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Diageo Quality Assurance Technician in Sydney, Australia

Job Description :

While the name Diageo may be unfamiliar to you, our brands have most likely been with you while you create unforgettable moments of connection and celebration. Imagine crafting the future some of the most well-loved spirits brands across the world, including Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Bundaberg Rum and building possibilities within growing brands such as Don Julio, Ciroc, Reeftip and Aviation Gin. By joining Diageo Australia, you will inspire an exceptional team around you, with offices and teams working from 8 locations across Australia, to build incredible performance and unleash your own potential.

What will your role be?

As a member of the Governance Team your role will be to ensure that the quality of production meets the product specifications, whilst striving for continuous quality improvement and minimising costs to the business.

What does this role look like for you?

  • At all times adhere to Diageo health and safety, environmental and food safety standards, and work to all applicable legislative procedures.

  • Conduct relevant routine process control and analytical testing of in-process materials and finished products to ensure compliance to company specifications and record and report as required

  • Accurately perform test methods as documented, use, maintain and perform routine calibration of laboratory equipment

  • Identify and isolate non-conforming materials or products and follow through to ensure corrective and preventative action is taken

  • Conduct line audits and process control monitoring to continuously improve housekeeping, safety, work practices and customer service, and performance

  • Problem solving on real time basis, working with all key areas of the work team (quality/trades/production)

  • Work with Operators and team leaders to play a proactive role in situational problem solving on shift. Fixing problems and finding solutions via RCPS

  • Review closure of actions raised

  • Input into Root cause analysis on recurring or major issues

  • Contribute and execute tasks in DMAIC Focused Improvement projects, lead projects where appropriate

  • Engage in start of shift meetings and performance based team meetings to raise and address persistent performance issues.

  • Anticipate issues and be more proactive in approach

What will you bring to the table?

  • Science degree in Analytical Chemistry or Related Discipline, or Food Technology, ideal but not required.

  • Significant Quality Control experience preferred in a manufacturing environment, with process control or food/beverage analysis experience

  • Previous experience with analytical test equipment is preferred, i.e. HPLC, GC/FID

  • Previous experience with packaging material is preferred

  • Root Cause Problem Solving skills

  • Team and customer orientated

  • Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines

  • PC skills and in experience with using SAP

  • Familiarity with HACCP, GMP, Quality systems, and food safety guidelines

  • Working knowledge of SAP, Harford

What are the benefits?

We are an organisation that creates products that are part of celebrations, and our culture reflects this. At Diageo, you will have the ability to work flexibly to ensure you can unlock your own potential through creating bold plans and executing your vision.

You will also be rewarded through competitive salary and monetary benefits including bonus, flexible leave entitlements and product allowance as well as being supported via non-monetary benefits including an industry leading parental leave policy, volunteering days and workplace giving, and subscriptions to mental health and fitness platforms.

Our commitment to inclusion and diversity:

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

At Diageo, we pride ourselves on our fast paced, bold and agile culture. In order to ensure we’re supporting the performance ambitions of our team, applications for this role will close 9th August 2024.

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Huntingwood

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2024-07-26

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.

Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.

With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.

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