Quality Assurance Technician

Quality Assurance Technician, St. Thomas

About Mera Cannabis Corp.

Mera Cannabis employs a vertically integrated approach to product creation, ensuring exceptional quality while maintaining competitive pricing. By leveraging data-driven insights and understanding consumer preferences, Mera excels in product development, ensuring their offerings are perfectly aligned with market demands.

The company's commitment to innovation extends to their manufacturing practices, where they transform cannabis into a diverse range of products, including flowers and extracts. With a keen eye for detail and expertise at every stage, Mera delivers an extensive selection of products designed to meet the varied tastes and needs of consumers.

Mera Cannabis's dedication to product excellence, coupled with a comprehensive strategy encompassing cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and sales, positions them as a leading force in the Canadian cannabis industry. Continuously evolving and innovating, Mera remains focused on meeting the dynamic needs of consumers while maintaining top-tier quality across their entire product range.

Summary

The Quality Assurance Technician is responsible for the quality, safety, and sanitation of ingredients, packaging materials, work in process, and finished products to meet the company, supplier, customer requirements in strict compliance with GMP, Health Canada Cannabis Regulations, Cannabis Act, and various provincial cannabis authorities to prevent or deal with violations of legal guidelines and internal policies. The Quality Assurance Technician works with Quality Control, Regulatory Affairs, Procurement (purchasing), Logistics, Inventory, and Production staff.

Responsibilities

· Act and provide guidance on product sampling and sample submission requirements to Production, Quality, Product Development, and Logistics.

· Perform receiving inspection for incoming cannabis and non-cannabis products, materials, ingredients.

· Perform the require analytical testing (cannabinoids, moisture content, pH, EC, viscosity, water activity).

· Perform and coordinate the sampling for Environmental Monitoring program, stability program, temperature mapping program.

· Implement the standards, methods, and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision, accuracy, and reliability of products.

· Translate external laboratory results into an electronic tracker as variable data for label preparation.

· Communicate laboratory testing results to appropriate team members and create Certificates of Analysis Verification.

· Perform analysis of reports and production data to identify trends and recommend updates or changes to quality standards and procedures when necessary.

· Assist product support areas in gathering and analyzing data.

· Maintain and organize the laboratory, laboratory inventory and supplies, lab records, and retention samples.

· Report on safety and/or quality problems to personnel with the authority to initiate corrective actions.

· Oversee the hygiene of personnel, equipment cleanliness, and maintenance.

· Responsible for planning, implementing, and managing compliance of manufacturing and production process with Health Canada Cannabis Regulations, Cannabis Act, GMP, and associated policies with the federal government.

· Assure compliance to in-house and external specifications and standards.

· Ensure that products are manufactured, packaged, labelled, and stored in accordance with internal approved SOPs and Health Canada Cannabis Regulations.

· Review processes and identify areas for improvement and propose improvements to management.

· Write, review, and maintain Batch Production Record, Standard Operating Procedure, Form, Logbook.

· Participate in investigations of complaints, non-conformance, deviations, CAPA’s related to product compliance.

· Ensure the compliance of product releases through the review of Batch Production Records and other documents relating to the released products.

· Ensure compliance with company and provincial Health and Safety protocols.

· Other duties as required or assigned by Formulation & Compliance Lead.

Qualifications and Experience

· At least B.Sc. degree in Food Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or relating Applied Biological Sciences.

· 1+ years quality assurance, quality control, and compliance experience in a cannabis or related industry.

· Knowledge of liquid chromatography and laboratory techniques is preferable.

· Previous experience with inspecting methods in the design, fabrication and production of medical cannabis is an asset.

· Knowledge of Health Canada Cannabis Regulations, Cannabis Act, Cannabis Licensing, Provincial Cannabis Regulations, and EU-GMP required.

· Knowledge of Health and Safety protocols preferred.

Skills

· Demonstrated ability to interpret and understand regulations in the context of commercial cannabis environment.

· Excellent analytical and communication skills, both written and verbal; demonstrated consistent and prompt use of sound legal and business judgment.

· Knowledge of the application of quality systems to the pharmaceutical or cannabis industry.

· Technical writing, auditing experience preferred.

· Prior experience working in a laboratory preferred.

· Ability to perform multiple tasks and prioritize workload.

· Effective meeting and presentation skills.

· Self-motivated/directed.

· Able to work in a fast-paced environment.

· Proven track record in building trusted relationships internally and externally.

· Time Management Skill is required.

· Self-leadership, Conflict Management Skill is an asset.

Flexible and willing to work extra hours and weekends if required

At Mera Cannabis Corp., we pride ourselves on fostering a friendly, supportive team environment where coaching and mentoring are at the heart of our culture. This is an exciting opportunity that could be the next step toward the career you’ve always envisioned!
We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and are dedicated to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion in our workplace.

Mera is committed to providing accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require assistance with interviews or any part of the hiring process, please let us know when submitting your application.

Please be advised that Mera Cannabis Corp. does not authorize or engage any consultants, agencies, or third parties seeking personal or financial information from applicants (such as passwords, login credentials, or credit card details).

If you receive any suspicious communication or have concerns about the authenticity of an email, letter, or call supposedly from Mera Cannabis Corp., please reach out to us directly at hr@meracannabis.com for clarification.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $45,000.00-$52,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Bonus pay

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• Vision care

Flexible language requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

• St. Thomas, ON N5P 4A4: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Work Location: In person