Extraction Technician

• Location Tempe,Tempe, AZ, 85281,United States
• Base Pay $23.00 - $26.00 / Hour
• Job Category Extraction
• Employee Type Full-Time Non-Exempt
• Manage Others No

Description

Green Dot Labs is a premium cannabis brand founded in Boulder, Colorado in 2014 by husband-and-wife team Dave and Alana Malone. Built on proprietary genetics, small-batch cultivation, and craft extraction across Flower, Live Resin, and Live Rosin, GDL has earned multiple #1 brand rankings from BDSA and Leafly and was named Flower Brand of the Year at the 2025 Emjays. With more than a decade of leadership in Colorado and an expansion into Arizona, GDL is known for its innovation, consistent quality, and deep consumer trust.

The Extraction Technician supports the daily intake, extraction, post-extraction and testing processes at Green Dot Labs' Arizona extraction facility. This role is responsible for handling cannabis materials and concentrates with care, maintaining product quality and supporting daily production goals while ensuring accurate documentation and a clean, controlled laboratory environment.

Reporting to the Extraction Manager, the Extraction Technician performs assigned extraction activities, monitors product quality, maintains equipment and supports inventory reconciliation and regulatory compliance. The position works closely with other Extraction team members to maintain efficient workflows, identify production concerns and ensure materials are properly handled throughout the extraction process.

As a technical production position, this role requires hands-on equipment knowledge, strong attention to detail and the ability to follow established procedures. The Extraction Technician also supports quality control, team mentoring and administrative activities to promote safe, consistent and efficient extraction operations.

Perform daily extraction activities, including cannabis material intake, expediting, extraction, post-extraction processing and test sampling.

Operate commercial extraction equipment used in butane hash oil (BHO) and solventless hash oil (SHO) production according to established procedures.

Complete assigned extraction and post-extraction tasks accurately and within established production timelines.

Inspect incoming trim and fresh-frozen (FF) material for quality and suitability for processing.

Weigh, prepare and organize incoming materials for extraction.

Handle concentrates carefully throughout processing to maintain product integrity and prevent contamination.

Monitor concentrate quality, color and consistency and promptly communicate concerns to the Extraction Manager.

Identify batch-to-batch variations and communicate recommended adjustments to post-extraction techniques.

Assist with monitoring environmental conditions in intake, extraction, post-extraction and SHO extraction areas.

Report environmental discrepancies, production concerns and equipment issues to the Extraction Manager.

Participate in regular operational meetings to review production schedules, quality standards, maintenance needs and inventory planning.

Maintain accurate daily extraction and post-extraction production logs.

Assist with daily reconciliation of extraction and post-extraction inventory records.

Maintain accurate documentation of extracted batches, testing activities, product transfers and waste disposal.

Record inventory movements and production activities in applicable state-required inventory tracking and reporting systems.

Identify inventory discrepancies and assist with documenting issues in the Inventory Incident Report Log.

Support weekly inventory audits and reconciliation activities.

Review harvest allocations with the Extraction…