Vacancies – Quality Associate

Mergon Group is a leading supplier of innovative plastic products to world class customers in the automotive, healthcare and industrial sectors. The Group has manufacturing operations in Ireland, the US, Czech Republic, UK and Mexico.

Mergon International currently have opportunities for a Quality Associate to join our team at the Castlepollard plant in Co. Westmeath. This is a full-time, permanent role.

As a Quality Associate, you will part of the QA team, representing the customer at Mergon International.

Overview of responsibilities:

Adhere to quality procedures and specifications.
Coordinate the collection and packing of customer samples.
Ensure retain samples are kept and logged for all medical batches.
Responsibility to monitor production, highlight and resolve nonadherence to quality procedures and specifications.
Assist in resolving quality related issues in production (screening of product / decision on product), ensuring issues are documented correctly.
Partake in team investigations for customer complaints as requested.
Carry out product audits.
Complete First Piece, In process and Certificate of Analysis (COA’s) for medical, and as required for industrial and automotive products.
Issue batch documentation including data record sheets (First Piece, In Process), labels, etc to production upon start-up of medical batches.
Perform product inspection where required.
Complete product measurements including DOE, for validation purposes.
Carry out production operator training to ensure that operators understand all relevant specification and procedures.

Key Relationships:

Quality Assurance Personnel: To work as part of the Quality Team.
Ops leads / Production Manager: To liaise on Quality issues .
Production Personnel: Training on product Quality requirements & procedures.
Engineering Department: To liaise on Quality Issues.

Desirable Background:

Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
Experience working in a Quality Assurance role is desired but not essential.
Strong interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills.
Strong attention to detail skills regarding product specification and maintaining documentation.

The above is not exhaustive. Other duties and responsibilities may be added as the employee’s immediate supervisor deems appropriate.

The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 30th October 2026.

Panel

Candidates should note that at the end of the candidate assessment process, a panel of successful candidates may be formed based on order of merit, from which future positions may be filled.

Quality Associate

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