Production Technician

Title

Production Technician

Description

Our client is a leading, multi-state cannabis operator dedicated to improving lives through the power of the plant. With a strong national presence, they focus on providing high-quality, innovative cannabis products that meet the needs of both medical patients and adult-use consumers. Their mission centers on advancing education, wellness, and accessibility within the cannabis industrydriven by a commitment to consistency, compliance, and community impact.

The Role :

The Production Technician will assist in maintaining quality control measures to ensure high quality product and carries out day-to-day tasks including prepping, packaging and labeling in accordance with standards set by our client.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Staging product and packaging supplies to meet the daily production schedule.
• Performing quality assurance protocols as designated by our clients' procedures.
• Responsible for increasing operational efficiency and reducing waste through ownership, teamwork, communication, and collaboration.
• Perform in-process and post-process quality assurance testing and conduct visual inspections to ensure all product meets or exceed our clients specifications and patients expectations.
• Ensuring 100% compliance involving proper weighing, data recording, product tracking, and security throughout the entire packaging process.
• Consistently operates in an efficient manner that also complies with all OSHA regulations, SOPs and all applicable required procedures.
• Responsible for ensuring each product is properly labeled in compliance with state regulations.
• Works in a quick and efficient manner and strives to consistently increase productivity.
• Responsible for maintaining the organization and cleanliness of the extraction room while performing all duties.
• Work with Dispensary Operations in planning and preparation of product for patient sales.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.

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Preferred Qualifications :

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, talk or hear, use hands to finger or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and lift up to 50 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

This position has allergen warnings - Potential exposure to dust, pollen, and plant pathogens. Requires exposure to cleaning solvents, such as high volumes of isopropyl alcohol. Requires daily use of provided PPE, such as masks, hair nets, beard covers, respirators, boot covers, scrubs, non-slip shoes, and Tyvek suits as necessary. Requires the ability to work in confined spaces. Has exposure to loud noises, including but not limited to air compressors, packaging equipment, and alarms. Has exposure to CO2 manufacturing procedures at OSHA-approved CO2 levels. Requires a high-stress tolerance, adaptability, and flexibility. Ability to work in an ever-changing environment.

About Vangst :

Vangst is the cannabis industrys hiring platform. Vangst helps cannabis companies find the talent they need to grow their business. From on-demand gig workers to trained & credential full-time employees, Vangst has built the industrys go-to talent marketplace for all cannabis hiring. Vangst is proud to work with 1,200+ of the cannabis industrys leading businesses.

Since raising their seed round in 2018, Vangst has become one of the fastest-growing companies in the cannabis industry and was recognized as one of Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies.

Today, over 300,000 people have full-time jobs in the cannabis industry and this number is expected to triple over the next five years. Vangst is on a mission to fill every job in the cannabis industry.

Vangsts headquarters is in Denver, CO. Vangst is a Series B company backed by Lerer Hippeau, Colle Capital, Level One Fund, Snoop Doggs Casa Verde Capital, and others.

Vangst provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Required qualifications :