Extraction Technician

The Cannabist Company • Lowell, MA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Extraction Technician is responsible for the facility’s overall extraction process and day-to-day production following established protocol and regulations. The Extraction Technician will lead the extraction lab team through the activities required to manufacture, store, and maintain equipment and materials necessary to run a world-class extraction lab.

Requirements

• All applicants must be at least 21 years of age
• 1-4 years of experience in related position with an emphasis in an operations production/manufacturing environment
• Experience must include hands-on responsibility for the full scope production activities, both operations and analysis
• Experience with analytical testing required
• The job requires physical activity, including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, climbing, and lifting or moving up to 30 pounds (or more with a coworker).
• Good visual acuity, hand-eye coordination, manual dexterity, and ability to perform repetitive motions with accuracy is required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, chemistry or similar lab science field
• HPLC- specific experience preferred
• Experience in various cannabis testing or formulation methods preferred

Responsibilities

• Follows Policies & Procedures for the daily operations and fully comply with state medical marijuana regulations
• Maintains testing and formulating operations by initiating, coordinating and enforcing operational policies and procedures
• Performs QA/QC through analytical testing for quality, consistency and efficacy
• Works closely with production team on all elements of the testing and formulating process
• Masters various techniques for marijuana extraction and infusion, including butane extraction
• Develops expertise in testing and formulating methods as well as the purification, separation and isolation of various compounds of cannabis
• Responsible for inventory, recordkeeping and quality of product at all times, maintaining inventory via seed to sale tracking

Benefits

• competitive wages
• paid holidays
• vacation and sick time
• 401K with company match
• multiple health plan choices
• dental
• vision
• pet insurance
• life insurance
• 100% paid short-term disability
• optional long-term disability insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level