Job Description

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- Employee Type SAL38
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Description

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The Opportunity

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Sands Fridge Lines is seeking an experienced and motivated Food Safety & Compliance Coordinator to join our team in a full-time capacity.

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Reporting to the Compliance & Safety Manager, this role is responsible for maintaining, administering, and continuously improving the Company's Food Safety and Quality Management System across temperature-controlled warehousing, storage, distribution, and transport operations.

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The successful candidate will help ensure compliance with SQF, HACCP, DAFF export requirements, customer requirements, legislative obligations, and internal standards. They will also support ongoing audit readiness and help strengthen a positive food safety culture across the organisation.

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This position is ideal for a detail-oriented food safety skilled who enjoys working closely with operational teams to achieve excellence in compliance, documentation, verification, and continuous improvement.

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About Sands Fridge Lines

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Sands Fridge Lines is a proud Western Australian family-owned business and a recognised leader in temperature-controlled transport, warehousing, and distribution.

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For more than 40 years, we have delivered refrigerated, frozen, and ambient logistics solutions to major Australian and international brands throughout metropolitan and regional Western Australia.

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We are committed to food safety and quality excellence, customer service, regulatory compliance, operational integrity, and creating a safe and supportive workplace for our people.

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Why Join Us?

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- Supportive and collaborative team environment.
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- Flexible part-time opportunity.
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- Diverse role with exposure across warehousing, transport, cold chain, and distribution operations.
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- Ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
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- Opportunity to contribute directly to food safety, export compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
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- Weekly pay cycle.
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- Long-term career opportunities within a growing WA family-owned organisation.
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Requirements

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Food Safety & SQF System Management

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- Maintain and support the Company's SQF Food Safety and Quality Management System.
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- Assist with SQF certification, surveillance,



recertification, customer, regulatory, and third- party audits.
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- Ensure compliance with HACCP-based Food Safety Plans and prerequisite programs.
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- Monitor the effectiveness of food safety controls, verification activities, and corrective actions.
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- Support management review processes, trend analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
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DAFF Export Compliance

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- Support compliance with Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) export requirements applicable to meat, dairy, and other export-certified products.
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- Assist in maintaining records and systems required to support export registered establishments and customer export compliance obligations.
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- Monitor export-related documentation, traceability, chain of custody, temperature control records, hygiene controls, and verification activities.
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- Assist with DAFF audits, regulatory inspections, customer export audits, and corrective action management.
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- Support operational teams in meeting export food safety, cold chain, product integrity, and documentation requirements.
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Compliance & Documentation

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- Maintain document control systems, policies, procedures, work instructions, forms, and food safety records.
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- Ensure food safety documentation remains accurate, current, controlled, and audit ready.
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- Track non-conformances, corrective actions, and verification of close-out.li>
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- Assist with internal audit programs, compliance inspections, and site verification activities.
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- M onitor relevant legislative, customer, SQF, HACCP, and export requirement changes impacting food safety operations.
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Operational Support

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- Monitor hygiene, sanitation, housekeeping, pest control, allergen management, temperature control, calibration, and maintenance-related programs.
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- Review cleaning, maintenance, temperature monitoring, calibration,



and verification records for compliance.
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- Support investigations relating to food safety incidents, customer complaints, product integrity concerns, and non-conformances.
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- Participate in risk assessments, food safety reviews, and continuous improvement projects.
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- Assist with supplier approval, service provider verification, and food safety-related documentation where required.
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Training & Culture

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- Support food safety training, inductions, toolbox talks, and awareness programs.
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- Promote a positive food safety and compliance culture across warehouse, transport, and support functions.
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- Provide practical guidance to operational personnel on food safety, hygiene, export, and cold chain compliance requirements.
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- Minimum two years' experience in a Food Safety, Quality Assurance, or Compliance role.
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- Demonstrated experience working within an SQF-certified environment.
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- Sound understanding of SQF Food Safety Code requirements.
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- Practical knowledge of HACCP principles, GMP, and food safety management systems.
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- Experience conducting or participating in internal, external, customer, regulatory, or third- party audits.
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- Strong document control, record management, traceability, and verification skills.
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- Excellent attention to detail and organisational ability.
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- Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
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- Ability to work independently and effectively manage competing priorities.
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- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word and Excel.
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Job preview

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Desirable Qualifications & Experience

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Formal qualifications in Food Science, Food Technology, Quality Assurance, Compliance, or related discipline.

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Internal Auditor Training.

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Experience within transport, warehousing, cold chain, logistics, and food distribution.

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Experience supporting DAFF export registered establishments or customers operating within export meat and dairy supply chains.

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Understanding export certification, traceability, chain of custody, product integrity, and cold chain requirements for export food products.

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Experience with customer, regulatory, DAFF, SQF, or third-party food safety audits.

📌 Food Safety & Compliance Coordinator (Perth)
🏢 Sands Fridge Lines
📍 Perth