QA Lab Shift Lead — Quality & Food Safety

The Coca-Cola Company; Ballina; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Coca-Cola Company is seeking a Laboratory Shift Manager at its Ballina site in Ireland. This shift-based role drives quality assurance and food safety, leading a diverse lab team to ensure testing and release of ingredients and finished products to Coca-Cola standards.

You will work with global network colleagues, uphold ISO/IEC 17025 and GLP, and implement continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining strong communication across plant operations.

Qualifications

• Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry or related Life Science.
• People management / Supervisory experience required.
• Minimum 5 years Laboratory or QA industrial experience.
• Familiarity with ISO/IEC 17025:2017 requirements.
• Qualification in Continuous Improvement is desirable.
• Proven ability to work with SAP enterprise system.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Analytical decision making and problem solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple conflicting demands and to prioritize accordingly.
• Fluent written and spoken English and strong communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate a multi-skilled Laboratory team and ensure the efficient delivery of all Laboratory activities to schedule.
• Ensure that all ingredients, finished products and intermediate products are tested and released in accordance with procedures set forth in The Coca-Cola Company Requirements.
• Implementation of Company requirements to ensure compliance with the policies, procedures, and practices of The Coca-Cola Company.
• Ensure compliance to ISO 17025 Laboratory Management Systems.
• Implementation and management of Laboratory GLP requirements.
• Management of the Laboratory Training requirements and Corrective Action Program.
• Embed operational excellence and a continuous improvement culture within the laboratory to deliver improvements through lean principles and systems.
• Ensure processes and equipment validation are carried out in accordance with company and regulatory requirements.
• Management of the Internal/ external audit program, liaising with corporate and external registrars/governmental agencies
• Development of associate competencies/skills ensuring the highest levels of engagement and team capability.
• Develop and implement Performance Development plans for associates.
• Provide support to plant wide improvement activities and lean initiatives.
• Participate in local, regional and global distributed work teams as required.
• Management of the Laboratory consumable and Equipment VMI.

Skills

People management

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Prioritization

English fluency

Travel flexibility

Education

Degree in Food Science/ Chemistry/ Biochemistry or related Life Science

Tools

SAP

Job description

The Coca-Cola Company is seeking a Laboratory Shift Manager at its Ballina site in Ireland. This shift-based role drives quality assurance and food safety, leading a diverse lab team to ensure testing and release of ingredients and finished products to Coca-Cola standards.

You will work with global network colleagues, uphold ISO/IEC 17025 and GLP, and implement continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining strong communication across plant operations.