In Process QA Associate
- Brampton, ON, Canada
Salary: CA$50,000 per annum · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- Salary: CA$50,000 per annum
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- At least 2 years' QA experience within a production environment, such as cannabis, pharmaceuticals, food production or agriculture.
- Working hours
- 40 hours/week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Schedule: 40 hours/week, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sundays to Wednesdays or Wednesdays to Saturdays
Salary: CA$50,000 per annum
About The Role
We're looking for an In Process QA Associate to join our Quality Assurance team in Brampton.
This is a hands-on role where you'll play an important part in maintaining quality, GMP compliance and regulatory standards across our production facility. Working closely with manufacturing, cultivation and wider cross-functional teams, you'll help ensure our processes, documentation and products consistently meet the required standards.
You'll be a visible quality presence on the production floor, carrying out routine checks, supporting sampling and label management, reviewing documentation, and helping teams identify and resolve quality issues.
This is an opportunity to build your expertise in a fast-paced, regulated environment while contributing to a strong culture of quality, compliance and continuous improvement.
About Us
Curaleaf International is shaping the future of cannabis through its commitment to research and product excellence. Powered by a strong presence at all stages of the supply chain, its unique distribution network throughout Europe, Canada and Australasia brings together pioneering research with cutting-edge cultivation, extraction, and production. Amidst a rapid growth trajectory, the emphasis on quality and expertise aims to ensure the delivery of safe and legal cannabis.
Curaleaf International's network includes a clinic, pharmacy, and laboratory in the UK; cultivation and EU-GMP processing facilities in Portugal; an EU-GMP processing, quality assurance and research site in Spain; Four 20 Pharma wholesaler and distributor in Germany; a Polish wholesaler and clinic; and the EU-GMP producer Northern Green Canada.
Curaleaf International is part of Curaleaf Holdings, Inc., a leading international producer and distributor of consumer cannabis products.
What you'll be doing
- Carry out routine quality checks across the production facility, including gowning and hygiene checks, cleanliness inspections, line clearance, sampling and in-process checks.
- Collect samples and coordinate with laboratories to support the timely release of Certificates of Analysis.
- Manage production labels, including printing and ensuring all required approvals are completed promptly and accurately.
- Monitor production activities and support colleagues in maintaining compliant working practices.
- Help ensure the facility remains compliant with applicable regulations and maintains a consistent state of audit readiness.
- Review batch records, logbooks, SOPs, worksheets, work orders and other quality documentation, ensuring accuracy, completeness and attention to detail.
- Support the timely investigation, follow-up and closure of deviations, nonconformances, CAPAs and change controls.
- Gather and analyse quality data to support annual product reviews and ongoing quality monitoring.
- Work collaboratively with manufacturing, cultivation and other teams to identify quality issues and support practical, effective solutions.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and help promote a positive culture of quality and compliance across the site.
- Support other Quality Assurance activities and projects as required.
We're looking for someone with practical quality experience who is comfortable working both on the production floor and with regulated documentation.
Essential
- A post-secondary degree in science or a related discipline.
- At least 2 years' QA experience within a production environment, such as cannabis, pharmaceuticals, food production or agriculture.
- Hands-on experience working within a GMP environment and/or GMP certification.
- Strong communication skills and the confidence to work effectively with colleagues at all levels.
- The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, growing and highly regulated environment.
- A willingness to keep learning and developing your knowledge of the cannabis industry and evolving regulatory requirements.
- Experience with MS Office, particularly Excel.
- Experience with environmental monitoring, final product sampling, line clearance, in-process quality checks and label management.
- Experience reviewing batch records and operational logbooks.
- Experience managing deviations, nonconformances, CAPAs and change controls.
You're someone who enjoys being at the heart of operations rather than working a purely desk-based role. You'll be comfortable wearing PPE, being on your feet and engaging directly with production teams.
You'll also need to be confident raising quality and compliance concerns when you see them, working collaboratively with production teams and to find practical solutions.
Ready to join the team?
If you're passionate about quality, enjoy working collaboratively and want to develop your career in a growing, regulated industry, we'd love to hear from you!
More about this job
Responsibilities
Conduct production-floor quality checks, collect and coordinate samples, manage production labels, and review batch records and other quality documentation. Support investigations and closure of deviations, nonconformances, CAPAs, and change controls while helping maintain regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
Requires a post-secondary degree in science or a related discipline, at least two years of QA experience in a production environment, and hands-on GMP experience or certification. Candidates should have strong communication skills, be comfortable working on the production floor in a fast-paced regulated environment, and have experience with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
Skills
- Quality Assurance
- GMP Compliance
- Regulatory Compliance
- In-Process Quality Checks
- Environmental Monitoring
- Sampling Coordination
- Label Management
- Batch Record Review
- Quality Documentation
- Deviation Management
- Nonconformance Management
- CAPA Management
- Change Control
- Quality Data Analysis
- Audit Readiness
- Microsoft Excel
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Categories
- Manufacturing
- Science & Research
- Agriculture
Keywords
- Quality Assurance
- Good Manufacturing Practice
- GMP Compliance
- Regulatory Standards
- Cannabis
- Pharmaceuticals
- Food Production
- Agriculture
- Production Quality Checks
- Gowning Checks
- Hygiene Checks
- Cleanliness Inspections
- Line Clearance
- Environmental Monitoring
- Product Sampling
- Certificates Of Analysis
- Label Management
- Batch Records
- Operational Logbooks
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Quality Documentation
- Deviations
- Nonconformances
- Corrective And Preventive Actions
- Change Controls
- Annual Product Reviews
- Quality Data Analysis
- Audit Readiness
- Continuous Improvement
- Microsoft Excel