Quality Control Specialist

Planet 13 (formerly VidaCann) is proud to be one of the largest, most advanced and sustainable providers of medical cannabis in Florida. Our mission is to help our Florida friends and neighbors live their healthiest lives with our all-natural, sun-grown cannabis products.
We are currently looking for a Quality Control Specialist to join our team in Jacksonville, FL.
In this role, you will be responsible for assisting with quality-related activities including start-up verification, in-process verifications & checks, BMR and documentation reviews, sampling, and inspection of finished products. Products include cannabis flower, cannabis oil, infused products (concentrates, capsules, lotions, tinctures, vapes, etc.) and food products (chocolate, gummies, lozenges, etc.). This position will also help ensure products are being produced in a manner that meets all specifications and brand consistency. You will also assist in identifying potential quality risks and working with operations personnel to develop improvement opportunities. The ideal candidate must possess a strong attention to detail and experience working within a highly regulated industry.
Job Responsibilities:

• Performs finished product sampling and inspection
• Performs equipment and product line clearances before production runs
• Performs in-process verifications to ensure product weights, correct labeling & packaging
• Performs verifications on finished products
• Inspects retain samples and customer return samples, as deemed necessary
• Assists in customer complaints and product investigations, helping to assess risk, identify root cause and quarantine product
• Inspects packaged orders to ensure correct content and quantities, as deemed necessary
• Reviews in-process batch documentation to ensure real-time compliance to product specifications, good documentation practices and written policies/procedures
• Monitors compliance to established Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Safe Quality Foods guidance
• Conducts all duties in compliance with safety rules, applicable SOPs, and other applicable guidelines
• May require travel to other states or facilities to assist with inspections or quality issues

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree, 1-3 years’ experience or Associates Degree, 5+ years’ experience
• Prior experience in highly regulated industry. Highly desirable: healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods (food), cannabis. Highly desirable: FDA, HACCP, SQF experience
• Prior experience in Quality Assurance or Quality Control function
• Prior experience with product sampling, inspection procedures, customer complaints, product investigations, and CAPA
• Ability to follow written procedures and monitor others for adherence to written procedures
• Ability to create or update written procedures with site operations personnel
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Detail-oriented
• Utilizes critical thinking to troubleshoot issues, work collaboratively with a team to brainstorm solutions, and implement improvement solutions
• Must be flexible and able to work long hours and weekends as required
• Able to adapt in a quick and positive manner
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks and requests
• Must comply with all legal and company regulations for working in the industry
• Thorough understanding of state and local medical marijuana laws and how they apply to the operations

Benefits:

• Competitive pay rates
• Health, dental, vision insurance offered
• Paid time off
• Sick Time
• 401k retirement plan
• Employee discount
• Early access to your wages ahead of payday
• Cancer and Critical Illness Insurance
• Life Insurance

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers, have good dexterity in all limbs; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Able to work 7 days a week and evening shifts.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be standing indoors and frequently exposed to laboratory conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; and varying temperatures. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
This job position may involve exposure to cannabis, cannabis odors, and cannabis smoke, which is a Schedule I controlled substance under federal law.
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