Join Our Team

Are you passionate about food safety, quality, and continuous improvement? Do you thrive in a hands-on environment where your attention to detail helps deliver outstanding products? Join our team as a Quality Assurance Officer and play a key role in maintaining the highest standards across our production site. This opportunity is being offered as a maximum-term contract of up to two years, commencing as a full-time position for the first six months, with the possibility of extension and/or transition to a part-time arrangement based on business requirements. This is an excellent prospect to build your capability in food safety, auditing, compliance, and continuous improvement within a quick-paced manufacturing environment.

What You'll Be Doing

As our Quality Assurance Officer, you will:

- Conduct product, water, environmental, and hygiene testing activities.
- Monitor and verify Critical Control Points (CCPs) and food safety requirements.
- Carry out factory inspections, GMP checks, and internal audits.
- Monitor hygiene, traceability, packaging, labelling, and cold chain compliance.
- Maintain laboratory equipment and calibration records.
- Investigate non-conformances and support customer complaint reviews and corrective actions.
- Maintain HACCP documentation, quality records, and compliance reporting.
- Lead or support hygiene meetings and quality improvement initiatives.
- Provide coaching, training, and guidance to Production teams on quality and food safety standards.
- Promote a robust culture of food safety, quality,



continuous improvement, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) across the site.

What You'll Bring

- Experience in Quality Assurance, food manufacturing, food processing, or a similar environment (preferred).
- Sound knowledge of HACCP, GMP, and food safety management systems.
- Strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Confidence conducting audits, inspections, testing, and compliance activities.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence and support operational teams.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and Teams.
- A genuine commitment to food safety, quality, workplace safety, and continuous improvement.

Why Huon?

- Be part of a supportive and collaborative team environment.
- Play an important role in maintaining the quality and safety of our products.
- Gain valuable experience across QA, compliance, auditing, and continuous improvement.
- Access ongoing learning and development opportunities.
- Join a company that values integrity, innovation, safety, and excellence.

Apply Now

Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Preferred candidates will be required to undergo a pre-employment health assessment. For further information, please contact [email protected].

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