Product Development Technician

  • Stayner
  • Cronos Group Inc.

Cronos Group is an innovative global cannabinoid company with international production and distribution across five continents. Cronos Group is committed to building disruptive intellectual property by advancing cannabis research, technology and product development. With a passion to responsibly elevate the consumer experience, Cronos Group is building an iconic brand portfolio. Cronos Group’s portfolio includes PEACE NATURALS, a global health and wellness platform, adult-use brand Spinach, and two hemp-derived CBD brands, Lord Jones and Happy Dance.

At Cronos Group, we hire talented people who thrive on solving difficult problems and give them the opportunity to hone new skills and approaches. If you want to play a part in shaping an innovative industry and help build a historically significant company, we want to meet you.

This position is based out of Stayner, ON.

What you’ll be doing :

  • Conduct internal product development experiments and prototypes for cannabis products (this includes all product formats such as flower, pre-roll products, edible products, and cannabis concentrate products).
  • Collect and organize data from experiments to present to the rest of the product development team
  • Ensure inventory traceability and administrative documentation of all cannabis product being used for product development activities as well as tech-transfer and scale-up activities.
  • Maintain inventory of raw materials (non-cannabis products) used in cannabis formulations and preparation
  • Participate in R&D stability for Product Development, conducting R&D stability for durable dates, shipping conditions, real-time and accelerated conditions for all products and formats.
  • Analyze raw materials and primary/secondary packaging materials for formulation and shipping compatibility
  • Submitting internal and external lab samples for required testing
  • Working with logistics to ship cannabis and non-cannabis samples to relevant stakeholders and partners
  • Conduct process development experiments, tech-transfer, and scaleup working closely with the production team and 3rd party manufacturers
  • Assist with conducting sensory panels; support panelists in answering formal descriptive analysis and/or consumer sensory aspects of product development
  • General housekeeping and cleaning of product development space, equipment, and tools

Your Environment :

  • Able to work in varying temperatures
  • Able to lift up to 40 lbs.
  • Overtime as required
  • Frequent time spent in the laboratory, standing, bending, crouching
  • Fast-paced environment

You’ll need to have :

  • Minimum technical diploma in science or related discipline
  • Experience in product development in the consumer-packaged goods industry is an asset
  • Experience working within the cannabis industry is an asset
  • Team player with excellent interpersonal skills. Must be able to establish and maintain effective, cooperative working relationships
  • Independent worker. Must be comfortable with understanding objectives, then working independently to achieve them, seeking input from the rest of the team as needed
  • Must have proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel)