Post Harvest Specialist

Savvyherb; Jessup (MD); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Savvyherb is seeking a Post-Harvest Specialist to lead cannabis post-harvest activities, including buck down, curing, sorting, and trimming, ensuring quality and regulatory compliance. This is a full-time, non-exempt position in a warehouse setting with a strong emphasis on safety and documentation.

Essential duties include maintaining product consistency, following SOPs, and assisting team members while keeping the work area clean and organized.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 21 years old.
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Pass a background check in compliance with state regulations.
• Reliable transportation.

Responsibilities

• Execute post-harvest tasks including buck down, curing, sorting, and trimming.
• Maintain product quality and consistency during handling.
• Follow all SOPs and safety guidelines.
• Accurately complete required documentation and tracking.
• Assist team members and leads with daily tasks.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of the work environment.

Skills

Physical stamina

Safety compliance

Documentation

Team collaboration

Job description

• The Post-Harvest Specialist is a full-time, $17/hr role responsible for cannabis post-harvest activities such as buck down, curing, sorting, and trimming, ensuring quality and compliance with state regulations.
• Essential duties include maintaining product consistency, adhering to safety and SOP guidelines, completing documentation, assisting team members, and keeping the work environment clean and organized.
• Minimum qualifications require candidates to be at least 21 years old, able to lift up to 50 pounds, pass a background check, and have reliable transportation.
• The position demands physical stamina (standing 90% of the time), comfort with heights and scaffolding, and the ability to work in a warehouse setting with exposure to varying temperatures, dust, and noise.

The Post-Harvest Specialist is a full-time non-exempt position responsible for overseeing and executing post-harvest operations including cannabis buck down, curing, sorting, trimming, and related processes. This role requires strong attention to detail, compliance with state regulations, and the ability to work in a fast-paced production environment.

This is a full-time position at $17/hr

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Execute post-harvest tasks including buck down, curing, sorting, and trimming

Maintain product quality and consistency during handling

Follow all SOPs and safety guidelines

Accurately complete required documentation and tracking

Assist team members and leads with daily tasks

Maintain cleanliness and organization of the work environment

Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

Must be at least 21 years of age

Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds

Must pass a background check in compliance with state regulations

Must have reliable transportation

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 the risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.