About the role

Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, this is a hands on role with responsibility for supporting quality assurance and food safety across three manufacturing sites.

You'll work closely with production teams and key stakeholders to ensure food safety and quality systems are maintained, certifications remain current and opportunities for improvement are identified and acted upon.

This is an opportunity for an experienced quality professional to have a genuine influence on the way quality and food safety are managed across the business.

What you'll be doing

• Maintain and manage GFSI and industry certifications including SQF, HACCP, Woolworths, CFSMR, Aldi and Costco requirements
• Conduct quality investigations to demonstrate effective root cause analysis and responsive follow up on corrective & preventive actions. Maintain non-conformance register.
• Coordinate HACCP verification and validation activities, including prerequisite programs and documentation reviews
• Deliver HACCP, food safety and quality training, inductions and maintain training records
• Lead cleaning, sanitation and environmental monitoring programs
• Manage product sampling and laboratory submissions and verify products are manufactured to specification
• Conduct internal audits and monthly GMP audits across the sites
• Investigate customer complaints and quality issues, including root cause analysis and corrective and preventative actions
• Maintain quality documentation, specifications, registers and document control systems
• Work closely with production teams to drive First Time Quality and continuous improvement initiatives
• Prepare for and participate in customer, certification and regulatory audits
• Support new product development and process improvement activities
• Help foster a positive culture of food safety and quality across all levels of the organisation