Quality Manager
- **Location**:
- Mawson Lakes - South Australia
- **Work Type**:
- Permanent
- **Salary**:
- AU$100000 - AU$120000 per annum + Superannuation
- **Reference**:
- 23918
- **Seeking your next long-term opportunity in a challenging and rewarding role?**
**Company profile**:
We have an opportunity for an experienced Quality Manager to join our client's manufacturing site in Adelaide.
This position is responsible for driving the quality of exciting and delicious fresh chilled short-shelf-life products for our client's retail and food service customers.
Your role would be to ensure site standards are kept consistently high and compliant with both regulatory and customer requirements. You will be responsible for your factory-facing QA team, implementing and maintaining SQF, WSE and Coles food safety and quality systems, company specifications and driving best practice standards and continuous improvement contributing to the evolution of the National Quality Management System.
**Key focuses & responsibilities will include**:
- Ensure that the site requirements of HACCP are implemented, maintained and achieved
- Maintain certification to SQF, WSE and Coles food safety and quality systems, in line with the National programme.
- Training of staff to work within Standard Operating Procedures and practices while maintaining a Food Safe environment
- Support product development and innovation by monitoring all process steps to ensure quality and regulatory compliance
- Implementation, analyses and reporting of verification activities including internal systems and GMP audits, microbiological and chemical (including allergen) tests of the finished product, facility and processes
- Management of external audits including reporting, collation of NCRs / CARs, and driving NCRs / CAR closure in a timely fashion to meet customer requirements.
**Position essentials**:
To be successful you will have a Tertiary Science degree in relevant discipline (e.g., Microbiology, Food Science or Food Technology) and/or experience in a food quality/Manager role within a food manufacturing environment, in addition to holding a current certificate in HACCP Principles & Applications and internal audit training.
You will also be able to demonstrate experience in the following:
- Working with the major retailers and hosting on site visits
- SQF, WSE and Coles audit experience.
- Leading a team, building rapport and driving a quality culture
- Working with chilled convenience products and high risk/high care manufacturing protocols
- Strong written and verbal skills
- Effective communication skills, including the ability to develop productive working
**How to Apply**:
To get yourself in front of this amazing opportunity to set you on the path of a permanent position that will grow your career **APPLY NOW** or call Chelsey on 0478 191 193 with any specific questions you may have.
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