Quality Engineer 1

About the role

We are seeking a Quality Engineer to join our team. This is a Full-time position with a Temporary duration of 9 months.

Responsibilities

• Apply and support quality systems
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure products meet company standards, regulatory requirements, and brand protection expectations
• Serve as a key quality liaison, supporting supplier performance, driving audits and corrective actions, and helping teams stay aligned on quality objectives
• Solve problems, analyze data, and work across functions to improve performance
• Investigate opportunities to increase competitiveness, improve throughput, reduce operational costs, and implement quality-focused policies, procedures, and systems
• Facilitate root-cause analysis, apply statistical techniques to quality and sampling decisions, develop reports and scorecards, and share findings with stakeholders to support informed action and continuous improvement
• Support supplier qualification, onsite production investigations, risk management, test method development, regulatory certification, and quality verification activities
• Balance technical insight with strong communication, sound judgment, and a commitment to follow-through

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Enology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Microbiology, or Biology plus 2 years of quality assurance/quality control, production, operations, winemaking, or engineering experience reflecting increasing levels or responsibility
• OR, High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 6 years of quality assurance/quality control, production, operations, winemaking, or engineering experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility

Qualifications

• Research and problem-solving skills
• Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Required to be 18 years or older

Skills

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, plus 1 year of quality assurance systems management experience reflecting increasing levels or responsibility
• Experience auditing food safety or quality systems
• Manufacturing experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated team building, leadership and mentoring skills
• Demonstrated use of root cause analysis or Lean tools
• Experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts and drawing valid conclusions
• Experience making effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and boards of directors
• Skilled in applying principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
• Skilled in applying mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, or factor analysis
• Experience building relationships and influencing organizational functions such as Operations, Engineering, Supplier Development, and Supply Chain
• Skilled in the use of Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint at an intermediate level; additionally, experienced in LiveLink, Minitab, WineManager, and LIMS
• Experience with Food and Beverage industry best practices, FDA regulations, and quality systems
• Experience effectively responding to sensitive inquiries and complaints
• Excellent organization and negotiation skills
• Experience handling multiple projects and effectively managing timelines
• American Society for Quality (ASQ) CQE/CQA Certifications

Benefits & Perks

To view the full job description, please click here. We are committed to providing competitive compensation, perks, and a culture that supports your well-being. Benefits depend on your work category and may include medical and dental coverage, 401k plans, profit sharing, pet insurance, company holidays, access to an employee wine shop, and more!