Quality Specialist

Function: Brewery Operations
Location: Hereford
Salary: Up to £41,650 base depending on experience, plus full benefits listed below.
 
Contract: Permanent 

Closing Date: 5th April 2024.  Please note, that we may close vacancies early when we receive significant numbers of applications.

As the nation’s leading pub, cider and beer company and the name behind a host of brilliant brands, we’re looking for equally brilliant people to help us on our journey to building a better future.

There’s so much more to HEINEKEN than meets the eye and right now, we’re looking for a Quality Specialist to join our Brewery Operations Team!

About the role
The Quality Specialist supports the production process control installation, verification and data analysis. You’ll be the go-to person to support any quality issues and NPI projects, contributing to our achievements of product and process specifications and First Time Right to improve product quality and reduce customer complaints.

You’ll also create and maintain appropriate data tracking systems and analyse results and trends to support the development of appropriate countermeasures, actions, and improvement team priorities.

 Other accountabilities:

• Act as key site contact with the Quality Dept, SSH and external parties to ensure the resolution of all quality and technical issues and successful implementation of improvement opportunities.
• Work with suppliers, material specifications and any license/franchise requirements to improve and maintain the Quality Management System.
• Liaise with other sites and with SSH to benchmark, develop and implement “best practices” for all technical/quality processes.
• Support Site TPM activity and play an active role as a member of the PQ Pillar to improve the delivery of customer and consumer quality.
• Provide functional guidance, coaching of colleagues and technical and process training on-site and train others in the use of TPM methodology to improve technical skills.

Who we’re looking for:

We’re looking for an analytical and organised individual who can work to improve and maintain product quality and packaging processes to support the site’s KPIs. On top of a clear understanding of TPM, you may also have:

• Science or Engineering Degree or similar
• Institute & Guild of Brewing Diploma and/or Packaging Diploma or similar
• Experience in a similar manufacturing environment.
• Experience working with materials suppliers

If the above sounds like you, we’d like to hear from you!
 

Our benefits and rewards

• Annual bonus
• Flexible Benefits Allowance
• Double-matched pension (up to 10%)
• 35 days holiday (holiday trading available)
• Retail discounts
• A monthly case of our delicious ciders and beers (low and no alcohol options available)
• Unique learning and development opportunities

…And much more! Check out our Why Join Us page if you’d like more information.

You’ll also get the opportunity to join our colleague networks, in which people from across the business connect to help champion diversity, equity and inclusion, ensuring we’re continuing to give people a voice.

The application

If you like what you’ve read and are ready to brew a better career with us, let’s get going! We may close vacancies early where we receive lots of applications, so don’t delay! 

If you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example if you require information in different formats, or if you have any accessibility issues, then we’re more than happy to review our processes – please feel free to get in touch with us at recruitment@heineken.co.uk.

You might feel that you don’t meet every single requirement for this role, and that’s okay – we all need the opportunity to develop and untap our full potential. If this advert’s piqued your interest, we’d encourage you to submit an application rather than ruling yourself out. You never know – you may be exactly what we’re looking for!

Who we are

We’re the world’s most international brewer and the name behind a host of brilliant beers and ciders, from Birra Moretti, to Strongbow, to Cruzcampo and many more.

It’s a fantastic time to join us. We’re leading the way in low and no alcohol innovation, pioneering new technologies to meet our ambitious environmental goals and investing in our pubs to keep them at the centre of their communities.

When you join us, we’ll back you to reach your full potential. You’ll enjoy unique development opportunities, unforgettable experiences and a reward package that goes far beyond the salary you receive.

If you want to hear more about life at HEINEKEN from our colleagues, head over to LinkedIn and check out the hashtag #LifeatHEINEKENUK.

There’s no better place to untap your future. Join us, and brew a better career.