Looking for a hands-on production opportunity? Join a growing team in Buchanan, MI as a Production Specialist! In this role, you'll be responsible for packaging, labeling, quality control, and inventory tracking while helping ensure products are prepared accurately and efficiently for distribution. Ideal candidates have packaging, warehouse, production, or order fulfillment experience, strong attention to detail, and enjoy working in a fast-paced team environment. Great opportunity to grow with an expanding company. Apply today to learn more!
Job Summary:
The company is looking for a Production Specialist to join their growing team in Buchanan, MI. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in packaging or order filling. The Production Specialist is responsible for the post-production handling of all manufactured products. Duties performed include the weighing, packaging, and labeling of all products from our facilities.
Essential Job Duties/Responsibilities:
- Weighing, measuring, sorting, labeling, and packaging cannabis products such as edibles, oil cartridges, lotions, roll-ons, topicals, tinctures, capsules, concentrates, flower, and pre-rolls for medical and recreational sale
- Create and apply labeling in accordance with product information, testing results, and other required information
- Maintain forms and databases to precisely record weight, product count, and any relevant issues for all products
- Assemble, line, and pad boxes and shipping containers for finished product storage and shipping
- Accurately measure, weigh, and place/scoop products into containers, using hand tools and equipment
- Thoroughly clean equipment, hand tools, containers, materials, supplies, and work areas, using cleaning solutions in accordance with the relevant SOPs
- Responsible for operating a variety of automated sorting, batching, and packaging machinery
- Maintaining quality control by visually inspecting cannabis products and packaging to ensure consistency in product standards; ensuring labeling and product counts are accurate
- Inventory of cannabis products upon receipt and distribution to and from the department
- Assisting in the loading, unloading, and inventory of cannabis packaging, supplies and materials
- Adhering to production schedules
- Weighing and processing waste material in accordance with state regulations and company policies and procedures
- Cleaning and sanitizing packaging areas
- Preform daily, weekly, and monthly audits of packaging supplies when directed by the Packaging Plant Manager
- Effectively communicate any issues or constructive criticism with product packaging directly to Packaging Plant Manager
- Other duties as assigned by management
Education and Experience:
- Must be at least 21 years of age
- High school diploma required
- Prior packaging and inventory experience a plus
- Experience using inventory software and Excel a plus
- Must have a strong work ethic and ability to work well on a team
- Must be detail oriented and self-motivated
- Ability and willingness to work overtime a plus
- Good verbal and written skills
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods standing and walking throughout facility
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds at times
- Must be able to bend, lift, stretch, climb, and crawl to access products
- Fine motor skills and ability to use hands and fingers to fill precisely and accurately, package, and label products
- Close visual sharpness to read fine print on product labels and equipment screens