Quality Assurance Technician II

Company: FLUENT
Location: Chestertown
Posted on: February 21, 2025

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:
The Quality Technician supports, measures, guides, and adjusts daily and weekly cultivation quality activities through their oversight and participation in our Quality Management System (QMS). The Quality Technician is responsible for ensuring the overall quality, compliance, and safety within the cultivation department, and to confirm personnel and processes adhere to our production plans and procedures. Activities may span the entire cultivation cycle, from botanical preparation to final product packaging. The ideal candidate will excel as a team leader, with expertise in food safety, HACCP planning, and a strong attention to detail. The candidate should also have a thorough understanding of GMP, GACP, and GAP procedures. This role demands heavy amounts of documentation and systems management; duties are completed individually and occasionally in small teams, under the supervision of the Cultivation Quality Assurance and Compliance Manager.
Lead Your Team, Deliver Exceptional Service, and Drive Sales Growth
All candidates must be able to work in an environment with a safety culture. Extended periods of standing, bending, reaching, and high dexterity functions are required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, including but not limited to: -
--- Analyzing, developing, and implementing quality process improvements for cultivation areas -
--- Conducting or assisting in cultivations weekly & monthly audits
--- Execute quality and compliance goals within cultivation -
--- Upholding phytosanitary conditions within the cultivation department -
--- Ensuring quality control, safety, and compliance of all cultivation activities and personnel -
--- Patterns within the cultivation department that affect quality.
--- Monitoring seed to sale system to ensure compliance obligations are met -
--- Reviewing departments raw materials and inputs ensuring quality and compliance standards are met -
--- Collaborate on Standard Operating Procedures with department -
--- Assist in developing work instructions -
--- Submit end of week reporting and EOD emails -
--- Documenting incident reports, and executing CAPA plans and investigations -
--- Ensure proper training, development, and mentorship of employees when needed -
--- Work with the management to ensure goals and deadlines are being met in a timely fashion -
--- Ensure department operates in a safe environment, reporting any violations to management -
--- Verifies sanitation practices and overall sanitary conditions within the cultivation department -
--- Technical expertise on certain pieces of equipment, as well as ability to troubleshoot and disassemble hardware -
--- Reviewing cultivations key data collection points, reporting all findings to management -
--- Independently performs a wide range of complex duties under general guidance from management -

Physical Demands
--- This role requires clear communication, mobility, and the ability to work in a professional office and retail environment.
--- The ability to operate standard office equipment (computers, phones, etc.) is essential.
--- Tasks may involve extended periods of standing, walking, and reaching.
--- Occasional lifting of moderate weight (less than 30 lbs) may be required.
--- Regular attendance is crucial.

SKILLS / INTERESTS
--- Medical device or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient manufacturing
--- Food safety
--- Strong attention to detail
--- Ethical Conduct -
--- Leadership skills -
--- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
--- Work in a safe, efficient manner, adhering to company safety policies
--- Basic written and verbal communication skills -
--- Self-driven, hard working, and able to communicate effectively -
--- High degree of flexibility, with a strong work ethic -
--- Effectively manage time and meet all specified deadlines -
--- Excellent organizational skills -
--- Strong team player -
--- Ability to climb, squat, bend, twist, and stand for long periods of time. -
--- Able to work in an environment with varying temperatures.
--- Basic computer skills

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

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
Salary$19.50 USD per hourRequired Skills

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