Join Dineamic as our Quality Assurance Manager!
Are you passionate about food safety, quality, and hands‐on leadership? Do you thrive in a fast‐paced environment ensuring the highest standards are met across all production processes? If you're an experienced QA professional ready to make an impact in a growing food business, we want YOU on our team!
Location:
Keysborough, VIC
About Us:
At Dineamic, we're on a mission to make Australia healthier and happier one meal at a time. We take pride in sourcing quality ingredients from Aussie farmers and ensuring our food meets the highest safety standards. As we continue to expand, we're seeking a proactive and hands‐on Quality Assurance Manager to lead & evolve our quality and compliance efforts, continuous improvement and excellence across the board.
Position Purpose
The QA Manager will lead Dineamic's food safety function through a period of significant growth, driving a strong safety culture, building process and structure, and continuously improving standards across the business. This is a hands‐on leadership role: training and developing the team, embedding food safety as a business‐wide priority, and providing regular visibility to the Senior Leadership Team on food safety performance.
This role leads food safety risk and compliance, partnering with Culinary to define and maintain quality standards across the business, ensuring Dineamic's customers receive safe, high‐quality food
Key Responsibilities
Food Safety Leadership & Culture
Drive a strong, visible food safety culture across the business — this is a lead-from-the-front role, not a back‐office function
Develop and formalise processes, procedures and SOPs as the business expands into new markets and operating environments
Train,



coach and upskill staff across all levels on food safety practice and expectations
Present a monthly Food Safety performance report to the Senior Leadership Team
Food Safety Management System
Lead and continuously improve the HACCP plan, food safety program, and supporting documentation
Accountable for leading and continuously improving the HACCP plan, food safety program and supporting documentation to ensure regulatory compliance and operational excellence
Coordinated site planning, workflow improvements, and site upgrade projects in partnership with Operations
Challenge and upgrade existing quality systems and processes - expected to identify improvement and rebuild it, not just administer what's in place
Lead root cause investigation and corrective/preventive action for food safety incidents or non‐conformances
Regulatory & Certification Compliance
Accountable for compliance with FSANZ and relevant food safety regulations across AU & Local council
Own third‐party certification and customer audit readiness
Act as primary contact for regulatory bodies and auditors
Lead and develop the Quality Assurance team, including performance management and capability building, while providing oversight and mentorship to the Quality Systems & Compliance Manager to ensure effective documentation, compliance and audit readiness across the business




Build food safety and quality awareness across operations, culinary, and commercial teams
Product & Technical Support
Provide food safety sign-off on recent product formulations and processes developed by the Culinary and NPD teams. Oversee food safety testing programs, including microbiological and shelf‐life validation, ensuring products meet safety and compliance requirements while supporting efficient product launches
Oversee & Provide expertise in food safety testing programs (microbiological, shelf‐life, allergen) — product quality testing remains with Culinary ensuring speed to market product launches.
Report quality/food safety KPIs and audit outcomes to senior leadership
Identify and lead systems/process improvements to reduce risk and improve efficiency as production volume grows
Upskill Production team knowledge and food safety awareness through training and interaction
Key Requirements
Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, or related field
5+ years in a food manufacturing QA Management role, ideally in RTH/cook‐chill or similar high‐risk category
Strong working knowledge of FSANZ Standard ***********, HACCP, and third‐party certification schemes
Demonstrated experience leading change, building process from scratch, and driving culture — not just maintaining existing systems
Demonstrated team leadership experience
Experience managing external audits (customer, regulatory, certification body)
Other Duties
Undertake any other duties instructed by the business from time to time to support broader business goals and objectives.
If you're a dynamic leader with a passion for quality and excellence, we want to hear from you!
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📌 Quality Assurance Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Dineamic Australia
📍 Melbourne