Laboratory Manager

JOB SUMMARY The Laboratory Manager oversees all day-to-day operations of a licensed cannabis processing, extraction, and/or testing laboratory, ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality control, throughput, and state and federal regulatory compliance.

This role combines hands-on technical expertise in cannabis extraction, post-processing, and analytical testing with strong team leadershipmanaging technicians and, optimizing production workflows, maintaining complex processing and analytical equipment, and upholding rigorous Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) aligned with state cannabis program requirements.

Location:On site.

Monroe, OH Pay: $80,000 - $85,000 Operations & Workflow Management Oversee day-to-day extraction, processing, and/or testing operations to ensure production schedules and throughput goals are met safely and efficiently Monitor inventories of cannabis raw material, solvents, reagents, and consumables; coordinate with licensed vendors and distributors to manage procurement and control costs Maintain accurate, real-time records within the state seed-to-sale tracking system (METRC) and reconcile inventory against physical counts Track and analyze operational metrics (e.g., turnaround times, extraction yields, potency consistency, error rates) using tracking tools and spreadsheets Identify bottlenecks in laboratory and processing workflows and implement continuous improvement strategies Team Leadership & Personnel Development Lead, train, and mentor laboratory and processing staff, ensuring thorough onboarding for new technical Lab team members Prepare work schedules, assign daily tasks, and monitor individual and team productivity Conduct regular performance evaluations, provide constructive feedback, and foster a collaborative, accountability-driven lab culture Equipment Maintenance & Technical Oversight Supervise the operation, calibration, cleaning, and preventative maintenance of extraction and lab equipment (e.g., CO2/hydrocarbon/ethanol extraction systems, rotary evaporators, vacuum ovens, distillation systems, chromatography and other analytical instruments) Troubleshoot technical issues and equipment malfunctions promptly to minimize operational downtime Maintain comprehensive maintenance logs, equipment SOPs, and service records Quality Control (QC) & Regulatory Compliance Enforce strict adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), state cannabis Division of Cannabis Control/program regulations, and internal SOPs Manage Quality Control (QC) protocols, auditing batch records, Certificates of Analysis (COAs), and testing data (potency, pesticides, residual solvents, microbials) for accuracy and compliance prior to final release Lead investigation of Out-of-Specification (OOS) results, failed batches, non-conformances, or deviations, establishing corrective and preventative actions (CAPA), including product holds, recalls, or destruction per state requirements Serve as primary point of contact for state reg...