Quality Assurance Manager
Visa sponsorship
Manufacturing · Newcastle, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Lead quality and food safety at an established Newcastle food processing site. The Quality Assurance Manager owns practical systems, keeps the plant audit-ready and guides the QA team. Responsibilities span traceability, verification, corrective actions and cooperation with production and management in a regulated environment.
Visa sponsorship is available for a suitable overseas candidate.
An English CV should show your relevant qualification and responsibility for audits and food safety systems. prepare a food processing quality assurance management CV with examples of HACCP, root-cause investigation and traceability. Explain how you support a food safety culture as well as closing individual compliance issues.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead site quality assurance and food safety and maintain effective quality management and food safety systems.
- Update Approved Arrangements and strengthen associated compliance routines, meeting Australian regulatory and food safety obligations.
- Plan and conduct internal, customer and regulator audits and maintain ongoing readiness.
- Investigate quality incidents, non-conformances and process failures and close corrective and preventive actions.
- Conduct traceability drills, verification programmes and mock recalls and maintain complete, accurate quality records, documents and compliance data.
- Monitor production standards and lead pre-operational checks, hygiene verification and process verification.
- Direct and coach QA staff and build ownership and food safety culture across the site.
- Improve systems, processes and controls with production and management to resolve compliance and quality issues, supporting animal welfare requirements and applicable industry standards.
Requirements & Eligibility
- A qualification in Food Science, Food Technology, Agricultural Science, Quality Management or a comparable discipline and quality assurance, food safety, compliance or food manufacturing employment.
- Practical HACCP and food safety management understanding and a record leading or supporting quality, customer or regulatory audits.
- Able to identify non-conformance root causes and implement effective solutions, with corrective and preventive action management experience.
- Sound quality documentation, verification and traceability knowledge and ability to maintain regulated production standards.
- Previous supervision, coordination or development of quality staff and strong analysis and problem-solving.
- Confident communication and stakeholder management with production and senior leaders.
- Food processing or export experience is advantageous; meat processing, DAFF compliance or Approved Arrangements experience is highly regarded.
- Relevant international qualifications and professional experience will be considered, with commitment to Australian workplace, food safety and compliance standards.
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