Quality Assurance Engineer

This role involves coordinating quality control and quality improvement activities across multiple manufacturing plants to ensure compliance with Coca-Cola standards and relevant legal regulations. The position focuses on driving national supply chain quality initiatives, managing environmental compliance, and supporting sustainability efforts within the production network.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead and coordinate national Supply Chain Quality initiatives across all seven manufacturing plants to maintain consistent quality standards.
- Monitor, analyze, and trend customer complaints to identify recurring issues and opportunities for improvement.
- Coordinate root cause analysis (RCA) investigations for quality incidents, ensuring effective corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) are implemented.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance digital quality dashboards for KPI monitoring, performance reporting, and data-driven decision making.
- Serve as the primary contact for environmental compliance and sustainability-related quality programs across all plants.
- Liaise with regulatory bodies, including Food Authorities, Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA), and other government regulators, to ensure compliance and manage audits.
- Conduct regular plant visits to assess adherence to quality, environmental, and regulatory standards.
- Perform assessments and audits of Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) to verify operational effectiveness and regulatory compliance.
- Drive implementation and compliance with KORE and other regulatory requirements related to environment, sustainability, waste management, and water stewardship.
- Lead national initiatives focusing on environmental compliance, wastewater management, scrap and waste reduction, and sustainability projects.
- Monitor scrap generation trends, identify reduction opportunities, and support plants in executing improvement initiatives.
- Support the development and deployment of environmental and sustainability standards, procedures, and best practices.
- Track and report environmental, quality, and food safety performance metrics at the national level.
- Assist with internal and external audits related to quality systems, environmental compliance, and sustainability requirements.
- Prepare periodic management reports, presentations, and performance reviews for senior leadership.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably in Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience in quality control and quality improvement within a manufacturing or supply chain environment.
- Strong knowledge of environmental compliance, sustainability practices, and regulatory frameworks.
- Experience conducting root cause analysis and managing corrective and preventive actions.
- Ability to develop and utilize digital dashboards and reporting tools for monitoring key performance indicators.
- Excellent communication and coordination skills to work effectively with multiple plants and regulatory agencies.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

- Experience working within the beverage or food production industry is advantageous.
- Familiarity with KORE and other regulatory compliance systems related to environment and sustainability.
- Demonstrated leadership in driving national quality and environmental initiatives.
- Opportunity to contribute to sustainability projects and environmental stewardship at a national scale.
- Exposure to cross-functional collaboration with regulatory bodies and senior leadership.

This position offers a challenging opportunity to lead quality and environmental compliance efforts across multiple manufacturing sites, ensuring both product excellence and adherence to sustainability goals.