Extraction Technician

Job Description

The Extraction Technician will be responsible for safely and effectively converting the cannabis materials into high quality, food safe medical cannabis oils and liquids for ingestion, inhalation, or topical application by registered patients. Responsibilities include:

• Performing his/her duties in a safe manner and environment while adhering to all governmental regulations for this industry.
• Carrying out all extraction, extract processing, product formulation, filling and manufacturing procedures in an efficient manner that also complies with FDA GMP’s, OSHA regulations, PharmaCann SOP’s and all applicable laboratory procedures.
• Packaging of PharmaCann’s broad medical cannabis product line as needed.
• Ensuring compliance and accuracy involving all product tracking, product security, and product movement procedures.
• Following appropriate control measures to prevent mixing of dissimilar production components while following Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Performing in-process and post-process quality assurance testing and conducting visual inspections to ensure all product meets or exceed PharmaCann’s specifications and patients’ expectations. Such quality assurance work shall include but not be limited to:
  • Recording and monitoring process conditions to ensure compliance to standard operating procedures
  • Proper weighing, data recording, and batch tracking throughout PharmaCann’s process
  • Work with 3rd party laboratories on sampling and lot control for their sample gathering and reporting.

• Continually strive to improve PharmaCann’s processes for improved patient safety, quality, and efficient manufacturing
• Support new product and process development work with our Chemist.
• Monitoring and managing lab and processing equipment supplies and inventory.

Qualifications

Education: High School Diploma or G.E.D minimum.

Age: State law requires that applicants be 21 years old and over and be issued an agent card to work for a cultivation center.

Experience: The ideal candidate will have at least one to three years of applicable medical cannabis or related extraction, formulating, and packaging experience with a focus on ensuring product safety, consumer safety and satisfaction, and high product quality. Experience with closed loop BHO (butane, propane, mix gas) systems and ethanol extraction preferred; including large scale production sugar/ wax, live sugar/resin/wax, and shatter. Previous experience with chemicals highly desired.

Physical Requirements: Include standing, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds by themselves and 75+ pounds with a buddy, carrying product totes, pushing carts, moving and making adjustments to process equipment. Ability to be fitted for and wear protective gear.

Competencies/Additional Requirements include:

• Attention to detail
• Mechanically inclined
• Effective communication skills
• Strong work ethic
• Willingness to learn and improve each operation
• Ability to perform repetitive tasks for long periods of time (i.e., trimming plants, weighing product, and regular inventory).
• Ability to work safely with process chemicals

Additional Information

It is the policy of PharmaCannis to afford equal opportunity in all phases of employment without regard to an individual's age, race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic tests and information, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.