Cultivation Tech

Ayr Wellness•Woodbridge, NJ

About The Position

Cultivation Technicians execute indoor and outdoor cultivation plans in accordance with company operating procedures and perform day-to-day tasks across the cannabis production cycle. Work includes cloning, plant care through vegetative and flowering phases, harvesting, curing, and operating and maintaining cultivation systems and equipment. Technicians also handle production supplies, maintain inventory records in electronic tracking systems, and clean and sanitize growing areas, workspaces, and tools. The role requires following company policies and procedures, including state compliance requirements and security and access protocols.

Requirements

Excellent communication skills.
Strong work ethic, reliability, and flexibility.
Commitment to producing the highest-quality work.
Ability to work in a demanding, fast-paced environment, including flexible and/or extended hours as needed.
Ability to adapt to change, manage multiple tasks and ambiguity or stress, remain positive, recover from challenges, ask for help when needed, and stay focused.
Ability to inspect plants and detect quality deviations and defects.
High school diploma or GED preferred.
Experience in the cannabis or agricultural industry is not required.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the cannabis or agricultural industry.

Responsibilities

Cut, root, transplant, water, feed, monitor, and label clones; enter inventory data into the state-mandated electronic tracking system.
Monitor growing conditions, including humidity, moisture, and temperature, and follow cultivation procedures to meet quality control standards.
Inspect crops for plant condition, pests, or disease and remove substandard or diseased plants.
Care for plants during vegetative and flowering phases, including trimming, staking, big-leafing, pruning, watering, feeding, monitoring, climate control, and pest and disease control.
Harvest plants by cutting and trimming them, removing flowering tops, weighing them, and entering inventory data into the electronic tracking system.
Cure flowers by hanging and dry-racking them, monitoring the curing process and climate, labeling, weighing, and entering inventory data.
Monitor, calibrate, operate, and maintain lighting, irrigation, climate control, and other cultivation systems.
Stock and handle production inputs and supplies; sanitize and clean growing areas, cultivation workspaces, and tools.
Follow daily policies and procedures, including state compliance requirements and security and access protocols.
Perform other duties as needed to help the company meet its goals.