Key Points
- The company is looking for a Quality Assurance Manager to oversee quality control at a cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Franklin, New Jersey.
- Responsibilities include developing a Quality Management Program, ensuring compliance with regulations and standards, overseeing quality inspections, and managing quality metrics and reporting.
- Job requirements include a Bachelor's degree in a related field, 5+ years of quality experience, familiarity with GMP and NJ CRC compliance, and strong organizational and leadership skills.
- The work environment is onsite in a cannabis facility, with exposure to grow environments, labs, and packaging rooms, requiring standing, lifting, and walking through facility areas regularly.
Ascend Wellness
@awh
AWH is a U.S. multi-state operator in seven states including Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Maryland.
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JOB SUMMARY
We are looking for a detail-oriented and experienced Quality Assurance Manager to oversee all aspects of quality assurance and quality control at our cannabis cultivation and processing facility in Franklin, New Jersey. This role ensures product quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across the production lifecycle. The ideal candidate brings a strong understanding of GMP, NJ CRC compliance, and quality systems in a highly regulated environment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITES
- Develop, implement, and manage the Quality Management Program for cannabis cultivation, extraction, packaging, and distribution operation in NJ.
- Ensure compliance with New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) testing rules, GMP standards, and internal SOPs.
- Manage, mentor, and develop a team of Quality Assurance Associates to perform inspections, monitor critical control points, and support all quality activities.
- Schedule and supervise daily quality inspections for cultivation, extraction, packaging, and warehouse areas to ensure compliance with SOPs and quality standards.
- Develop and maintain quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting for team performance and process improvement.
- Manage quality requirements for new product launches and product release.
- Oversee product testing and results from third-party laboratories; ensure testing practices and COAs meet all required specifications and regulations.
- Investigate quality issues, deviations, and customer complaints; implement CAPAs (Corrective and Preventive Actions).
- Maintain proper documentation, including SOPs, training logs, testing samples, COAs and regulatory filings.
- Collaborate with cultivation, lab, production, and compliance teams to promote a quality-first culture.
- Provide training on quality procedures, hygiene practices, and regulatory updates to staff.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry, Quality Assurance, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in a quality role in cannabis preferred, pharmaceutical, food manufacturing, or a similar regulated industry is required.
- Familiarity with GMP, HACCP, ISO 9001, and NJ CRC cannabis compliance.
- Strong knowledge of documentation practices, inspection procedures and recordkeeping and testing protocols.
- Experience with lab testing coordination and interpreting Certificates of Analysis (COAs).
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and leadership skills.
- Comfortable working onsite in a production environment; PPE use required.
- Must pass a background check in compliance with NJ cannabis employment regulations.
Work Environment:
- Onsite role in a cannabis cultivation, processing, and manufacturing facility.
- Exposure to indoor grow environments, extraction labs, and packaging rooms.
- Requires standing, lifting, and walking through facility areas regularly.
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Ascend Wellness Holdings (AWH) is a vertically integrated cannabis cultivator, processor and provisioning center operator with assets in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania. We seek to foster a robust and inclusive cannabis industry through a premium, unmatched customer-focused retail experience. We are looking to build a world-class team that will help carry out our mission of helping to shape the future of cannabis as a leading healthcare solution. We are committed to improving the quality of our patient's lives by offering unrivaled quality, consistency and meticulously curated products that satisfy our customers unique, individual needs. When it comes to customer service experience, our dispensaries will set a new standard of excellence, emphasizing health and wellness by a highly knowledgeable team. A team that is committed to our values, our people, and our communities; we are looking for people who are inspired by our vision and stay dedicated to our mission as we continuously expand.
EEO STATEMENT
Ascend Wellness Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer and celebrate the population of differences and does not discriminate in its hiring / hiring practices, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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