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Laboratory Shift Manager
Position Overview:
Ballina Beverages is a start of the art manufacturing plant and is part of the Coca-Cola Business System. The Laboratory Shift Manager is a key member of the Ballina Beverages wider management team and plays an important role in the development and implementation of Quality Assurance and Food Safety strategies for the site. The key priorities of the role involve leading and motivating a multi-skilled Laboratory team while ensuring that all Quality Laboratory requirements are delivered for the Ballina plant.
What you will do for us:
• Maintain safety systems within our Laboratory.
• Lead and motivate a multi-skilled professional 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.
• Ensure compliance with the policies, procedures, and practices.
• Ensure compliance to ISO 17025 Laboratory Management Systems.
• Implementation and management of Laboratory GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) 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.
• 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.
Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
