Quality Assurance Manager

Position: Quality Assurance Manager

Location: Austin, TX Metro Area

Annual Salary: $60,000 - $70,000

Annual Bonus Target: 10%

This position, reporting to the Director, Production Operations, is responsible for managing all quality assurance-related activities at our distillery in Austin, TX and our bottling plant in Manor, TX. In addition to bottling Still Austin’s flagship and award-winning whiskeys and gin, the Manor facility provides contract blending, bottling, and packaging services catering to the craft spirits industry and operating as Texas

Spirits Bottling Company. A critical element of this role is creating, and sustaining, a “quality first” mindset within all members of our distilling and bottling teams.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited, to:

• Enhancing and sustaining Still Austin’s quality assurance programs, including our Quality

Monitoring Scheme, which defines what is monitored, its frequency, and expected outcome, for every step of our operation from raw material receipt to putting finished product in the warehouse

• Ensuring compliance with all applicable regulatory and legal requirements
• Creating and sustaining the required analytical capabilities – people, equipment, and process

– for both distilling and bottling operations

• Setting our hygiene and sanitation standards
• Developing the quality monitoring standards for our co-packed products
• Instituting a HACCP program
• Developing and delivering any required training material to our leadership and frontline associates
• Establishing a track and trace program, including maintaining a reference library

Qualifications:

• College degree preferred
• Experience in the spirits industry highly preferred – distilling, batching/blending, and bottling
• A proven track record in a succession of larger or broader roles in the quality control/assurance field
• Experience in creating, implementing, and sustaining end-to-end quality management programs
• Wet chemistry experience required
• Statistical Process Control (SPC) experience highly preferred
• Six Sigma experience and certification a plus
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Strong communication, relationship building, and presentation skills
• Demonstrates and models a high degree of honesty, integrity, and personal character
• Ability to operate in a team environment

Benefits

• Health insurance covering medical, dental, and vision
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Participation in company stock options grant program

440 East St. Elmo, Building F, Austin, TX 78745

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Manor, TX 78653: Reliably commute or willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Quality control: 7 years (Required)
• Microsoft Powerpoint: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location