Lead Extraction Technician

Lead Extraction Technician

Job Type: Full Time, Non-Exempt
Shift: Monday to Friday - 7:00 am to 3:30 pm
Starting Pay Rate: $28.25/hr with benefits
Location: Ravena, NY

Who You Are:

As an Lead Extraction Technician, you play a key role in ensuring smooth extraction operations in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. You are a detail-oriented and safety-conscious professional with a passion for producing high-quality cannabis concentrates.

You will handle biomass preparation and operate Hydrocarbon and CO₂ extraction equipment in a C1D1 environment, always prioritizing safety and efficiency. You thrive in a setting where Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) are essential, ensuring compliance and consistency in every step of the extraction process. You will lead a small team of Extraction Technicians and ensure samples, data integrity, and inventory counts are accurate using Excel. 

Collaboration is second nature to you—you work closely with the lab team to meet production goals while maintaining the highest quality and safety standards.

What You’ll Do:

• Operate solventless terpene extraction, short path distillation, and rotary evaporator equipment for refining cannabis oil.
• Ensure compliance and consistency by following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and optimize extraction and refinement equipment to ensure peak performance.
• Accurately document batch records and track materials using Cannabis Tracking Systems (CTSs) (e.g., MJ Freeway).
• Maintain a clean, organized, and compliant laboratory, ensuring all equipment is properly sterilized and stored.
• Adhere to safety protocols while working with C1D1-rated equipment and hazardous materials, including hydrocarbons, compressed gases, and solvents.
• Assist in daily manufacturing operations, supporting production goals and process improvements.
• Prepare and clean workspaces and equipment at the start and end of extraction cycles.
• Cross-train in CIS extraction processes, including winterization, filtration, and biomass packing.
• Participate in team meetings and contribute to efficiency, safety, and compliance improvements.
• Support lab packaging and additional production tasks as needed.

What You’ll Bring:

• An Associates Degree or higher in a science related field - Biology, Chemistry, etc
• Strong organizational and communication skills with attention to detail.
• A self-motivated and adaptable attitude, the ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to execute extraction techniques with precision and consistency.
• Proficiency in documentation and inventory management, ensuring accurate record-keeping and organization.
• Strong time management skills, capable of adhering to planned production schedules.
• Proficiency in computer systems for data entry, tracking, and compliance reporting.

Even Better If:

• You have 2 year of experience as a hydrocarbon extraction technician.
• You possess advanced knowledge of cannabis and cannabis extracts.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and lift up to 25 lbs. The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 50 lbs. This role requires close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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 and requires a high-stress tolerance, adaptability, and flexibility, as well as the ability to work in an ever-changing environment