Quality Assurance Technician

at  Irish Distillers

Job Title: Quality Assurance Technician
Location: Fox and Geese, Dublin 22.
Contract: 12 month fixed term contract
About Irish Distillers
Irish Distillers is Ireland’s leading supplier of spirits and wines and producer of some of the world’s most well-known and successful Irish whiskeys. Led by Jameson, our brands are driving the success of Irish whiskey globally. Jameson is the world’s fastest-growing Irish whiskey, achieving +10% net sales growth globally in FY23. Our brands are exported to 130+ markets around the world.
Irish Distillers was formed in 1966, when a merger took place between John Power & Son, John Jameson & Son, and Cork Distilleries Company. In 1988 Irish Distillers joined Pernod Ricard, gaining access to unprecedented levels of investment and an extensive global distribution network.
We employ over 800 people across our operations in Cork and Dublin.
About Pernod Ricard
Pernod Ricard is a worldwide leader in the spirits and wine industry, blending traditional craftsmanship, state-of-the-art brand-building, and global distribution technologies. Our prestigious portfolio of premium to luxury brands includes Absolut vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes. Our mission is to ensure the long-term development of our brands with full respect for people and the environment, while empowering our employees around the world to be ambassadors of our purposeful, inclusive, and responsible culture of authentic conviviality.
About the role
We are currently seeking a driven Quality Assurance Technician (fixed term) to join the Quality team in our Production Bottling Plant located in Dublin. Reporting to the Quality Manager, you will be responsible for continuously identifying operational and commercial improvements while championing and enabling the delivery of exceptional quality standards across bottling operations. Collaborating with operators and engineers you will be assisting with any issues and finding the root cause across the packaging production line, conduct audits, inspections and support the lab when required. The successful candidate will be required to work the site shift pattern and night shifts.

What’s involved?

• Pro-actively engage with bottling operations team to establish and remove barriers to conformance
• Co-ordinate with cross functional teams to sustain and improve product quality
• Assist or lead Internal Audits and inspections
• Identify potential issues throughout production and quality processes, use structured problem-solving techniques to ensure measures are put in place to detect and prevent reoccurrence
• Ensure compliance with all safety, health, environment, and quality legislation, procedures and standards in the workplace
• Champion and promote compliance to quality standards, adherence to ISO 9000 and FSSC 22000 standards
• Investigate, report and action on material related non-conformances whilst liaising with internal stakeholders to resolve issues and develop continuous improvement plans
• Conduct laboratory testing and calibration of equipment as required
• Attain plant & group KPI’s

What are we looking for?

• A Third Level Degree in the areas of Science or Engineering
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar role in a lean manufacturing environment
• The successful candidate will be required to work the site shift pattern and night shifts
• A decisive, motivated self-starter with a proven ability to bring new value adding ideas and solutions to the team
• Strong team player with an ability to influence both peer to peer and upwards
• Developed ability to build genuine and productive professional relationships
• Excellent listening skills, attention to detail, planning and organisational skills
• Excellent process improvement and problem-solving skills
• Data driven, with an understanding of lean manufacturing

What we offer
We understand our people are our special ingredient. We treat our employees with respect and offer an environment that is engaging, supportive and collaborative. We understand that employees require different supports at different stages of their working lives and our benefits, perks and programmes look to support your employee journey. We want to make you feel recognised and valued for your contribution to our shared success.

Some offerings include:

• Profit share; - An annual profit share scheme to reward your contribution to the company’s success.
• Product allowance; an annual allowance to spend on our portfolio of products and merchandise, for you to enjoy responsibly.
• People Development: We enable continuous development for our people at every stage of their careers through our people development, online learning, and leadership training programmes.
• Family leave: fully paid maternity, parent and paternity leave, allowing you spend precious time with your new family member.
• Parental Support: Our ‘Reconnect’ programme includes access to a workplace parenting coach, a phased return to work and a supportive environment for new parents
• Health & Wellbeing; Our Wellbeing Programme “THRIVE” supports employees across the three main pillars: Life, Body and Mind
• Charity Days: up to 2 days paid leave every year to volunteer at a charity of their choice

Like a well-blended whiskey, we believe that diverse perspectives make us better and we welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, orientations, and differences to create together the spirit that makes us great.
To learn more about our careers, go to our careers page
www.irishdistillers.ie/careers

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