About the Job:
The Cannabis Extraction Supervisor acts as an assistant to the Processing Manager. This position will work to organize and maintain laboratory operations and procedures, handle daily operations with a focus on efficiency and time management, maintain intra-office/lab communication protocols, streamline administrative procedures, inventory control, and task delegation.
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- Assist Processing Manager in management of day-to-day laboratory operations
- Supervise and assign daily tasks of laboratory technicians, packaging supervisor and packaging laborers
- Assist with production scheduling to ensure turnaround times are maintained, coordinated and communicated among laboratory, sales and administrative personnel
- Responsible for ensuring adherence to all laboratory scheduling including, but not limited to: production, equipment maintenance, sanitation SOPs, annual personnel training and safety inspections
- Ensure the lab is well organized, workflows are streamlined, and hold regular meetings with laboratory staff to set work priorities
- Assist Processing Manager to identify and implement procedural and policy changes to improve lab operational efficiency
- Oversees Quality Assurance of all batch records and data collection for laboratory and packaging processes
- Maintains laboratory and packaging reports, records and files
- Ensure personnel are trained on SOPs
- Maintain laboratory consumables inventory and manages ordering
- Performs data and inventory audits to ensure accuracy and adherence to corporate and state mandated regulations
- Coordinate workflow and work schedules from sampler dispatch through testing and reporting of data to customers
- Work with 3rd party laboratories to submit samples and interpret data results
- Required to maintain strict adherence to safety and Quality Assurance protocols
About You:
General
- Regulations require that incumbent be at least 21 years of age and able to obtain and maintain state marijuana work credentials
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field required
- Previous marijuana industry experience preferred with priority given to candidates with experience in licensed facilities
- 3+ yrs experience in laboratory operations
- 1+ yrs management experience preferred
Technological Skills:
- Ability to use standard office equipment, computer equipment and software including word processing, database management, spreadsheet applications and email
Required Knowledge and Skills:
- Excellent management skills with demonstrated ability to manage complex projects and technical team
- Highly detail oriented and organized, critical eye for optimizing workflows
- Excellent communication skills with ability to clearly and succinctly explain organizational goals and specific tasks
- Ability to inspire and motivate employees; encourage productivity, teamwork, and a collaborative environment
- Demonstrate effective delegation of tasks
- Ability to manage and develop key performance indicators of staff members
- Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills with demonstrated ability to gather information and develop solutions
- Effectively manage changing priorities and remain calm under pressure
- Strong organizational and planning skills
- Demonstrate responsibility, accountability, and dependability toward assigned tasks and duties
- Displays professionalism and positive attitude toward assigned tasks, projects and colleagues
- Strong ethics and sound judgment
- Must be able to successfully pass a thorough internal and external background check
