Quality Engineer

nship, an unwavering commitment to sustainability and top talent across the organization. We are focused on driving value across key priorities including American whiskey, Japanese Spirits, Scotch, Tequila and Ready-to-Drink. Headquartered in New York City, Suntory Global Spirits is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings, which is world renowned for delivering quality and excellence across a range of products and categories

Role Responsibilities

• Ensuring all package quality standards are achieved throughout the bottling operation.

• Ensure all incoming raw material quality standards are achieved

• Ability to work with outside groups/departments with new product develop launches

• Member of a team leading the largest manufacturing plant within the Beam Suntory network

• Highly motivated individual who can operate independently

• Responsible for the implementation and maintenance of all incoming material procedures/processes

• Responsible for following all ISO 9001/22000 standards for the site to ensure that certification is maintained

Additional Roles and Responsibilities

• Promote quality, environmental, health and safety achievement and performance improvement throughout the organization

• Participate in global work teams

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements

• Ensure tests and procedures are understood and properly carried out

• Ensures quality procedures, work instructions and associated documentation are properly developed, reviewed, implemented and updated

• Reviews all packaging quality equipment needs and responsible for overseeing all maintenance/calibration are carried out to ensure we are meeting our compliance to standards

• Responsible for ensuring timely completion/investigation of all supplier quality issues

• Working with the suppliers to build continuous improvement initiatives to support the production needs

Quality Team Member Responsibilities

• Run the DMA and perform basic troubleshooting of the equipment

• Support Mock recall process

• Run the GC and GC/MS for sample analysis

• Must be able to support the sample retention facility to include organization, retains on shelf and removing expired retains by the direction of quality management

• Perform testing analysis on any warehouse samples for processing the liquid

• Must be willing and able to perform daily sensory evaluations or taste products

• Must be able to perform testing analysis on jug dona and yeast

• Test, approve, and report test samples. Run sample test on finished and bulk product and set up organoleptic evaluations. Report all discrepancies.

• Maintain documentation in accordance with ISO requirements.

• Partner with ISO owner to support internal/external needs for audits and maintain documentation in accordance with ISO requirements.

• Conduct routine sample preparation, instrumentation analysis, data entry, routine reporting and distribution.

• Support and train on quality processes and troubleshooting of equipment

• Run the DMA and perform basic troubleshooting of the equipment

• Support Mock recall process

• Run the GC and GC/MS for sample analysis

• Must be able to support the sample retention facility to include organization, retains on shelf and removing expired retains by the direction of quality management

• Perform testing analysis on any warehouse samples for processing the liquid

• Must be willing and able to perform daily sensory evaluations or taste products

• Must be able to perform testing analysis on jug dona and yeast

• Test, approve, and report test samples. Run sample test on finished and bulk product and set up organoleptic evaluations. Report all discrepancies.

• Maintain documentation in accordance with ISO requirements.

• Partner with ISO owner to support internal/external needs for audits and maintain documentation in accordance with ISO requirements.

• Conduct routine sample preparation, instrumentation analysis, data entry, routine reporting and distribution.

• Support and train on quality processes and troubleshooting of equipment

Additional Quality Team Member Responsibilities

• Set up Taste Panel and other organoleptic analysis.

• Must be able to work all production shifts including overtime

• Support the quality team and lab as needed

• Data entry and pulling reports from SAP

• Perform quality audit in the bottling department

• Identify and implement any cost reduction measures specific to your area

• Leader in creating an inclusive culture to support our Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

• Support and be an advocate of continuous improvement initiatives that improve the safety, quality and efficiency of our operations including ISO audits

• Support and implement all Company Policies and adherence to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, specifically the grievance procedure

• Safety is everyone's responsibility; identify risks and report violations, near misses, or injuries immediately

• Knowledge of GMP's, safety standards, quality standards and demonstrated ability to react and communicate effectively to issues

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years applicable production/quality experience within the last 10 years

• Experience in the ISO 9001/22000 standard

• Demonstrate the ability to conduct independent research and provide written reports & analysis based on that research

• Demonstrate the ability to use problem solving/root cause analysis tools

• Good communication skills including presentations, negotiations, meeting facilitation and producing written documents

• Excellent working knowledge of the TTB regulations

• Ability to organize, prioritize and complete multiple tasks with accuracy and attention to detail under limited supervision and within established time frames

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to deal effectively and diplomatically with company personnel at all levels of management with demonstrated leadership

• Must be willing and able to taste alcoholic beverages

At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant's skills and experience.

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