Quality Assurance Associate

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Quality Assurance Associate**

**Key Success Factors**:

- Perform and complete each task to the best of your ability, as per the provided training, and always meet the organizational schedule and timelines
- Label reviews and approvals must be conducted with 100% accuracy and released to the packaging team per the schedule. Any scheduled risk is provided to the manager within 24 hours of identification.
- All batch records are gathered and reviewed for 100% accuracy and completeness before QAP’s final review and approval. Any identified discrepancies must be notified to QAP within 24 hours**.**:

- Ensure all NCRs are reported within one business day to QAP and are fully documented within 3 days of reporting. Any assigned actions related to the action plan must be completed within the stipulated time agreed with QAP.
- Assist QAP with process development and SOP revisions including developing new SOPs.
- Assist QAP with QMS, Inventory Management, Sanitation and other QA Programs.
- Complete all tasks. Able to communicate effectively in fast-paced, loud environments.
- Serve as an integral member of the Quality Assurance team, interact/communicate cross-functionally to ensure business objectives are aligned, and ensure that the organization meets its quality, regulatory and business objectives
- A collaborative and inclusive leader who can inspire and empower others
- Entrepreneurial attitude with interest in learning, understanding, growing and improving the business
- A champion of change with the courage of convictions
- Take ownership of developing the processes and projects assigned by management
- Involve in various internal and external QA processes
- Perform each task to the best of your ability & training
- Able to communicate effectively in fast-paced, loud environments.
- Follow all company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to maintain compliance with Health

Canada and other regulatory bodies.
- Able to work flexible shift hours with the open availability to change and
- Other duties as assigned by manager or critical leaders.

**Proficiencies**:

- Effective Communication
- Teamwork
- Accountability
- Organization
- Commercial Awareness
- Understanding of sampling protocol, sampling plans, test methodology, test limitation, validation and risk assessment analysis

**Responsibilities**:
To achieve our Mission to craft cannabis products consumers love at affordable prices for daily smokers by a team of dedicated people who are excited to come to work while keeping teams aligned with our

TEAM values:
**TEAMWORK**: We win and lose as a team. Everyone on the team earns their place & is worthy of cooperation, communication, empathy & respect
- Responsible for working with team members to meet team & individual goals
- Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by following and enforcing standards and procedures that comply with applicable regulations.
- Help ensure a safe, injury/accident-free workplace.
- Do the right thing

**EXCELLENCE**: We do our best today, knowing we need to do better tomorrow because there is always room for improvement. We expect the best from ourselves because our customers won’t accept anything less.
- Do each task to the best of your ability & training.

**ACCOUNTABILITY**: We hold ourselves to the highest standards as individuals and as a team. We expect others to do the same. We celebrate wins & learn from losses.
- At least two years of QA experience in the cannabis industry and good knowledge of GPP and Cannabis Regulations. GMP experience is a plus
- Communicate production issues that have the potential to affect quality or schedule compliance to the appropriate Operations Frontline Manager.
- Be honest about mistakes & failures, so we can work as a team to improve
- Dedication to achieving company mission while upholding organizational values
- Attend work on time as scheduled
- Perform all operational tasks in compliance with Standard Operating Procedures.
- Preparation of cannabis samples to be transferred to approved 3rd party testing laboratories
- Develop and provide oversight of the Quality Management System (QMS) appropriate for the facility.
- Provide technical expertise so that facility can comply with cannabis regulations.
- Involve in process changes and be a champion in fulfilling change management.
- Develop and Create (not approve) Standard Operating Procedures in the areas of sanitation program and other manufacturing process
- Review (not approve) Standard Operating Procedures
- Review (not approve) deviation reports/non-conformance reports and follows up actions from these reports
- Review (not approve) laboratory analyses, follow up on specification results and batch records for release
- Review (not approve) of new materials
- Review (not approve) receipt of all incoming cannabis
- Perform in-house audits, and audits of external service providers (e.g. lab services)
- Review and follow up on customer complaints, ad