Post-Harvest Shift Lead
  Job Location: Pemberton, BC
Employment Type: Full-time Permanent Employment
Hours: 40 hours per week

 Hourly Wage: $29.50 / hour to start 

A little about us 

Hi, we’re Aurora Cannabis, and we’re so excited to meet you!  

We’re a global cannabis company driven by our passion to help people improve their lives. We have a diverse team who bring their best every day so Aurora can be the cannabis provider of choice for patients and consumers.  We love our work, and we especially love our high quality, innovative brands that make up the Aurora family – from Aurora, Aurora Drift, San Rafael ’71 and Whistler.
 

Our people combined with our collective passion for the industry is what makes Aurora a special place to work and defines what we call our “A-Team”. We are a high-performing team of cannabis experts, innovators, and champions, that work, learn and win together. We think BIG, act BOLD and execute with PURPOSE in all that we do, and will stop at nothing to cultivate the ultimate cannabis experience for our community.
 

Job summary
Are you a cannabis enthusiast with leadership skills and an energetic spirit? Are you looking to lead a fun and hardworking team? If so, we would love to meet you!  

We’re looking for a motivated and experienced professional to join our Pemberton team as a Post-Harvest Shift Lead! In this role, you will have the opportunity to combine your love of cannabis with your leadership abilities, overseeing critical post-harvest processes to ensure our products meet and exceed global standards.  

Reporting to the Supervisor, Post-Harvest, the Post-Harvest Shift Lead will guide the team in day-to-day operations, ensuring that every step of the process – from bucking and trimming to drying and curing – runs smoothly. You will lead by example, mentor team members, and promote a positive, productive work environment while maintaining compliance with regulations.  


As a Post-Harvest Shift Lead, you will...

•    Ensure all harvest and trim processes are followed according to prescribed SOPs while also identifying opportunities to improve efficiencies; suggest revisions to SOPs as needed. 
•    Lead, train, and support Post-Harvest Team Members in achieving daily goals.
•    Oversee and perform post-harvest tasks including trimming, bucking, drying, curing, and packaging cannabis products. 
•    Operating, cleaning, and maintaining automated trimming, bucking, and sorting machines. 
•    Transport of harvested and processed cannabis between production environments in a sanitary fashion. 
•    Manage individual as well as team performance.  
•    Track individual and team metrics to influence production decisions. 
•    Deal with operational change.  
•    Properly maintain batch records; coordinate with Quality Assurance, Quality Control, and/or Propagation Departments as required. 
•    Utilize an inventory system, as necessary, to capture and record harvest, weighing, and/or destruction events while following all documentation protocols. 
•    Participate in meetings as required. 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

•    Strong passion for cannabis and previous experience in a leadership role within a cultivation or production facility considered an asset. 
•    Deep knowledge of post-harvest processes, including drying, curing, and trimming techniques. 
•    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 
•    Ability to lead and motivate a diverse team in a fast-paced environment. 
•    Adhere to the company code of conduct and all applicable SOPs. 
•    Demonstrate a continued level of development and improvement of skills/knowledge to help better complete your duties. 
•    Strong organization, time management and prioritization skills. 
•    High level of accuracy and strong attention to detail. 
•    Ability to meet deadlines. 
•    Ability to sit or stand for long period to time.  
•    Manual dexterity. 
 

Education & Experience:

•    Proven leadership skills/team management in a similar environment.  
•    Knowledge or basic understanding of GMP standards. 
•    Experience in a manufacturing environment is considered an asset. 
•    Understanding of/past experience with KPIs and delivery related metrics considered an asset.  
•    Experience in process improvement/delivery excellence considered an asset. 
•    Ability to work evenings and weekends as required to support operational requirements. 

Working Conditions:

•    Sitting and/or standing for long periods of time.  
•    Working in moderate noise levels, ranging from 14°-24° C. 
•    Mandatory medical mask when processing harvested cannabis.  
•    Frequent handling of cannabis plants and products, which may involve strong odors and exposure to plant material, including some common allergens.  
•    Full time work, 4 10 hour shifts a week, 8:00am-6:00pm.  
•    Overtime available when required.  
•    Strict compliance with safety protocols, including wearing necessary PPE  
•    Accountability for team productivity, quality standards, and meeting operational goals.  
 

Why you’ll love working at Aurora

Our people are at the heart of everything we do here at Aurora, and we take pride in fostering an inclusive space that inspires our team to love where they work! From rewarding career opportunities to flexible work environments to team activities, we go above and beyond to prioritize your success and here’s how we do it...
 

• Flexibility: you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! With flexible working hours to compressed work weeks to paid sick and vacation time, you will be empowered to achieve work-life balance.
• Total rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive hourly wage (with shift premiums), stock options, an RRSP program, annual bonuses, and a health and personal care spending account for you to use for gym memberships, ski-trips or staycations.
• Benefits: we will foster your health and wellness (and your dependents) with our employee benefits package including, employer-paid health and dentalcare premiums, life insurance and LTD policies and a medical cannabis coverage program, designed exclusively for our A-Team, that will provide you with coverage each year (because we truly believe cannabis is the best medicine).  
• Life-long learning: we’re lifelong learners here at Aurora and will invest in your professional development throughout all aspects of your career! You will have access to a tuition assistance program, virtual learning activities and annual performance reviews, to ensure you are provided with the toolkit and support you need to succeed. 
• Perks: we love to celebrate our people by providing corporate perks including employee discounts, perkopolis memberships, company SWAG, paid volunteer time, modern technology and free snacks and beverages at all our office locations.
• Team: we are a diverse and global team of cannabis enthusiasts, energetic innovators, fitness gurus, caring parents, foodies and more, with a collective passion to nurture an inclusive environment that helps you grow and provide people better days with medical cannabis. 

Next steps
Think you have what it takes to join our team? So do we! 
Apply today by submitting your resume along with salary expectations through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by a human recruiter (not a robot) shortly after you apply, and our team will contact you via email if we see a fit. 
 

Think you’re the ideal candidate but you don’t meet all the requirements? Apply anyways! We would love to review your application to see if you’re the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity! 
Not the role for you? That’s okay! Visit our careers page to find the perfect opportunity for you or share this posting with a friend or colleague that you think would be a great fit (hot tip: if you are already an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by referring this posting to a friend! If they are successful, you will receive a bonus!) 
 

Diversity and inclusion
At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work.  

Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers – and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic.
 

If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site or alternate format of job posting) during the recruitment and selection process, please do not hesitate to let our team know! We are here to help. 
 

If applicable, Aurora Human Resources will contact you via your email address provided. We do not contact candidates over Facebook or other Social Media apps. You will never be requested to provide confidential information such as banking information or your Social Insurance Number in the interview process.