the addition of six buildings of 24,000 sq. feet each, two of 46,000 sq. feet each, one of 8,400 sq. feet, one of 5,000 sq. feet and a substation to power the entire facility.
Trulieve earlier had secured state approval for consolidation of the three initial 250,000-sq. foot buildings into one 750,000 sq. foot mega building.
Construction on the facility began last November, with expectations that the operation would be in full swing by early this year. Then, of course, the coronavirus pandemic struck.