Packaging & Processing Department Head

Job Description

Job Description

The shift for this role is Monday - Friday from 8:00am - 4:30pm

Medical and recreational cannabis grower on the East Coast. Our mission is simple: grow the highest-quality weed at prices everyone can afford.

We're looking for passionate people to join us in our mission to democratize cannabis-or as we like to say, to "Weed the People."

With a dialed-in grow operation and a bold new brand refresh, we're ready to dominate the MD/DC market - and have a little fun while we're at it.

Packaging & Processing Department Head

Our Packaging & Processing Department Head is primarily responsible for overseeing production execution while maintaining MCA compliance and District Cannabis standards in all tasks associated to harvesting, bucking, curing, trimming, packaging as well as inventory control and outbound delivery.

Your role in caring for our company:

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

• Maintain safety standards to ensure safe operations in all associated areas.
• Maintain MCA compliance and District Cannabis production standards.
• Collaborate in building a well-developed, high-performing, and cohesive team.
• Encourage a healthy work environment.
• Assist in training team members on a reoccurring basis to ensure company standards are communicated clearly.
• Complete scheduling on a weekly basis utilizing District Cannabis production calendar.
• Motivate staff to ensure production goals are met.
• Monitor team's quality, efficiency, consistency, output, and performance and report on individual progress.
• Ensure coverage in all associated departments to ensure production goals are achievable.
• Place materials orders in a timely manner to ensure teams have adequate supplies.
• Ensure work orders for damaged equipment are placed in a timely manner.
• Complete monthly audits on all production, cleaning, and maintenance logs.
• Report problems, accidents, unsafe conditions, or equipment trouble to management.

Process Specific Responsibilities:

• Harvest & Post-Harvest: Oversee harvest, bucking, drying, and curing to ensure the team is following the SOPs, including monitoring environmental conditions (temperature, humidity) in dry and cure rooms.
• Trimming & Packaging: Ensure product meets quality specifications, weights are accurate, and packaging and labeling meet MCA requirements (potency, warnings, batch and lot numbers, child-resistant packaging).
• Inventory Control: Maintain accurate inventory in METRC (Maryland's seed-to-sale tracking system), including tagging, package creation, weight reconciliation, and regular inventory counts.
• Outbound Delivery: Oversee transport manifests, chain of custody, and order accuracy for shipments to distribution center.
• Waste & Destruction: Ensure cannabis waste is handled, recorded, and destroyed according to regulations and company SOPs.
• Testing Coordination: Coordinate sample collection for third-party lab testing and confirm product isn't released before passing results and a Certificate of Analysis (COA) is completed.
• Sanitation & Quality: Enforce sanitation, GMP-style practices, and contamination prevention.
• Continuous improvement: Identify process improvements and cost savings opportunities.

Team Leadership & Performance Analytics

• Collaborate effectively with the Human Resources Department and appropriate partners to implement and manage the company's policies and procedures.
• Partner with the Human Resources Department to monitor staff performance, provide timely feedback, along with development goals, assign accountabilities, set objectives, establish priorities, and conduct annual performance evaluations.
• Retain and develop top performers by understanding individual's motivations and providing actionable feedback.
• Addresses low performance quickly, compassionately, and in alignment with company policies.
• Manage employee's scheduling, basic time off requests, performance reviews, etc.

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 at least a high school diploma/GED.
• We ask that you have a minimum of three (5) years of management experience.
• We ask that you have at least three (3) years of industry experience, preferably leadership experience relating to post harvest operations.
• We ask that you have at least one (2) years of METRC and ERP system experience.
• We ask that you have at least two (2) years of data entry experience.
• We ask that you have excellent leadership skills, with steadfast resolve, personal integrity, and business acumen.
• You are willing and able to step over 28-inch-tall rails.
• Must be able to regularly handle plant materials and use nitrile gloves; this position requires daily exposure to cannabis plants and nitrile gloves.

Additional skills which will help you excel in your role:

• Strong attention to detail, our plants are very delicate throughout their lifecycle!
• Flexibility to accommodate scheduling demands including some weekends and applicable holidays. 
• Desire and ability to work as a member of a team in multiple settings and environments.
• Ability to foster collaboration, be a team player, though also independent and self-motivated.
• Proactive, accountable, and observant in the teams daily work.
• Coachable and can take full ownership of personal development, regularly soliciting feedback from teammates including those supervising, colleagues, and supervisor/s.
• Ability to work at a fast pace in a high production environment!
• Ability to remain calm in high-pressure situations.
• Comply with all HR policies including confidentiality and non-disclosure.
• Maintain open communication with the management team and other co-workers.
• Strong work ethic, integrity, and desire to be accountable, transparent, and proactive.
• A passion for the cannabis culture.

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 position requires an inordinate amount of standing, walking, kneeling, bending, scooping, twisting, and reaching in full range of motion to complete physical tasks.
• This position requires the ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. unassisted and up to 80lbs assisted.
• This position is similar to an assembly line, in that it will be completing repetitive tasks throughout the workday.
• This position requires the ability to work in a cannabis growing facility, there will be strong odors, bright lights, and various noises throughout the workday.
• This position will require PPE to be worn throughout the workday to include scrubs, masks, gloves, hairnets, and hearing protection while working with the plants. DCM will provide scrubs, masks, gloves, hairnets, and hearing protection 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
• Discretionary Bonus

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.