The Company

Our client is an established food-manufacturing business with a robust focus on quality, food safety and operational excellence. The organisation is focused on strengthening its internal technical systems, processes and capability. It offers a collaborative, hands‑on environment where individuals can make a genuine impact across the operation.

Benefits
Take genuine ownership of the quality and technical function across the manufacturing operation
Play a key role in strengthening food‑safety culture, systems and site‑wide accountability
Work closely with senior leadership and cross‑functional teams on quality, continuous improvement and product initiatives

The Role

The Technical Manager will be responsible for strengthening and maintaining the organisation’s quality and food‑safety systems. This is a hands‑on position requiring a strong presence on the production floor. You will work closely with operators and leaders to ensure quality requirements are clearly understood, consistently followed and properly documented. The role will also support R&D; coordination and recent‑product commercialisation, working with key stakeholders to ensure products and processes meet technical, regulatory and operational requirements.

Key Responsibilities
Develop,



strengthen and maintain quality‑management systems, policies, SOPs and supporting documentation
Ensure the site remains audit‑ready and compliant with HACCP, GMP, food‑safety and relevant regulatory requirements
Partner with production teams to identify quality gaps, improve practices and build greater ownership of quality documentation
Coordinate internal inspections, corrective actions, performance reporting, root‑cause investigations and external laboratory testing
Support R&D; coordination and NPD commercialisation, working with internal stakeholders to transition products into manufacturing

About You
Tertiary qualification in Food Science, Food Technology or a related discipline
Demonstrated quality assurance or technical‑management experience within a food‑manufacturing setting
Strong knowledge of HACCP, GMP, Australian food standards, quality‑management systems and audit requirements
Proven experience developing and improving quality policies, procedures, SOPs and supporting documentation
Confident and engaging communicator who can coach production teams, influence change and conduct challenging conversations when required
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📌 Technical Manager Williamstown
🏢 Miller Leith
📍 Williamstown