Cultivation Tech

About the Company

Ayr Wellness is a leading U.S. multi-state cannabis operator with more than 90 licensed retail locations across Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Nevada, and soon, Virginia. We cultivate, manufacture, and sell a broad portfolio of high-quality cannabis products, serving both medical patients and adult-use consumers. Our strength lies in our people, and we’re re-imagining how we work to shape the future of the fast-moving, complex cannabis industry.

About the Role

Our Cultivation Technician positions are responsible for executing cultivation plans in keeping with the Company’s operating procedures for indoor and outdoor cultivation. Technicians conduct the day-to-day assignments and tasks of the cannabis production cycle.

Responsibilities

• Cloning: cutting, rooting, and transplanting; clone care, watering, and feeding; clone monitoring and climate control; labeling; and inventory data input into the state-mandated electronic tracking system.
• Monitors growing conditions and reviews changes in humidity, moisture, and temperature to ensure conformance with quality control standards.
• Inspects crops to ascertain conditions such as leaf texture, bloom size, and the existence of pests or disease; removes substandard or diseased plants to maintain quality standards.
• Plant monitoring and care during vegetative and flowering phase: trimming, staking, big leafing, and pruning; watering and feeding; pest and disease control; inventory data input.
• Harvesting: cutting plants; trimming cut plants; removing flowering tops; weighing and inventory data input into the electronic inventory tracking system.
• Curing: hanging and dry-racking flowers; monitoring curing process and climate control; labeling; weighing and inventory data input.
• Operating and maintaining cultivation systems/equipment: monitoring, calibrating, running, and maintaining lighting, irrigation, climate control, and other cultivation systems; stocking and handling production inputs and supplies; sanitizing and cleaning growing areas, workspaces, and tools.
• Ensure daily compliance with policies and procedures, including state compliance, security protocols, and access protocols.
• Other duties as required or needed to assist the company in meeting goals.

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong work ethic, reliability, and flexibility.
• Commitment to producing the highest quality work.
• Ability to work in a demanding, fast-paced environment, including flexible and/or extended hours as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Experience in the cannabis or agricultural industry not required but preferred.

Skills

• Adaptable / Flexible – Effectively manages change and adjusts comfortably to new people and processes; multi-tasks and handles ambiguity and stress well while remaining positive; bounces back quickly from challenging situations; asks for help when needed.

Working Conditions

The person in this position may be exposed to dust, kief, cleaning chemicals, and fumes. Although systems are in place to remove these byproducts, there is still exposure to some degree. Frequently works in rooms with bright light where eye protection is required, and in rooms with moderate heat and humidity. Constant exposure to moderate background noise due to environmental systems, equipment, and fans.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged sitting, standing, and/or walking throughout the shift.
• Constant movement of hands, fingers, and limbs; requires good manual dexterity, coordination, and stamina.
• Frequently ascends/descends a ladder to inspect or maintain plants.
• Occasionally operates power hand tools and other cultivation machinery.
• Must be able to inspect and detect quality deviations and defects.
• Occasional lifting, positioning, or moving items up to 50 pounds.