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Woodford Reserve 2nd Shift Quality Control Specialist

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Location
Versailles, KY
Work Authorization
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Job overview

The 2nd Shift Quality Control Specialist supports Woodford Reserve’s whiskey bottling operations by testing raw materials, production samples, and finished products. The role helps maintain food safety and quality standards through equipment checks, documentation, audits, and collaboration on corrective actions. It also communicates quality issues to suppliers and internal partners and supports sensory analysis and training.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Analytical Testing, requiredResults Interpretation, requiredWritten Communication, requiredOral Communication, requiredRelationship Building, requiredMicrosoft Systems, requiredQuality Control, nice to haveFood Safety, nice to haveTTB Regulations, nice to haveSensory Discrimination, nice to haveAnalytical Equipment Operation, nice to haveLifting 50+ Pounds, requiredStanding for Extended Periods, requiredClimbing Steps, required

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Chemistry or Related, nice to have3-5 Years Beverage or Food Industry Experience, nice to haveQuality or Food Safety Certifications, nice to have

Full job description

Meaningful Work From Day One

Join Woodford Reserve as a 2nd Shift Quality Control Specialist and be part of our innovative whiskey production team. You'll play a key role in bottling operations, conducting qualitative analysis of raw materials and finished products, and ensuring food safety and quality standards. Your responsibilities include addressing packaging issues, maintaining lab equipment, and performing acceptance testing on new materials.

What You Can Expect

  • Analyze materials, production, by-product samples, and other samples to ensure they meet quality control requirements and directly communicate with suppliers as needed.

  • Perform data entry and analysis to maintain accurate production records and other data capture methods.

  • Suggest necessary adjustments and corrections during processing to ensure products meet standards.

  • Work with various departments to investigate problems and develop corrective and preventive actions to maintain or improve food safety and quality.

  • Perform routine maintenance and calibration verification of laboratory and production monitoring equipment to ensure compliance with standards.

  • Create and update quality documentation to ensure all processes are well-documented and up-todate and deliver relevant training.

  • Monitor routine sensory analysis and assist with interpreting and analyzing sensory results.

  • Perform Housekeeping & Sanitation and Quality System audits, and follow up with stakeholders to ensure corrective actions are implemented.

  • Demonstrate and ensure adherence to all Brown-Forman Quality & Food Safety Systems.

  • Use the Cost of Quality dashboard to effectively communicate quality non-conformances to vendors and internal partners, and document process deviations in the EtQ system.

What You Bring To The Table

  • Shift Hours - Monday - Friday 3:00 PM - 11:30 PM On-Site at Woodford Reserve.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Food Science or related science or 3-5 years experience in beverage alcohol/food industry.

  • Demonstrated ability to conduct analytical testing by following test methods and accurately interpreting results.

  • Demonstrated written and oral communication skills.

  • Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships.

  • Proficient with Microsoft systems.

  • Possess physical capabilities to safely satisfy work requirements within industrial work settings. Includes the expectations of bending and lifting heavy objects (50+lbs).

  • Able to work in a hot/cold, noisy work environment, climb steps/walk/stand for extended periods of time and tolerate exposure to alcohol fumes, carbon dioxide and grain dust (corn, rye, malted barley, wheat).

What Makes You Unique

  • Experience in the beverage or food industry.

  • Professional certifications related to Quality &/or Food Safety.

  • Knowledge of TTB regulations for Distilled Spirits Industry.

  • Demonstrated olfactory/sensory discriminating skill.

  • Proficient ability operating analytical equipment.

Who We Are

We believe great people build great brands. And we know there is Nothing Better in the Market than a career at Brown-Forman. Being a part of Brown-Forman means you will grow both personally and professionally. You will have the opportunity to solve problems, seize opportunities, and generate bold ideas. You will belong to a place where teamwork matters and where you are encouraged to bring your best self to work.

What We Offer

Total Rewards at Brown-Forman is designed to engage our people to ensure sustainable and profitable growth for generations to come. As a premium spirits company, we offer equitable pay structures for individual and company performance alongside a premium employee experience. We offer a range of premium benefits that reflect our company values and meet the needs of our diverse workforce.#LI

Brown-Forman Corporation is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. It is the policy of Brown-Forman Corporation to provide full and equal employment opportunities to all employees and potential employees without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status.

Business Area: Global Supply Chain

Function: Quality

City: Versailles

State: Kentucky

Country: USA

Req ID: JR-00010567

How this job compares

Set against the 1,407 open Quality Control jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$80–131K/yr395 salary ranges
  • US median$24–29/hr438 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 25 open Quality Control jobs in Kentucky and 1,407 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Kentucky
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Quality Control postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (999 postings).
Education
323 of the 1,407 open Quality Control jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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