Job Description

Project Support Specialist

Job location: Markham, ON

Employment type: Full Time

40 hours per week

A little about us

Hi, we\'re Aurora Cannabis, and we\'re so excited to meet you! We\'re a global cannabis company driven by our passion to help people improve their lives. We have a diverse team who bring their best every day so Aurora can be the cannabis provider of choice for patients and consumers. We love our work, and we especially love our high quality, innovative brands that make up the Aurora family - from Aurora, Aurora Drift, San Rafael \'71 and Whistler. Our people combined with our collective passion for the industry is what makes Aurora a special place to work and defines what we call our \xe2\x80\x9cA-Team\xe2\x80\x9d. We are a high-performing team of cannabis experts, innovators, and champions, that work, learn and win together. We think BIG, act BOLD and execute with PURPOSE in all that we do, and will stop at nothing to cultivate the ultimate cannabis experience for our community.

Job summary

Are you a cannabis enthusiast with an energetic spirit? Are you looking to work with a fun group of people? If so, we would love to meet you!

We\'re looking for an ambitious and hard-working professional to join our Operations team in the role of Project Support Specialist.

As a Project Support Specialist, you will\xe2\x80\xa6

• Experimentation:

• Manage research priorities alongside cultivation leads.
• Design, plan, execute, and document experiments for the continuous improvement of cultivation practices.
• Manage experimental project datasets in a transparent, organized manner.

• Data collection:

• Support data collection efforts in all areas of cultivation and collaborate with other data collection teams.
• Perform sample collection for the purpose of analyzing potency/terpene %, nutrition content and potential pathogens.
• Liaise with external lab partners to ensure successful outgoing sample shipments and timely incoming data receiving.
• Ensure reliable, accurate database entries. Manage data inputs, errors, and troubleshooting.

• Data analysis

• Manage, manipulate, and statistically analyze data as relevant to impacts on plant growth, yield, IPM, and flower quality. Generate clean, effective data visualizations using graphical software (Excel, R, Power BI).

• Reporting

• Report experimental results, research proposals, data analyses, and investigations to Cultivation stakeholders using presentations. Document all experiments using project reports.
• Creating and updating potency reports as they become available.

• Follow-up/implementation

• Ensure successful application of research findings into practice (where applicable) by making recommendations, communicating to relevant teams, passing off new procedures, or writing Standard Operating Procedures.

• Operations Support

• Maintain and enhance the daily/weekly scheduling for Operations Department.
• Work with the operations manager on Best In Class Operations solutions.
• Coordinate with departments as needed.

• Aid in setup of sensors and other scientific equipment, and integration of novel data collection systems.
• Maintain paper and electronic documentation in accordance with regulatory and company requirements.
• Other duties as required

You would be the best fit for this role if you have\xe2\x80\xa6

• Must be detail-oriented
• Must be able to multi-task
• 1-2 years\' experience in a Data Collection
• Experience with R statistical software is desirable
• Must comply with standards that are dictated by regulatory bodies.
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with operations and all stakeholders for successful project completion
• Knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
• Strong Excel skill is desirable
• Strong work ethic, highly motivated and enjoys a challenge
• Detail conscious and result oriented
• High level of professionalism, integrity and ethics
• Willing and able to learn new skills and concepts quickly
• Enjoys a multi-faceted and dynamic work environment
• Able to prioritize and be flexible, while maintaining efficiency

Bonus points if you have\xe2\x80\xa6

• Physical effort is required, lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 30 lbs.
• Temperatures range from 18 degrees Celsius to 32 degrees Celsius
• Able to perform cleaning and crop maintenance duties while working on a step ladder
• Repetitive use of hands, wrists and forearms
• This position involves significant exposure to cannabis/plant materials, and it is therefore not likely suitable for an employee that may suffer from allergies to cannabis/plant pollen material, or experience other medical issues, such as asthma and hay fever, as a result of cannabis/plant material exposure

Why you\'ll love working at Aurora

Our people are at the heart of everything we do here at Aurora, and we take pride in fostering an inclusive space that inspires our team to love where they work! From rewarding career opportunities to flexible work environments to team activities, we go above and beyond to prioritize your success and here\'s how we do it\xe2\x80\xa6

• Flexibility: you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! With flexible working hours to compressed work weeks to paid sick and vacation time, you will be empowered to achieve work-life balance.

• Total rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary or hourly wage (with shift premiums), stock options, an RRSP program, annual bonuses, and a health and personal care spending account for you to use for gym memberships, ski passes or staycations.

• Benefits: we will foster your health and wellness (and your dependents) with our employee benefits package including, employer-paid health and dentalcare premiums, life insurance and LTD policies and a medical cannabis coverage program, designed exclusively for our A-Team, that will provide you with $3,000 of coverage each year (because we truly believe cannabis is the best medicine).

• Life-long learning: we\'re lifelong learners here at Aurora and will invest in your professional development throughout all aspects of your career! You will have access to a tuition assistance program, virtual learning activities and annual performance reviews, to ensure you are provided with the toolkit and support you need to succeed.

• Perks: we love to celebrate our people by providing corporate perks including employee discounts, perkopolis memberships, company SWAG, paid volunteer time, modern technology and snacks and beverages at all our office locations.

• Team: we are a diverse and global team of cannabis enthusiasts, energetic innovators, fitness gurus, caring parents, foodies and more, with a collective passion to nurture an inclusive environment that helps you grow and provide people better days with medical cannabis.

Diversity and inclusion At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work. Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers - and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site or alternate format of job posting) during the recruitment and selection process, please do not hesitate to let our team know! We are here to help.

Next steps\xe2\x80\xa6

Think you have what it takes to join our team? So do we! Apply today by submitting your resume along with salary expectations through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by a human recruiter (not a robot) shortly after you apply, and our team will contact you via email if we see a fit. Think you\'re the ideal candidate but you don\'t meet all the requirements? Apply anyways! We would love to review your application to see if you\'re the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity!

Not the role for you? That\'s okay! Visit our careers page to find the perfect opportunity for you or share this posting with a friend or colleague that you think would be a great fit (hot tip: if you are already an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by referring this posting to a friend! If they are successful, you will receive a bonus!)

If applicable, Aurora Human Resources will contact you via your email address provided. We do not contact candidates over Facebook or other Social Media apps. You will never be requested to provide confidential information such as banking information or your Social Insurance Number in the interview process.

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