Senior QA Coordinator

About the Company Our client is a well-established food manufacturing business with a strong focus on food safety, quality and operational excellence.

An immediate temporary opportunity has become available for an experienced food safety and quality professional to join the technical team and provide hands-on support across food safety, quality systems and compliance.

About the Role The Senior Food Safety & Quality Systems Specialist will play a key role in maintaining and improving food safety and quality systems across the operation. This is a hands-on position suited to someone who can step into the business quickly and take ownership across auditing, verification, HACCP, compliance and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as a subject matter expert across food safety and quality systems
• Driving improvements across quality systems and process control
• Supporting and maintaining HACCP and food safety plans
• Managing internal and external audit programs
• Conducting GMP, food safety and quality audits
• Managing corrective actions and ensuring timely close-out
• Coordinating verification activities across the operation
• Supporting environmental monitoring and microbiological testing programs
• Investigating product quality complaints and non-conformances
• Supporting shelf-life validation and verification activities
• Maintaining quality registers, documentation, specifications and SOPs
• Supporting supplier compliance against agreed specifications
• Analysing quality data and identifying continuous improvement opportunities
• Training and coaching employees on quality systems and processes
• Supporting third-party and customer audits
• Monitoring compliance with food safety and quality requirements

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced food safety and quality professional who can hit the ground running, work autonomously and make an immediate impact within a busy manufacturing environment.

Skills & Experience To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualification in Food Science, Food Technology or a related discipline
• Proven experience in food safety, quality or technical roles within food manufacturing
• Strong knowledge of HACCP and food safety systems
• Experience with internal and external auditing
• Strong understanding of GMP and quality systems
• Experience managing corrective actions and non-conformances
• Exposure to microbiological testing and environmental monitoring
• Understanding of food industry regulatory requirements
• Experience with continuous improvement and process improvement
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to influence, coach and drive change
• Immediate availability or ability to commence at short notice

How to Apply If you're an experienced food safety and quality professional available immediately and looking for a hands-on temporary opportunity, please apply below or contact Jack Tillig ([email protected]). #SCR-jack-tillig