Laboratory Technician

**Laboratory Technician**
- **Free healthcare, life insurance and monthly product allowance (Beer, Cider, RTD's and 0.0% options)**:

- **Competitive Salary with opportunities to grow**:

- **A respectful management team who supports learning & development.**

**About us**

When you join DB Breweries, you join the global HEINEKEN whanau, where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, contribute their ideas, learn and grow as part of one of the largest beer and cider brewing companies in the world spanning 70 countries.

We believe diverse views make great brews, and the vibe in our team is very much reflected in our four values**:PASSION **for consumers and customers, **CARE **for people and planet, **ENJOYMENT **of life, and **COURAGE **to dream and pioneer. We offer a great range of employee benefits and positive culture which includes:

- Free health, life and income protection insurances.
- 5% employer contribution to your KiwiSaver.
- Free monthly allowance of beer, RTDs, cider or zero alcohol beverages.
- 20% employee discount at Star Hospitality venues (Kapura and Joylab restaurants and bars).
- ‘Enjoyment of Life' leave (an extra day each year to do something you enjoy).
- A range of other benefits including generous parental leave provisions, free confidential counselling support, digital wills, feminine hygiene products, retail discounts and more.
- Free learning and wellbeing tools and leadership development programmes.
- As a member of Mind The Gap, we’re committed to addressing gender pay gaps and we’ve also supported the Pacific Pay Gap Inquiry.
- Flexible work arrangements for roles that can be performed remotely including work-from-home up to two days each week.
- Free parking.

**About this job**
- Provide a laboratory service to the wider business that is of a high quality standard, accurate, timely and cost effective.
- Continuous improvement of systems.
- Provide a technical resource to the wider business as needs arise.
- Assist in the development and implementation of the Heineken Laboratory Star System (LSS)
- Embrace and practice TPM methodology.
- Conformance to systems and procedures in place
- Contribute to the quality system by ensuring the maintenance of standards, procedures and systems in accordance with the wider company quality system and the Heineken Laboratory Star System.
- Maintain a safe work environment.
- Participate in the Company SMI by continuously contributing Safety ideas and observations and working to resolve any safety issues within your work area
- Maintain competence in core tasks/analyses and providing training to others.

**About you**
- Tertiary qualification
- Science, technology, or food technology
- Diploma in Brewing (Preferrable)
- 1-2 years’ experience.
- Production laboratory experience
- Auditing knowledge
- Familiarity with TPM,Lean, 6 Sigma or other improvement philosophies
- Familiarity with ISO 17025 work environment
- Sensory evaluation