Quality Assurance Specialist

Job Summary

With guidance and supervision from the Regional Director this position supports the Quality Assurance organization and is responsible for the daily execution of all medical cannabis quality processes as assigned for both operations. The incumbent will work within company standards and the applicable state regulations.

Duties and responsibilities or (Essential Functions)

• Auditing all processes to ensure both internal and external regulations (Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program) standards are being adhered to.
• Floor presence throughout the day in all manufacturing areas.
• Oversee cleaning procedure, inspecting equipment and work area, ATP surface testing of the addition processes now in production.
• Performing label approvals on all batches.
• Ensuring auditing and manufacturing documentation is kept up to date.
• Review of cGMP documents to ensure company processes comply and maintain Quality Assurance documentation.
• Develop the standard measurements for processes to be compared against then inspect and test processes and procedures.
• Write Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the new manufacturing process, send them out for review then approval finally entering them into the Pharmacann SOP system
• Write batch records for all new processes send them out for review then
• Perform duties for third party testing, this includes receiving information from the processing team what harvest and finished goods batches will be sent out for third party testing for that week, preparing the manifest and sending them off to the labs and confirming the pickup chain of custody from those labs.
• Reviewing all Certificate of Analysis (COAs) received from the labs for the proper information then releasing the passing COAs to manufacturing.
• Review and approve chemicals being brought into facility
• Assist in maintaining the Pharmacann SOP system
• Raw materials entering the site where Quality will need to do inspection of and release the materials to manufacturing.
• Assist in training production staff on quality all new procedures, protocols, and documentation
• Coordinate investigation of quality issues with manufacturing and customer complaints
• Review, approve and communicate all investigation root cause and follow up with corrective action with stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement of core processes to ensure manufacturing quality is maintained while efficiency is optimized.
• Initiate annual reviews of SOPs and batch records.
• Assist the QA in New York when needed.
• Projects a positive image of the organization to employees, customers, industry, and community
• Embodies the culture, values, and tenets of PharmaCann and full support of our purpose, goal, and key objectives
• All other duties as assigned
• Travel to New York 5%

Qualifications

• Education/Experience:
  • High School required, plus 3 years related work experience or Associate’s degree, plus three years related work experience.
  • Experience having worked in a cannabis and/or manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Age: State law requires that applicants be 21 years old to work for a cultivation center
• Certifications: None

Working Conditions

Work in a manufacturing environment.

Physical requirements

This job may be required to stand and/or walk for long periods of time and occasional lifting up to 50 pounds.