Lab Manager

Responsibilities and General Job Duties:

• Full scientific oversight of the Labs and all processes
• Manage extraction process, purification process, formulation process, and analytical testing in their entirety
• Build a strong high functioning team and manage through both engagement and accountability
• Recruit new talent Hire all new staff from Extraction Technicians through Chemists
• Complete employee evaluations and performance-based coaching
• Resource planning and staff scheduling
• Develop and oversee all applicable training programs
• Capacity and production planning for departments based on constraints and calculated requirements
• Validations and qualifications of SOPs, equipment, and methods
• Conducting IQ OQ PQ projects for new equipment
• Complete R&D projects as required for product and process expansion
• Create and track all department metrics and KPIs (focusing on safety, quality, and productivity)
• Liaison with Corporate applicable SMEs
• Engineer technical solutions for departmental expansion
• Execute on short-term projects as well as long-term vision for the departments
• Maintain all cGMPs based on set facility standards
• Conduct quality-based investigations and create CAPAs
• Write and review all department specific SOPs, Work Instructions, Forms, or other technical and controlled documents
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives including six sigma and 5S
• Managing procurement process of department and maintain an OPEX budget
• Ensure all associated personnel are trained in and comply with all applicable regulations
• Ensure processing operation is fully compliant with state regulations and state/federal law
• Assure that operation adheres to all business and industry license requirements

Specific Job Duties and Qualifications:

• Cannabis industry specific processes related to Post-Harvest (drying, curing, trimming), Processing (extraction, purification, formulation, filling, and packaging), Kitchen Formulation (edibles) and Analytical Testing (potency reporting)
• QA/QC duties that require analytical testing for quality and consistency; data review and analysis of HPLC and GC equipment
• Oversight of highly sophisticated CO2 based extraction equipment; Processing concentrates and extracts with heat and pressure
• Operating, maintaining, repairing and adjusting laboratory equipment such as winterizers, pumps, balances, centrifuges, roto-evaporates, decarb ovens, stills, homogenizers, and another laboratory equipment
• Storing supplies and equipment, disposal of waste according to guidelines, and keeping laboratory, storerooms, harvest rooms, and working areas immaculate
• Able to process samples by collection, extraction, preparing for analysis, and quantifying results
• Scientific laboratory procedures and techniques as used in a chemistry laboratory including methods of measurements
• Health and safety practices and precautions (including HazCom) applicable to a laboratory and manufacturing
• Development of automation tools specifically related to filling and packaging (injectors, cappers, de-dusters, case counters, box erectors, carton sealers, labelers, etc.)
• Maintaining strict inventory compliance and records of all controlled substances tracked through Cannabis tracking software

Requirements and Education:

• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Subject to background check per state cannabis regulations
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and complete repetitive tasks as required
• BS/BA Degree or greater in a related field with at least 3 years’ experience in a pharmaceutical lab or highly regulated manufacturing/production setting
• Degree in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering preferred
• Scientific writing for processes, training, and procedures which require technical documentation
• Analytical Lab experience with HPLC and GC analysis highly preferred
• Previous experience managing within a Laboratory environment highly preferred
• Strong verbal and communication skills
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite with strong abilities within Excel