Extraction Technician

About Maitri Medicinals:

Maitri Medicinals’ vision is to cultivate, produce and dispense quality medical marijuana products for Pennsylvania patients who suffer from qualifying medical conditions and diseases. We are privileged to serve Pennsylvania patients at our three dispensaries in Pittsburgh, Uniontown and Greensburg. Founded by third-generation Southwestern Pennsylvania residents, Maitri is deeply invested in the region’s wellbeing and development. Maitri views Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program as an opportunity to help patients suffering from serious medical conditions, support intervention efforts to address the region’s opioid crisis, provide career training and lucrative opportunities for local residents in the medical marijuana industry. We recognize that people define and achieve wellness in different ways across a wide spectrum, and serve all patients with open mindedness, kindness, and a desire to learn.

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Benefits Package:

● Health/Vision/Dental insurance coverage with HSA & FSA contribution plans

● Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

● 401K

● Company-sponsored short- and long-term disability insurance

● Employee discounts ● Paid time off (PTO)

● Paid Holidays

● Paid sick time

Job Summary:

The Extraction Technician supports in processing and extracting medical marijuana in the Lab. They are responsible for following SOPs that fully comply with state medical marijuana regulations. These practices will consist of but are not limited to manufacturing, storing, maintaining of equipment and materials that are necessary to run a world-class extraction lab. This role is responsible for purification, separation, and isolation of various compounds of cannabis. As well as maintaining inventory, recordkeeping, and quality of product throughout the process flow.  

Responsibilities

• Batching and Mixing Troche Batches: Accurately weigh and mix ingredients needed to produce troches.
• Cooking Troches: Timing of cooking troche batches to ensure the product meets standards of production.
• Demolding Finished Troches: Carefully remove finished troches from molds, ensuring their quality and integrity.
• Setting Up Troche Depositors: Prepare and adjust troche depositors for production runs, ensuring proper configuration and functionality.
• Cleaning and Maintenance: Perform thorough cleaning and maintenance of tools and equipment, adhering to strict sanitation protocols.
• Weighing and Documenting Troche Weights: Accurately measure and record troche weights as part of quality control procedures.
• Adherence to SOPs and Quality Standards: Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) meticulously and uphold the lab's quality standards in all tasks.
• Extraction Process Support: Assist in overseeing the extraction process and ensure the lab abides by all protocols and regulations.
• Quality Assurance: Review lab checklists daily and perform quality assurance tasks.
• Equipment Operation: Operate laboratory instruments, make observations, calculate, and record results.
• Inventory and Recordkeeping: Maintain accurate notebooks and logbooks, manage inventory records, and ensure the quality of products throughout the process flow.
• Collaboration: Work closely with the Troche Lab Manager and support cross-functional team needs to meet production schedules.
• Working on scaffolding and ladders as well as tight spaces low and off the floor
• Cleaning and maintaining of equipment
• Maintaining a clean working environment 

Requirements:

• Ability to be flexible and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• High attention to detail and personal and professional accountability
• High School diploma or General Equivalency Degree (GED)
• Valid driver’s license 
• Able to pass all background checks/fingerprinting as required by state cannabis agencies 
• Good housekeeping and attention to detail.
• Understanding of kitchen etiquette, particularly cleanliness, and sanitation.
• Ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with basic mechanical skills is beneficial.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Effective documentation and reporting abilities.
• Flexibility and adaptability in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to work as part of a team to meet production schedules.
• Capable of multi-tasking with minimal supervision.

Physical and Environmental 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. 

• Ability to work a minimum of 8 hours a day 
• Ability to lift, push, and pull 75 pounds 
• Ability to sit, squat, bend, and kneel repetitively throughout a workday 
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time 
• Ability to work on scaffolding and ladders and in tight spaces
• Comfortable working under constant video surveillance
• Work can be dirty/sticky and may leave you smelling like cannabis at the end of the day
• Work will be in a warehouse setting: temperatures may vary from warm to cool
• Work environments that include exposure to, but not limited to, fumes, dust, odors, heights, indoor AC, no AC, motion, and noise.

Maitri is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Maitri does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Maitri is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Maitri does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.