Manufacturing Manager

Description

• Lead Daily Extraction Operations: Oversee all aspects of daily lab operations, ensuring efficient, safe, and compliant extraction and related processes of cannabis extraction. Maintain the highest standards of cleanliness, safety, and regulatory compliance throughout the lab and production environment.

• Manage and Develop Extraction Team and Performance: Create and manage staff schedules, assign tasks to meet or exceed production and inventory goals, and foster a positive, high-performing work culture. Provide leadership, coaching, and development opportunities to ensure a skilled and motivated team. Maintain open communication, addressing concerns and resolving conflicts to promptly support a positive and productive work environment.

• Drive Production Strategy and Results: Collaborate with Senior Production Manager and other leaders to achieve production targets aligned with business objectives . Plan, organize, and manage extraction workflows to maximize efficiency and output. Develop, review, and adapt standard operation procedures (SOPs) for extraction, distillation, post-processing methods ( e.g. winterization, refining, formulating), and handling of gases and equipment in alignment with regulations and industry best practices.

• Maintain Compliance and Quality Standards: Partner with Compliance and other key team members to ensure all processes, documentation, and inventory are audit-ready and fully aligned with state regulations, OSHA requirements, and GMP standards.

• Execute Equipment Maintenance and Safety Protocols: Manage cleaning and preventative maintenance schedules for all lab equipment per manufacturer specifications and internal procedures to ensure uninterrupted production and workplace safety.

• Support Product Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Lead efforts to improve workflow efficiency, product consistency, and innovation in extraction techniques and final product formulation. Stay informed on emerging trends in cannabis science ( e.g. cannabinoids, terpenes, distillation ), and share insights with the team to enhance knowledge and performance.

• Skills to be Successful: Must be 21 years of age or older

• High School Diploma or equivalent - required

• Bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry, or related field - strongly preferred

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, with at least 4 years in a leadership role in a state-certified cannabis extraction/processing facility - strongly preferred

• Expertise in Hydrocarbon extraction and various post-processing methods
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices

• Computers and Technolog

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook as well as Google Sheets, Docs and Drive

• Proficiency with inventory systems, and standard lab and office equipment

• Additional Qualifications

• Regulatory Knowledge: Familiar with OSHA guidelines and compliant handling of hazardous materials in accordance with safety protocols.

• Leadership & Team Management: Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop teams while fostering a positive, productive work environment.

• Operational Excellence: Strong organizational, analytical, and time-management skills; excels under pressure in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

• Communication & Problem Solving: Effective communicator and active listener, with sharp attention to detail and a hands-on, solution-focused mindset.

• Full suite of medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Paid parental leave

• 401 (k)

• Paid Time Off

• Short Term and Long-Term Disability

• Employee Assistance Program

• Employee life insurance and supplemental life

• Spouse and child life and AD&D

• Pet insurance

• FSA and HSA available

Headquartered in New York City, Acreage is a multi-state operator of cannabis ‎cultivation and retailing facilities in the U.S., including the company’s national retail store ‎brand, The Botanist. Acreage’s wide range of national and regionally available cannabis products include the award-winning Botanist brand, the highly recognizable Tweed brand, the Prime medical brand in Pennsylvania, the Innocent edibles brand in Illinois and others. Acreage also owns Universal Hemp, LLC, a hemp subsidiary dedicated to the distribution, marketing and sale of CBD products throughout the U.S.

Since its founding in 2011, Acreage has focused on building and scaling operations to create a ‎seamless, consumer-focused, branded experience. More information is available at www.acreageholdings.com.