Quality Assurance Officer

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12 Month Contract, Suitable for a Food Technology graduate or intern.

Summary about this job

Food Technology & Safety

Company: Evolve Scientific Recruitment

Location: Brisbane

Work type: Full Time

Salary: $55000 - $60000 per annum

Phone: +61-3-3864-3158

Fax: +61-7-9155-9393

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About the company:

Our client is an Australian owned company that has sites nationally and growing rapidly. Their product range is mainly fresh produce and expanding very rapidly.

About the role:

An opportunity currently exists for a Technical Officer reporting to the Technical Manager based in Brisbane on a 12 month contract, full-time hours.
Reporting to the Technical Manager, the primary responsibility of this role is to assist the Site Technical Manager in the operational duties associated with maintaining and improving food safety, product quality and service quality at the site.

This also includes assisting with the promotion of a quality culture within the business by assisting the production employees in developing an understanding of quality and its importance to the company and its customers.

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Monitoring products and processes daily to ensure compliance to business and regulatory requirements.
  • Maintain an effective data collection and analysis system using sound scientific principles with respect to cause of variation in process or product performance.
  • Conduct audits on the processing system (heat treatment, drying, product transfer, cooling/freezing)
  • Specification (product, process, raw material, rework) monitoring and corrective action
  • Quality control document creation, management and support
  • Conduct managed process improvement activities using sound scientific principles
  • Conduct training with production employees in quality SOPs

Skills & experience:

To be successful for this role, you will possess the following:

  • Degree or Diploma in microbiology, food technology or similar.
  • 2 - 3 years' experience in food safety and quality assurance practices preferable
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • A practical understanding of processing equipment, plant maintenance and cleaning chemicals used in a production environment.
  • Demonstrated organisational and time management skills
  • An understanding of quality assurance principles and standards
  • Previous experience in internal auditing in a production environment
  • Understanding of HACCP

Benefits:

This company is offering an attractive base salary, flexible working hours and as strong food safety company culture.
This is an outstanding opportunity to join a dynamic organisation that values quality and their people.

Applications must be submitted online and should include a CV and cover letter outlining your interest in this position, and the skills and experience you would bring to the role.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted.

Click on the "Apply Now" button with a cover letter addressing the selection criteria above AND a detailed resume.
Where possible we would prefer MS Word documents as sometimes PDFs may be corrupted and your application may not be processed. For FREE resume and cover letter templates and other job-seeking resources to strengthen your application, go to www.cteaa.com.au

Please note: we accept applications only from Australian and New Zealand residents with valid Australian work rights; this includes temporary residents on visas such as the Working Holiday Visa.

Need more info:
Contact the Brisbane office on 07 3175 0680 or at www.evolvescientific.com.au.

How to Register with Evolve:

If this role isn't for you but you want to register with Evolve for upcoming positions please click on the "Apply Now" button and ask to be registered for other roles.

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Why Evolve Scientific Recruitment?

www.evolvescientific.com.au

Evolve (QLD Labour Hire Licence Number: LHL-00906-L1D2V) specialises in scientific/technical recruitment in:
• Pharmaceutical, Food, Biotechnology, Chemical, Petrochemical, Environmental, Health Services, Life Sciences, Mining and more.
• Adelaide - Brisbane - Melbourne - Perth - Sydney


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