Processing Lab Supervisor

Title: Processing Lab Supervisor
Location:  Tooele, UT
Job Type: Full Time | Exempt 

Who You Are: 
You’re a hands-on, detail-driven leader with experience in post-processing and extraction environments. You balance quality, compliance, and efficiency while staying actively involved in day-to-day lab work, including distillation prep, ethanol extraction, and formulations. You lead by example, support team training, and keep schedules aligned across overlapping shifts. Organized and reliable, you value accurate documentation and consistent processes and take pride in delivering high-quality product in a regulated lab setting.

What You’ll Do: 

As a Lab Processing Supervisor, you’ll oversee day-to-day post-processing lab operations while staying hands-on in production. You’ll lead the extraction team, maintain quality and compliance standards, and keep schedules, training, and documentation aligned to support consistent, high-quality output. You’ll partner closely with the Operations Manager to monitor performance, address issues, and keep production moving efficiently.

• Supervise and support the Post Processing team through clear communication, planning, coaching, and performance management
• Own daily, weekly, and monthly production reporting, including actual vs. expected output, variance explanations, attendance tracking, and all required paperwork
• Prepare for efficient production by reviewing schedules, clarifying specifications, calculating batch requirements, and assembling materials for extractions, distillation, and formulations
• Coordinate team schedules across overlapping shifts, accounting for PTO and call-offs to maintain production continuity
• Train and onboard Post Processing staff while maintaining accurate training and compliance documentation
• Operate and oversee extraction, purification, and processing activities, including ethanol extraction in a C1D2 environment and refinement of crude oil into finished products
• Execute purification processes such as winterization, filtration, rotary evaporation, decarboxylation, and distillation
• Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot lab equipment including extractors, heaters, chillers, vacuum pumps, centrifuges, balances, and distillation units
• Maintain a clean, organized, and compliant lab environment in accordance with cGMP standards, SOPs, and safety regulations
• Manage inventory, preventative maintenance records, requisitions, and WIP cycle counts within MJ Freeway
• Maintain accurate records, data logs, MSDS documentation, and ensure proper storage and disposal of materials and waste in compliance with state regulations

What You’ll Bring: 

• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, or a related field
• 2+ years of experience working in a laboratory or manufacturing environment
• 2+ years of hands-on leadership experience, with a track record of coaching teams
• Experience in scientific and technical documentation, including SOPs, training materials, and process documentation
• You have hands-on knowledge of ethanol extraction, winterization, filtration, rotary evaporation, distillation, and product formulation
• You’re comfortable building weekly and monthly production schedules, establishing daily performance metrics, and tracking output against goals
• Strong understanding of health, safety, and compliance standards, with hands-on experience safely handling, storing, and disposing of chemicals and hazardous materials in an extraction lab environment
• Comfortable using laboratory computer systems and software, with strong recordkeeping and audit practices to ensure production documentation is accurate and complete

Even Better If: 

• You have experience working with Vitalis extraction equipment
• You bring at least 1 year of experience working in the cannabis industry
• Experience supporting quality control and testing, including hands-on work with HPLC and GC analysis

Physical Requirements 

• Ability to stand, sit, and walk for extended periods of time, lift and carry up to 50 pounds occasionally
• Ability to use required PPE when required, such as masks, hair nets, beard covers, respirators, boot covers, scrubs, non-slip shoes, and Tyvek suits as necessary 

Environmental Conditions 

• Exposure to environments with high humidity, varying temperatures, and strong odors (such as cannabis) 
• Exposure to soil, water, fertilizer, dust, pollen and plant pathogens 
• Exposure to cleaning solvents, such as high volumes of isopropyl alcohol 
• Exposure to loud noises, including but not limited to air compressors, packaging equipment, and alarms 
• Exposure to CO2 manufacturing procedures at OSHA approved CO2 levels