Cannabis Edibles Packaging Associate Jobs

Job Title: Kitchen Associate

Department: Kitchen

Supervisor: Kitchen Manager

Home Location: Easthampton, MA

Position Summary: The Kitchen Associate prepares edible cannabis batches for formation into finished products including chocolate bars, drops, and other consumable items. This person is responsible for ensuring quality and uniformity and for maintaining a safe and sanitary work. area.

Essential Functions:

• Prepares edible cannabis batches for formation into finished products including chocolate bars, drops, and other consumable items, ensuring all recipes are followed in accordance with standard operating procedures and brand standards
• Performs quality control to ensure uniformity and that products are properly tempered or coated to eliminate issues such as improper texture or incorrect moisture content
• Performs weighing and measuring to ensure proper dosage of products
• Ensures all machinery is kept clean and in working order; escalates issues to department management as needed
• Sorts and catalogues waste in accordance with standard operating procedures
• Maintains an organized and sanitary work area, following all mandatory food safety standards, including wearing appropriate PPE
• Maintains a safe work environment by following all mandatory safety procedures and identifying and reporting hazards
• Maintains speed and efficiency and actively contributes to continuous process improvements
• Assists with packaging functions as needed
  

Qualifications and Skills:

• Must be at least 21 years of age
• High school diploma or GED required
• Experience working in food service or food handling preferred
• Experience in a production environment preferred
• Must have professional communication at all times

Competencies:

• Attention to detail
• Initiative
• Teamwork

Physical Requirements:

• Frequent repetitive hand motion
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods of time (8+ hours)
• Ability to lift and carry up to 25lbs, including hot and cold items
• Ability to push and pull
• Manual dexterity needed for manipulating food items and tools
• Visual acuity needed to accurately read small screens and labels

Workplace Environment:

• Warehouse/production facility environment with environmental controls
• Consistent moderate background noise level due to machinery and HVAC
• Consistent exposure to cannabis odor

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At Mellow Vibes we are obsessed with crafting delicious edibles & elixirs that evoke experiences to inspire and connect us all. We offer a robust lineup of cannabis infused artisanal edibles & elixir options, available in a variety of flavors, doses and CBD/THC ratios. Our customers value the quality and consistency of our products while creating over 100 different confections here at Mellow Vibes.

Our mission is to empower our community to live self-fulfilling lives through reliable products and ignite opportunities by creating quality paying jobs and new products for customers. A pillar of Mellow Vibes is in a positive work environment for our employees and paying adequate wages to become a part of our team. Mellow Vibes offers tremendous growth in the cannabis industry between our kitchen in California and other new state ventures we expand into!

We are looking for an ambitious Packaging Specialist that will be responsible for the packaging, casing and compliance labeling of cooked cannabis infused products provided by the kitchen team. Candy packers wrap candies and insert them into pouches, containers, Boxes. This is completed by hand or with the use of automated packaging equipment.

California METRC experience preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

People

• Anticipates and communicates inventory needs with management and staff in a timely and efficient manner.

• Maintains compliant inventory practices, in partnership with Management team.

• Contributes to positive team environment by recognizing alarms or changes in team member’s morale and performance and communicating them to the packaging supervisor.

• Actively works to create cultural buy-in amongst their team, and champion organizational goals and initiatives.

Process/Technology

• Operates packaging and Labeling equipment including Flow Wrappers, Pouching machines, heat shrink tunnels, and labeling machines.

• Maintains full compliance with state regulations with respect to evaluation, handling, storage, transferring, and tracking of products.

• Maintains effective inventory organization and best practices.

• Confirms accurate counts, quality, and quantities of product prior to transferring to distribution.

• Maintains an operationally ready storage and packaging area within the posted hours of operation, at all times.

• Supports management team in implementing company programs by working directly with the packaging team to execute action plans that meet operational and organization objectives.

• Always keeps work area clean and organized.

• Performs other related duties as requested by the company.

Customer

• Ensures customers satisfaction of the end product by packaging and casing product in a clean, presentable, and compliant manner.

Finance

• Reconciles inventory counts and audits within a regular schedule that aligns with management team’s expectations.

• Works side by side with the production team to maintain and achieve financial goals and expectations.

• Coordinates and effectively communicates with sales/distribution team in a timely and efficient manner.

Competencies

• Integrity

• Organization

• Communication Proficiency

• Ethical Conduct

• Time Management

Required Qualifications

• Maintains a flexible and open schedule availability which meets the demands of the company

• Ability to maintain strong and positive relationships with vendors, customers, and distribution teams.

• Attention to detail, ability to maintain focus, and strong organizational skills.

• Strong and efficient time management skills.

• Ability to easily switch gears with a customer comes first mindset.

• Enthusiasm for new products and developments.

• Remains adaptable and amenable toward fast-paced business growth and objectives.

• Ability to remain positive even when faced with tough situations.

• Must have reliable transportation.

• Must be and remain compliant with all legal and company regulations required for working in the cannabis space

• Must be 21 years of age or older

• Have interest and knowledge in the cannabis industry and be culturally aligned with Mellow Vibes mission

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand, walk, sit and kneel daily in retail and production environments that include concrete or other hard-surface floors and, in some instances, staircases

• Ability to push, pull and carry up to 50 pounds multiple times daily

• Ability to maintain focus and memory in environments with distractions such as heavy foot traffic, background noise due to public conversations and the gathering of people, etc.

• Absent conditions that would prevent the occasional use of PPE such as safety glasses, dust masks, etc.

• Ability to sit at a desk and work at a computer for several contiguous hours

• Ability to drive a motor vehicle for several hours contiguously

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $17.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift

COVID-19 considerations:
All employees are required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccinations as well as wear N-95 masks at all times while in the facility except for when eating or drinking.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Lake Elsinore, CA 92530: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Cannabis Industry: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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Full Job Description

Job Purpose

This position is to assist with the packaging of Cannabis infused edible products in a kitchen/lab hybrid setting. The Edibles Packaging Associate is responsible for meeting scheduled deadlines and in complying with all local and state laws and regulations as well as all Company policies and SOP’s. To be successful in this role, applicant must be able to follow directions precisely, maintain consistency across large volumes of products, exactly execute all company SOP’s and adhere to strict PPE and personal hygiene regiments.

Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

· Perform various tasks related to the packaging of Cannabis Infusions in order to meet production schedules. These tasks may include, but are not limited to:

a. Executing packaging procedures

b. Sanitizing Procedures

c. Waste disposal

· Operation and sanitation of production equipment

· Calibration of equipment and tools

· Maintain and protect the integrity of all proprietary company Intellectual Property, including but not limited to: ingredients, methods, recipes, equipment and all other internal company information, idea’s and discussions

· Maintaining sanitary conditions at all times within the facility. This includes the locker room, break area’s, production floor and general facility grounds.

· Perform cleaning tasks at the start of the day, throughout the day as needed and at each production days end.

· Comply with all MMCC regulations and Company policies and procedures, including sanitation, security, workplace safety, confidentiality and COVID protection measures

· Maintain a positive, collaborative, and respectful attitude in all tasks and interactions with coworkers and management

· Actively participate in upfront and ongoing training in order to master skills needed to complete assigned tasks

· Identify and communicate issues and assist in troubleshooting, identifying potential solutions, and in implementing and monitoring corrective actions.

· Other duties as assigned

Qualifications & Skills

These are the qualifications that are necessary for someone to be considered for the position.

Qualifications include:

· 21 years of age or greater

· Associates or Bachelors Degree

· Prior experience working in regulated environments preferred

· Packaging and / or medicine production experience preferred

· Thrives in a fast-paced, demanding yet rewarding work environment

· Ability to perform basic mathematical equations

· Adaptability

· Able to pass a background check

· Must be able to work 38 hours or more per week

· Observant, detail oriented and punctual

· Strong written and verbal communication skills

· Ability to problem solve

· Ability to understand basic scientific concepts

· Must obtain appropriate state MED Badge

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements

· Exposure to low humidity environment

· Extremely active and physically demanding; position requires ability to move quickly and efficiently, ability to push and pull carts, carry items weighing 70+ lbs, ability to lift items over head; ability to maintain briskly paced production environment

· Work environments that include exposure to, but not limited to odors, indoor AC, motion, noise, protective gear, vibrations, and water

· This position will be required to adhere to all current COVID19 safety regulations that are in place including but not limited to: wearing a face mask at all times, maintaining social distance at all times as well as observing all other company policies

· Stand for 6+ hours at a time

· Bend, squat and stoop, twist and bend the neck and waist and reach above and below shoulder height to grasp objects.

· Use hands for repetitive grasping, pushing, pulling, and fine manipulation

Cover Letter Required for Consideration

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $15.00 - $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Associate (Required)

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Dependable -- more reliable than spontaneous
• Detail-oriented -- would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture
• Achievement-oriented -- enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail
• Autonomous/Independent -- enjoys working with little direction
• High stress tolerance -- thrives in a high-pressure environment

Company's website:

• https://www.evermorecompany.com/

Company's Facebook page:

• https://www.facebook.com/evermorecompany/

Benefit Conditions:

• Waiting period may apply
• Only full-time employees eligible

Work Remotely:

• No

COVID-19 Precaution(s):

• Personal protective equipment provided or required
• Temperature screenings
• Social distancing guidelines in place
• Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place

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