Quality Assurance Lead

Job Description

Are you looking for new challenges and personal growth within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Then we have a great opportunity for you!
Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect?
Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing?
Will you make an impact with your desire to win?

What you become part of:

Edmonton Operations produce 50 million cases of drinks per year across their 7 manufacturing lines. The site can produce up to 142,000 litres of drink every hour consisting of both PET and Glass bottling. Edmonton is the only site in GB to produce our Oasis Drinks. There are over 200 people across Manufacturing, QESH and Engineering, experience here can lead to excellent career opportunities both in Edmonton and further afield across other GB sites and Pan-European locations.

Job Purpose
Ensure all Quality and Food Safety requirements are followed within their Performance Cell / Area.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and coach the Lab Technicians team to ensure maximisation of individual and team performance.
• Manage the team short term labour planning including absenteeism, holidays, leaves, etc
• Support Production Managers for correct management of all Quality, Environmental, Safety & Health topics through advice and training of all members within the Performance Cell / Area
• Manage the complaints process affecting their Performance Cell / Area from: opening and executing the investigation, establishing Action Plans to avoid repetitive issues and ensure its implementation
• Support all QESH audits within the Performance Cell / Area, preparing the Action Plans from the audits observations and ensure its implementation
• Support and participate with the Engineering & Technology department in New Investments or initiatives within the Performance Cell / Area
• Manage and track QESH KBI’s within the Performance Cell / Area and implement improvement actions when they are off track
• Participate in Operational Excellence projects as required

Experience preferred

• A degree in Science or Food related discipline
• Experience FMCG production including laboratory, preferably in the beverage industry
• Food microbiological knowledge
• FSSC 22000

The closing date for applications is 06/05/26. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure you are considered for this role, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks.
We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.

From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider

We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.