Lead Kitchen Technician

• Effectively manage food preparations, production and controls
• Lead the kitchen team with hands-on tactics while implementing production processes and schedules; sources high-quality ingredients for a fast-paced kitchen.
• Trains and leads staff in producing artisan, high-quality, medically infused products.
• Works with Processing and Packaging to prepare and package products according to the company's internal schedule and within food safety standards and regulations.
• Requires a flawless understanding of food safety standards and professional hygiene.
• Engage in appropriate planning with the Lab Manager so that they can adequately orchestrate timing, the product line mix and the quantity to be made.
• The appropriate use of scales will be necessary to ensure consistency of the cannabis-infused portion of the product and for portion control.
• Ensure that ingredients are ready for use each day.
• QA/QC duties that require analytical testing for quality and consistency.
• Maintaining inventory records of supplies, materials, and equipment.
• Storing supplies and equipment, disposal of waste according to guidelines, and keeping the kitchen working areas immaculate.
• Performs duties as a kitchen technician when needed or necessary
• Maintaining material safety data sheets for all department chemicals and products.
• Maintaining highest level of compliance to ensure processing operation is fully compliant with state regulations, federal and state laws.
• Assures that operation adheres to all business and industry license requirements-able to produce documents as proof immediately upon request. • Other duties that may be required from time to time to improve operations and profitability and ensure required tasks and goals are completed across operations
• Adherence to individual and team key-performance indicators (“KPIs”) as directed by manager

Team Collaboration

• Balances team and individual responsibilities, Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views
• Gives and welcomes feedback
• Contributes to building a positive team spirit
• Puts success of team above own interests
• Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives
• Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
• Communicate effectively with team members to ensure clear understanding of tasks and expectations.
• Support a positive and inclusive work environment, fostering teamwork and mutual respect among colleagues.
• Provide training and guidance to new team members, sharing knowledge and best practices.

Skills

• Strong organizational skills are mandatory; required to turn out large quantities of product under tight time constraints.
• Lead the kitchen staff while coordinating schedules with the Lab Manager and Packaging team.
• Excellent math or computer skills to calculate recipes and to product the correct quantity of finished product.
• Health and safety practices and precautions applicable to a kitchen.
• Proper and safe handling and disposal of harmful chemicals, substances, and hazardous wastes.
• Record keeping procedures.

Education and Experience

The Lead Kitchen Technician will run the kitchen, ensure recipes are being followed with strong leadership skills to lead the kitchen technician and inventory costs for high-volume cannabis-infused products.