Job Description
Want to make a meaningful difference in peoples’ lives while earning a competitive salary?
Key Responsibilities
- Lead daily operations of the grower processing facility across cultivation, extraction, processing, and packaging.
- Ensure production targets, quality standards, and compliance requirements are met or exceeded.
- Collaborate with the Director of Operations on strategy, scheduling, and resource planning.
- Drive operational efficiency through process improvements and lean manufacturing principles.
- Provide direct leadership and support to departments.
- Foster a positive, accountable culture focused on teamwork, safety, and continuous improvement.
- Assist in hiring, onboarding, coaching, and performance management of staff.
- Leverage knowledge of cannabis cultivation cycles, plant health, and production timelines to guide the team.
- Work cross-functionally to ensure seamless handoffs between cultivation, processing, extraction, and packaging.
- Monitor environmental controls, production yields, and overall facility performance.
- Identify and recommend new techniques or technologies to enhance production or product quality.
- Ensure strict compliance with all state cannabis regulations, company policies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Support regular internal audits and regulatory inspections.
- Promote and enforce workplace safety programs, including OSHA compliance and GMP standards where applicable.
- Analyze production data and KPIs to identify bottlenecks, trends, and opportunities.
- Prepare regular reports on production, staffing, and facility performance for leadership review.
- Partner with leadership on special projects and expansion initiatives.
Requirements
- 7+ years of manufacturing, production, or operations management experience, preferably in a regulated industry.
- Cannabis cultivation or processing experience required—strong understanding of plant life cycles, post-harvest, and extraction preferred.
- Proven ability to lead teams in a dynamic, hands-on environment.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Familiarity with seed-to-sale tracking systems and compliance reporting.
- Ability to adapt to shifting priorities and manage multiple tasks effectively.
- Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma experience.
- OSHA and safety training certifications.
- Experience working in a unionized environment (if applicable).
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