Laboratory Manager - DCM Inc

This shift will be Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

DCM, Inc. is a fast-growing, high-quality medical and recreational cannabis manufacturer seeking motivated and accountable individuals to join our team! Our mission is to grow more than the world's best Cannabis. We're growing a better world. One that's more caring, compassionate, understanding, and informed. Every day we learn a bit more about the unlimited potential cannabis holds, and there's nothing we like more than sharing it with you. Because to us, cannabis is much more than a plant; it's our chance to change the world, one person, one patient, one policy at a time.

Lab Manager

Our Lab Manager will be responsible for overseeing lab production activities including extraction, distillation, post processing, third-party testing, safety training and consumable counts. This Manager will ensure lab department is compliant with company, state, and industry standards.

Your role in caring for our company:

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

• Extraction: Monitoring extraction technicians in packing material socks, operating extraction equipment and handling of crude oil.
• Post Processing: Monitoring lab assistants during filtration, refinement, distillation, solvent recovery, decarboxylation and formulation of consumer-ready products.
• Third-Party Testing: Scheduling sample pick-ups with the Third-Party Testing lab for both inputs and outputs.
• Lab Inventory: Maintaining inventory levels within the lab of all required solvents, tools and consumables.
• Working directly with the General Manager to schedule strains for extraction and products for post-processing as needed to maintain a full set of available product SKUs for the sales team.
• Ensuring all lab spaces and equipment are consistently cleaned and maintained.
• Performing regular safety trainings for all lab staff as well as safety checks on equipment, SOPs and PPE.
• Compliance: Consistently maintaining accurate records of inventory and processes within Metrc, the state of Maryland's required seed-to-sale tracking system.
• Communication to the General Manager and other leadership on the progress of the lab, state of equipment and upcoming product availability.
• Participate in MCA or MOSH inspections when necessary including inventory oversight, process exploration, safety considerations and waste management.
• Motivating and encouraging a high degree of enthusiasm and buy-in from direct reports and staff at large.
• Addresses low performance quickly, compassionately, and in alignment with company policies.
• Collaborates effectively with Human Resources and appropriate partners.
• Retains and develops top performers by understanding individuals motivations and providing actionable feedback

All other duties as necessary.

Qualifications we ask you to have:

• For legal reasons, all employees need to be at least 21 years of age.
• You will be asked to pass a Federal and State criminal history background check.
• We ask that you have an Associate's or Bachelor's degree in related fields; Science or Engineering preferred.
• We ask that you have management experience.
• General lab experience is preferred.

Addition skills which will help you excel in your role:

• Strong attention to detail - extraction needs to be approached with alertness and safety!
• Desire and ability to work as a member of a team.
• Compliance with all HR policies including confidentiality and non-disclosure.
• Maintain open communication with the management team and other co-workers.
• Strong work ethics - be accountable and proactive.
• Ability to adjust to a rapidly changing environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work at a fast pace in a high production environment!

Work Schedule/Location:

• On-site 5 days a week.

Please make sure you are willing and able to perform the following:

Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• This role will ask that you sit, walk, bend, and reach throughout your entire shift. There may be days where you stand the entire day, sit the entire day, etc. Please be flexible as needs will change.
• You will be asked to carry loads of up to 50lbs repeatedly throughout the day.
• This position requires arm extending, and repetitive use of arms, hands, and fingers to maintain and operate equipment.
• As this is a cannabis processing facility, there will be strong odors, bright lights, and various noises throughout the workday.
• Employees are asked to wear lab coats, masks, gloves, and hairnets while working with the products. DCM will provide lab coats, masks, gloves, and hair nets to all employees.

Our Benefits

• Health Insurance: Medical, Dental & Vision
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Short-Term Disability
• Life Insurance AD&D
• 401K
• DCM Product/Merch Discounts
• Paid Time Off
• Competitive pay
• Industry Discounts

Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action

DCM Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. DCM Inc. is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at DCM Inc. are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. DCM Inc. will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.