Qa Compliance Technician

Cansortium Inc is a vertically integrated cultivator, processor, formulator, and retailer of Premium Cannabis Products currently operating in Florida, Pennsylvania, and Texas as Fluent Cannabis. Our purpose is to compassionately provide patients access to the highest level of medical cannabis in an unrivaled, professional healthcare environment with outstanding customer service. Patient care always comes first at Fluent and our standards, practices, and performance is unmatched.

We are looking for leaders who want to work alongside great talent and create a positive work experience for their team. We are focused on continuous improvements, which creates development opportunities, engaged feedback, and increased contributions towards our goals as a leader in the medical cannabis industry.

Find out more at www.getfluent.com. Follow us on LinkedIn.

ROLE SUMMARY

The QA Compliance Technician is responsible for the inspection of the cultivation process at all plant stages of life (Mothers, Clones, Vegetative and Flower) in efforts to assure quality and safety of products intended for consumers. The QA Technician is also responsible for ensuring all cannabis cultivated at the facility are properly tested in accordance with company guidelines and meet specifications prior to release.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure Quality Assurance for the cultivation department, including Quality Control, internal and regulatory compliance.
• Conduct visual inspections of cannabis plants to assess quality and/or detect the presence of pest or disease.
• Tracking plants that are transferred between departments and communicating risk exposures.
• Inspection of plants and audit growing records.
• Auditing cultivation records, plant inventory and entries documented QA logs, Bio Track and Sharepoint.
• Reviews in-process batch documentation to ensure real-time compliance to product specifications, good documentation practices and written policies and procedures.
• Conduct inspections and audits of training programs (work instructions).
• Assists in maintaining standards in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures and work instructions.

• Responsible for maintaining department equipment and communicating inventory necessities.
• Updates job knowledge by studying trends within the industry and participating in educational opportunities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Possess a high school diploma or equivalent
• A minimum of 2 years Quality Assurance or Quality Control experience or similar experience
• Ability to analyze data and create and review processes.
• Prior experience in highly regulated industry preferred; healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods (food), cannabis.
• Ability to follow written procedures and monitor others for adherence to written procedures.
• Possess the ability to manage many tasks and in an organized fashion.
• Able to communicate effectively with a variety of departments in regard to quality testing parameters.

SKILLS

• Must be a multitasker, with the ability to work on several requests simultaneously without losing focus
• Organization and initiative, proactive, problem-solving, time management, discretion and confidentiality are essential attributes.
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to demonstrate basic technical math skills, basic grammar, and technical writing skills
• Must be a multitasker, with the ability to work on several requests simultaneously without losing focus
• Organization and initiative, good communications skills, proactive, problem-solving, time management, discretion and confidentiality are essential attributes
• Teamwork- collaborating with others to improve overall standards of work and service
• Basic computers knowledge and Microsoft office programs including MS Outlook, Word

REQUIRED EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

Possess a high school diploma or equivalent

A minimum of 2 years Quality Assurance or Quality Control experience or similar experience

PREFERRED EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

Experience in highly regulated industry preferred; healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods (food), cannabis.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Per state law, must be at least 21 years of age.

Must successfully complete a comprehensive background check.

Must pass a drug screening

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no supervisory responsibilities

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This position operates in cultivation environments. This role routinely uses cultivation processing equipment and standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

The company will ask you to help in other departments depending on company needs. This means that you may not always work in the department that you were hired, teamwork and getting product out to patients is the goal and this means helping out where you are needed is crucial to your success as well as the company's success.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand for extended periods or sit at a workstation for extended periods; walk; use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; ability to work on desktop or laptop computer for extended periods of time reading, reviewing/analyzing information, and providing recommendations, summaries and/or reports in written format. Must be able to effectively communicate with others verbally and in writing. Must be able to individually lift up to 25 lbs. Regular and predictable attendance is essential.

POSITION TYPE / EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK

This position regularly requires long hours and frequent weekend work.

TRAVEL

Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be expected.

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

AAP/EEO Statement

Fluent is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other classification protected by law.

COMPANY BENEFITS

Fluent provides comprehensive benefits offerings to all full-time employees. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision and supplemental insurance, paid time-off program and non-matching 401k plan.

All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and will be required to submit proof of such eligibility. FLUENT participates in E-verify to ensure a legal workforce.

Please note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.