Extraction Specialist

Savvyherb; Chester (Delaware County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Savvyherb is seeking an Extraction Specialist to support on-site cannabis extraction operations at our facility. You will help prepare equipment and materials, execute extractions, operate extraction equipment, and maintain quality control to produce cannabis concentrates.

Responsibilities include following SOPs, ensuring safety, and collaborating with teams to meet production goals while maintaining a clean, compliant workspace and proper waste management.

Qualifications

• Follow detailed instructions and perform repetitive tasks.
• Must work well in a team environment.
• Ability to safely handle hazardous materials.
• Demonstrate effective time management and multitasking.
• Strong computer skills are required.
• Knowledge of lab safety practices and MSDS procedures.

Responsibilities

• Prepare equipment, biomass, and raw materials for extraction.
• Execute extractions and post-extraction processes.
• Operate extraction equipment (e.g., rotary evaporators, reactors, filtration).
• Conduct quality control testing to ensure product consistency.
• Collect samples for quality testing and maintain records.
• Maintain a clean, safe workspace and proper waste disposal.

Skills

Teamwork

Follow instructions

Time management

Multitasking

Computer skills

Safety handling hazardous materials

Education

Science degree

Tools

Extraction equipment

Rotary evaporator

Job description

• The job role of an Extraction Specialist involves providing on-site support to the extraction operations within a cannabis cultivation facility.
• Essential duties include preparing equipment and materials, executing extractions, operating extraction equipment, conducting quality control testing, and maintaining a clean workspace.
• Minimum qualifications for the role include following detailed instructions, working well in a team environment, and being able to safely handle hazardous materials.
• Preferred qualifications include having a degree in a scientific discipline, previous experience in a regulated production facility, and knowledge of extractions and isolations.

The Extraction Specialist provides on-site support to the extraction operations within a cannabis cultivation facility. As an Extraction Specialist, you are responsible for the cannabis extraction process and the manufacturing of cannabis concentrates. Extraction Specialists may be cross-trained and asked to support other departments occasionally to meet business needs, including but not limited to the processing of dry cannabis flower.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare equipment, biomass, and raw materials for extraction.
• Execute extractions and post-extraction processes.
• Operate extraction equipment, such as rotary evaporators, reactors, filtration equipment, etc.
• Ensure the consistency and efficiency of products through quality control testing and procedures.
• Collect samples as needed for quality testing.
• Regularly clean and sterilize equipment and workspace.
• Maintain strict inventory record of raw materials, chemicals, waste, and equipment.
• Manage, document, and dispose lab waste.
• Maintain Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for all chemicals and products.
• Follow laboratory safety protocols.
• Monitor and maintain quality control measures in accordance with state and local laws.
• Adhere to company policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment within the facility and production areas.
• Immediately inform Extraction Manager of any system or equipment discrepancies.
• Ensure all products are of high quality and visually aesthetic, reporting concerns to management for remediation.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Qualifications

• Able to follow detailed instruction and capable of performing repetitive tasks.
• Must have a positive attitude and work well with others in a team environment.
• Willing to learn about, operate, and maintain facility equipment in a safe manner.
• Able to understand proper and safe handling of hazardous materials.
• Must have effective time management and multitasking skills.
• Must have strong computer skills.
• Ability to safely climb, squat, bend, twist, kneel and stand for at least 8 hours per day, and lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Must be 21 years of age or older and able to successfully register with the state’s cannabis commission as an agent.
• Must comply with all laws, regulations, and policies associated with the industry.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in a regulated production facility (food, beverage, CPG, etc.) preferred.
• Previous experience in a laboratory setting preferred.
• Knowledge of extractions, separations, isolations, distillation and/or fractionation preferred.

Physical and Mental Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to remain in a stationary position, move and/or position oneself, communicate, operate and/or prepare, place, position objects, tools, or controls. The employee must occasionally move packages weighing up to 50 lb. Able to stand for 90% of the time. Comfortable with heights, occasionally ascends/descends a ladder to service the lights, filters, trellis netting and ceiling fans up to 25ft. Comfortable working atop and traversing scaffolding, when required. Comfortable with changing environment temperatures and humidity. Exposure to pollen, dust, dander, and other nature elements. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close observation and the ability to adjust focus. The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual, with or without reasonable accommodation, to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

Work is performed in a warehouse environment. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.

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