HPLC Lab Technician
Job Description
Summary:
Curaleaf is a growing medical cannabis company dedicated to the needs of its patients. The HPLC Lab Technician assists the Processing Manager to ensure high quality product and carries out day-to-day tasks including: testing, prepping, extracting, and packaging. The HPLC Lab Technician must monitor and maintain production facility in accordance with the state of Massachusetts and standards set by the Company.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute validation of analytical systems
- Operate spectrophotometer and viscosity meter for QC
- Assist in production; calculating requirements; assembling and weighing plant material and supplies for supercritical CO2 extraction: emptying of extraction vessels.
- Operating highly sophisticated extraction equipment; Processing concentrates and extracts
- Cleaning and maintenance of extraction equipment and laboratory facility following current good manufacturing practices (cGMP), and standard operating procedures; complying with legal regulations; monitoring environment
- Operating, maintaining, and making adjustments and repairs to laboratory equipment such as analytical systems, pumps, microscopes, balances, rotary evaporator, centrifuges, and other laboratory equipment
- Creating dilutions, HPLC diagnostics and repair, calibration
- Maintaining inventory records of supplies, materials, and equipment, and preparing requisitions as needed
- Storing supplies and equipment, and keeping laboratory, storerooms and working areas immaculate
- Washing and sterilizing laboratory glassware
- Performing clerical work related to laboratory activities such as word processing, record keeping, and filing
- Assist in packaging of final products as needed
- Assist in the training of other technicians
- Work with state licensed third party testing lab to ensure QC
- Performs related duties as assigned
Compliance:
- Ensure processing operation is fully compliant with state and federal regulations
- Maintain analytical and other laboratory waste with registered waste disposal company while following state regulations
- Maintaining material safety data sheets for all department chemicals and products
- Assure that operation adheres to all business and industry license requirements.
- Maintaining strict inventory records of all plant materials, chemicals and equipment used in the laboratory and documents production by completing forms, reports, logs and records
Job Qualification Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred/ 1-2 years’ experience in a laboratory or manufacturing setting required
- QA/QC Experience with HPLC and GC analysis
- Experience with Agilent equipment using ChemStation
- Must be at least 21 years of age
- Must not have been convicted of any felony offenses pursuant to state statues
- Capacity to work independently and/or with vendors, perform troubleshooting and solve complex problems.
- The qualified individual will possess a keen interest and knowledge of Organic and Inorganic chemistry.
Job Skills:
- Ability to calculate figures such as proportions and work with mathematical concepts such as probability. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
- Ability to keep precise, highly detailed, and accurate records of calculations, procedures, and inventory of equipment, chemicals, consumables, and production in both hard and soft copies
- Required candidate would be a motivated self-starter with willingness to learn and dig into documentation and service manuals
- Ability to follow written instruction and work to update SOP's based on needs and changing industry requirements
- Follow good health and safety practices and precautions applicable to a chemistry laboratory
- Capabilities with computer systems, software, and hardware common to laboratories
- Able to critically analyze, draw conclusions about, and summarize test results in a timely manner
- Must be a highly flexible and motivated team player committed to working in a quality environment
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to stand for long periods of time, along with frequent bending
- Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
- Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items, work with fingers
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and push up to 100 pounds with assistance
Curaleaf is an Equal Employment Opportunity