Plant Quality and Food Safety Technician

Coca-Cola HBC (Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company) is a bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company. Coca-Cola HBC is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland and has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listing on the Athens Exchange. The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company and operates in more than 200 countries. Life at Coca-Cola HBC is fast-paced and challenging, with fair rewards and exciting learning opportunities. We promote an inclusive workplace, value diverse views and opinions and always appoint the best person for the job, ensuring equality in our shortlists and appointments. Take up the challenge. Join us! We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Plant Quality and Food Safety Technician

Location: Nigeria

Job Description

We're looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Plant Quality & Food Safety Technician to join our Quality & Sustainability Team. Are you passionate about quality assurance, food safety, laboratory operations, and ensuring products consistently meet the highest standards? This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in protecting our brands by supporting product quality, food safety compliance, laboratory excellence, and continuous improvement within a world-class manufacturing environment. What You'll Do Perform beverage quality tests including brix, carbonation, taste, appearance, date code, torque, fill height, net content, and other quality parameters in line with company standards and testing frequencies Ensure all bottling equipment is inspected before and during production and escalate any issues that may impact product quality or food safety Investigate out-of-specification results and support the implementation of corrective actions Monitor and validate laboratory and production equipment performance, including ASEBI systems Monitor Critical Control Points (CCPs) and Operational Prerequisite Programs (OPRPs) and escalate deviations promptly Support initiatives aimed at reducing product loss and improving operational efficiency Ensure compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), food safety, environmental, health and safety standards Maintain laboratory reagents, ensuring they are available, valid, properly labelled, and fit for use Support raw material and packaging quality management processes across the plant Partner with Production, Engineering, and Quality teams to maintain world-class product standards. What We're Looking For HND or B.Sc. in Applied Sciences or a related discipline Minimum of 6 months' experience within a food or beverage manufacturing environment Strong understanding of quality assurance and food safety principles Technical dexterity and laboratory operations experience Computer literacy and ability to work with laboratory systems and equipment Strong communication and interpersonal skills Attention to detail and good organizational skills Problem-solving ability and experience managing quality-related issues Ability to work independently and within a team environment Ability to work a 3-shift rotational pattern.