Facilities Maintenance Lead
Meraki
Facilities Maintenance Lead
Meraki
Culture-tech marketplace for Indian traditional arts
Compensation: $70,000–$80,000/year equivalent, depending on experience
We are looking for a hands-on, self-directed Facilities Maintenance Lead to take ownership of preventative maintenance, repairs, equipment performance and facility improvement projects at our indoor cultivation facility.
This is not primarily a desk or project-coordinator position. We are looking for someone who likes working with equipment, diagnosing problems and completing projects themselves. Outside contractors and additional labor are used when needed, but the Facilities Maintenance Lead is expected to be hands-on and personally involved in the work.
Just as importantly, this position requires someone who can structure their own day and week. We do not want to provide a daily task list. When there is not an emergency or active repair, there is preventative maintenance, equipment testing, project preparation, inventory, repairs and future work to complete.
Our facility includes approximately:
The facility operates year-round, so reliability and preventative maintenance are extremely important.
This position will be responsible for:
Preventative maintenance is a major part of this position.
We are looking for someone who does not simply verify that equipment turns on. The successful candidate should be interested in determining whether equipment is actually performing the way it should.
For example, commercial dehumidifiers should be individually tracked and periodically evaluated for performance rather than simply checked for alarms.
When the numbers say a mechanical system should be working but actual room conditions say otherwise, we expect this person to systematically determine why.
That may include checking:
We value someone who measures and troubleshoots rather than guesses.
We also have several significant facility improvement projects underway, including:
This position will be heavily involved in these projects.
That means planning and coordinating the work, but also physically unpacking equipment, confirming inventory, preassembling components, preparing rooms, removing old equipment and assisting with installation.
Additional labor and contractors are brought in when needed to meet tight production schedules.
The right person is:
Experience with some combination of the following is preferred:
Cannabis experience is not required.
We would rather hire an excellent facilities/maintenance person and teach them our cultivation operation than hire someone with cannabis experience who lacks strong maintenance and troubleshooting skills.
A successful person in this role will make the facility increasingly predictable.
Equipment failures are caught early.
Preventative maintenance happens without someone having to remind you.
If a dehumidifier, fan, pump or light starts failing, we find it before it causes a larger production problem.
Projects are prepared before installation day.
Parts and tools are organized.
Contractors are called when their expertise is actually required.
Management does not need to continually ask what you are working on or whether something was completed.
You own whether the facility works.
MeMeraki is a culture-tech platform that digitizes India’s traditional arts and connects master artisans with a global audience. It runs a hybrid model with an e-commerce marketplace offering thousands of handmade crafts shipped to over 40 countries, plus live workshops, pre-recorded masterclasses, and art kits covering hundreds of art forms. It also executes enterprise projects such as art installations and cultural advisory for clients like Google, Hyundai, and government bodies. Its goal is to expand artisan income and impact, aiming for over ₹100 crore in revenue in 4–5 years while sustaining livelihoods beyond traditional markets.
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