Packaging Technician

Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Execute and monitor all tasks in packaging areas.
• Member of a team in packaging accomplishing all tasks involved in completion of assigned work orders.
• Regularly examine machine operation
• Train new team members on job.
• Retrieve components from warehouse and return to warehouse filing with Inventory Control Department.
• Set-up packaging section of filling lines (paperwork, samples, components).
• Maintain equipment in good condition.
• Clean machines, change webbing, set up scales (minor mechanical), record computer data entry (or other software) for measurement of line performance index.
• Report when small equipment needs replacing.
• Supply packaging manager with performance analysis, log downtime, analyze out-put sheet for measurements of line performance and index.
• cGMP training, Health & Safety, gowning for packaging, SOP training, documentation training.
• Learn to operator basic labeling & packaging machines safely.
• Basic sign in on best practices, retrieve & check components for QA/QC to ensure best practices and applicable regulations are followed.
• Do line clearance prior & post cleaning lines, understand purpose of doing line checks throughout orders.
• Support Compliance Manager and QA/PM to Identify products properly to ensure that lots and production runs are entered METRC correctly to accurately label and package product in accordance
• Check labels and packages for print to ensure correct information (lot # and expiry date) & for damaged labels or packages.
• Documents counts of product prior & finished and procedure for discard of components, product & documenting.
• Load machines with components (products, leaflets and cartons)
• Understand and be concurrent on all SOPs to ensure cGMP compliance. Review and generate SOPs and keep current with SOPs
• Constantly look for actions that can be done to prevent defects and all quality training.
• Report corrections and all identified discrepancies to management to ensure accuracy of all inventory counts, labeling, and applicable pertinent information
• Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of high school diploma or GED equivalent
• Six (6) months of previous relevant work experience within other packaging, pharmaceutical or biotech firms.
• Strong problem solving and mechanical troubleshooting ability.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and make quick decisions in accordance with SOPs and training.
• Basic computer skills and the ability to enter and maintain accurate data and in a timely manner.

Physical Demands:

• The ability to lift 25 pounds regularly
• The ability to move safely over uneven terrain or in confined spaces
• The ability to wear personal protective gear correctly most of the day
• The ability to accurately count to one hundred

Mandatory Qualifications:

Headquartered in New York City, Acreage is a multi-state operator of cannabis ‎cultivation and retailing facilities in the U.S., including the company’s national retail store ‎brand, The Botanist. Acreage’s wide range of national and regionally available cannabis products include the award-winning Botanist brand, the highly recognizable Tweed brand, the Prime medical brand in Pennsylvania, the Innocent edibles brand in Illinois and others. Acreage also owns Universal Hemp, LLC, a hemp subsidiary dedicated to the distribution, marketing and sale of CBD products throughout the U.S.

Since its founding in 2011, Acreage has focused on building and scaling operations to create a ‎seamless, consumer-focused, branded experience. More information is available at www.acreageholdings.com.