Job Description :

Quality Assurance Technician 

Dublin, Ireland 

12 month Fixed-Term Contract 

Closing date: 08/08/2025 

 

Join our Supply Chain and Manufacturing Team 

 

Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations. 

Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture. 

 

About the Team 

 

We are delighted to share that we have an opportunity for a Quality Assurance Technician to join one of our Bailey’s production sites, Nangor Road, Dublin.   

  

As the world's number one selling liqueur brand, the importance of the work we do here is hard to understate. Our indulgent blend of aged Irish whiskey and luscious dairy cream, with hints of cocoa and vanilla, is loved the world over and sold in over a hundred and sixty countries. Our dedicated, experienced and skilled team produces and bottles 8.9 million cases each year.  

 

 

About the Role 

 

As a Quality Assurance Technician, you’ll be at the forefront of driving the quality initiatives on the Baileys site.  This role will have site-wide responsibilities and is key to ensuring the site achieves its KPIs in the quality function.  

  

The quality initiatives stretch across all sections of the business and have responsibility within all sections of the plant. You will work closely with people from all levels of the business, and third parties associated.  

  

Key responsibilities include:  

  

Coaching, influencing, and developing team members across the site while delivering quality and hygiene-focused training sessions to the operations team.  

Ensuring all manufactured goods are being produced according to quality specifications and complying with government regulations and standards.  

Conducting microbiological and shelf-life analysis, interpreting results, and following up on raw materials testing.  

Managing the order of lab consumables, thereby accounting for and reducing waste and losses.  

Collating data and preparing reports containing information related to quality, such as KPI data, supplier faults, inter-site comparison of results against those of suppliers, and delivering monthly data reports to both Baileys sites and the wider business.  

Daily managing of the lab, including ordering consumables and preparing reagents.  

 

 

 
 

About You     

 

We are looking for a dynamic person with great technical capability combined with first class interpersonal and communication skills who loves to challenge the status quo; proactively looks for continuous improvement opportunities and is looking to help develop best operational practice in the workplace.   

 

In addition: 

 

Ideally you’ll have a degree in a food science or an equivalent qualification and relevant experience  

Advanced food hygiene certificate  

Experience of using microbiological analysis techniques and interpreting results  

Knowledge of ISO standards  

Practical experience of conducting a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Plan  

Drive to deliver, focus and prioritise whilst having the courage to challenge ways of working  

An inquisitive nature and ability to generate ideas in order to help improve overall performance  

Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with colleagues at all levels and departments of the organisation  

  

 

Shifts  

  

Shift patterns for this role rotate every 2 weeks and are as follows: 

 

Mon – Thurs - 7am – 4pm 

 

Mon – Thurs – 3pm – 12am 

 

During peak months (July – November), you will be required to work every 2nd Friday. 

 

 

Working with Us 

 

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. 

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. 

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world. 

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you! 

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application. 

 

 

 

 

Worker Type :

Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)

Primary Location:

Nangor Road

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-08-01