Cultivation Technician II

PharmaCann•Hamptonburgh, NY

18d•$23•Onsite

About The Position

PharmaCann, Inc. owns and operates best-in-class production facilities and retail dispensaries for cannabis-based products. We currently operate in the States of Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Colorado and Michigan as a medical and/or adult use cannabis provider to patients and customers. We are looking for energetic, results-driven individuals to join our rapidly growing team and industry. Purpose This Cultivation Technician II - Irrigation position is responsible for executing their daily role within the Irrigation department to ensure proper performance of the watering system schedule for the cannabis cultivation. This position supports a variety of duties to ensure the fertigation for a large scale indoor facility. The Irrigation Technician role must participate in their job with professionalism and safety, consistently. The Irrigation Technician will report to the Lead of Irrigation and Supervisor of Production. This will be an evening shift: Sun-Wed 3:00PM-1:45AM Starting pay is $22.75/hour plus shift differential

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent required.
Able to use a computer and/or hand tools while sitting or standing for extended periods of time.
Able to move about an indoor agricultural, typical manufacturing and warehouse environment.
Able to kneel, bend, reach, rotate, and stoop on an intermittent to regular basis daily.
Able to lift and move up to 50 pounds occasionally.
Consistent on-time attendance for all scheduled shifts.
Prepared for full 40 hour week working scheduled shifts with occasional overtime shifts to complete daily and weekly objectives.

Nice To Haves

Preferred at least 3 months employment with PharmaCann to apply.
Preferred at least 1 year of prior agricultural experience to apply.
Experience working in a fast-paced production environment required.
Demonstrates ability to consistently achieve productivity and performance requirements.
Demonstrates professional and respectful demeanor towards others.
Demonstrates respectful verbal and written communication capability.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The term “qualified individual with a disability” means an individual with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the position. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate professionally in person, over the telephone, through email and other electronic means, move about the office, handle various types of media and equipment, and visually or otherwise identify, observe, and assess.
Knowledge of local, state, regional states, and federal employment laws relating to key areas of responsibility.

Responsibilities

This position is responsible for taking on a variety of tasks and projects to ensure the watering of plants for a large-scale indoor cannabis cultivation.
This tasks include prepping and properly staking each plant with emitter lines, watering propagated plants, conducting substrate sensor readings and reportings, monitoring of the cultivation plant health and emitting, and supporting projects assigned by the leadership of the department
Supporting the maintenance of the Irrigation department objectives and equipment as instructed by leadership of the department.
Cleaning and maintaining all areas, equipment, and material throughout the work area.
This position is expected to perform tasks in a timely manner, accurately, safely, and compliant.
This position will be responsible for participating in their role throughout the scheduled shift, consistently.
Use company logs and reporting software to input data for the Production department
Cleaning and maintaining all areas, equipment, and material throughout the cultivation.
Other duties as assigned, including, but not limited to assisting other departments to help facilitate the additional and/or supplemental work, such as, Production dept tasks, Post Harvest dept tasks, cleaning, and light maintenance as needed throughout the facility.
This position will follow the direction and training by the Lead of Irrigation and/or Supervisor of Production assigned to the Holliston, MA cultivation facility.
The role is expected to engage in proactive participation to be able to achieve the high standard cultivation practices, consistently and compliant.
Training towards PharmaCann’s mission statement and leadership development.
Understanding how to compliantly operate within the cultivation based on the state laws and regulations.
Collect and clean pieces of equipment.
Keep all equipment in good working order.
Purge table lines according to company procedures.
Clear tables of any loose debris.
This position is responsible for utilizing equipment and supplies provided by leadership properly, as trained.
This position must report to leadership when the equipment operating with is malfunctioning.
Responsible for sanitizing, cleaning, and maintaining of irrigation and fertigation equipment and cultivation area as instructed.
Direct the communication and reporting of plant health and water system issue concerns with the Manager of Irrigation for proper awareness of organization and analysis.
Take instruction from Irrigation leadership towards upholding current laws and regulations for the cultivation facility.
Adapt to updated laws and regulations to implement safe and effective practices to sustain highest quality standards and efficiencies.
Take instruction from leadership with updating and tracking all required information in the Irrigation department logs and spreadsheets daily.
Any compliance or safety mistake or error created must be addressed, reported, and resolved.
Communication with appropriate leadership to ensure resolution.
This position is expected to follow and obey the company policies.