Production Lead - Glendale AZ

Production Lead - Glendale AZ

Department: Production

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Glendale AZ

Compensation: $21.00 - $23.00 / hour

Fernway is looking for an experienced Production Lead to join our team. This is a working lead role. The Production Lead manages daily production operations, actively participates in production alongside the team and oversees the floor to ensure every process is optimized, compliant and consistently meets Fernway’s highest quality standards. They perform quality inspections of ingredients, processes and final products while strictly adhering to all applicable regulations.

This role sets the tone for how the team shows up each day (collaborative, accountable and respectful) while upholding Fernway’s people-first culture with a relentless focus on quality and compliance.

• Lead and supervise the production team daily for efficient, on-schedule task completion, acting as a working lead who actively participates in production and provides on-the-floor guidance and mentorship
• Collaborate with the Production Manager and Director of Operations on task assignment, performance monitoring, identifying training needs and coaching employees on proper techniques
• Train and mentor new and existing team members, providing hands-on support to increase capacity
• Foster a positive, safe and respectful environment, promote accountability, and proactively report and escalation personnel issues

• Work with the Production Managers to execute the daily packaging schedule, leading weekend and overtime shifts as necessary
• Arrive before the team to stage production runs, itemize workflows and set up workstations
• Maintain current knowledge of all production processes, troubleshoot equipment issues quickly and elevate serious concerns
• Instruct specific extract batches and mixtures for daily production, preparing terpene blends as needed

• Ensure accurate and compliant selection of cannabis and non-cannabis supplies, collaborating with managers on material availability
• Manage production orders and packaging assemblies in the ERP system, ensuring Metrc seed-to-sale compliance, and accurately log production data
• Oversee daily cleaning of all production areas and ensure proper material storage

• Inspect cannabis extract, flower and terpene ingredients upon intake and support training production staff on quality control
• Prepare laboratory samples for all production batches, R&D and quality testing, compiling lab transfer documents and submitting samples to third-party Independent Testing Laboratories (ITLs)
• Review Certificates of Analyses (COAs) and compliance records for product ingredients and production batches

• 21+ years old (regulatory requirement)
• 1+ years Cannabis experience
• Ability to pass cannabis regulatory pre-screenings
• Ability physically maintain consistent and repetitive manual work
• Ability to work flexible hours, including occasional overtime shifts or weekends
• Proven ability to meet production goals within an established timeline
• Knowledge of Metrc, Acumatica, or other tracking software
• Strong production and manufacturing skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Meticulous attention to detail and strong desire to produce a high-quality product
• Dependable, professional and confident
• Ability to follow instructions and respond to management direction
• Regular and punctual attendance
• A high degree of integrity and ethical conduct, always

• Generous annual leave: 13 paid holidays and up to 3 weeks PTO (hourly and salaried staff alike)
• Comprehensive health coverage: company-sponsored health, dental, and vision insurance
• Extra benefits: PSL, FSA, life insurance, 401(k) with match, discounted pet insurance and gym membership