About Lactalis-Mainland Dairy

Mainland Dairy, the business formerly known as Fonterra's global Consumer and associated businesses, is now part of the Lactalis Group and known as Lactalis-Mainland Dairy. Lactalis is the world's leading dairy group, with a presence in 50 countries and a portfolio of well-loved brands including Président, Galbani, Parmalat, Pauls, OAK, Mainland and Western Star. We are committed to delivering high-quality dairy products while fostering innovation, sustainability and excellence across our operations.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Quality Coordinator to join our Quality team in Wynyard, Tasmania.

Reporting to the Quality Manager, this role plays a critical part in supporting the site's food safety and quality systems while ensuring cheese products consistently meet customer, regulatory and internal quality requirements. A key focus of the position will be coordinating cheese allocation, disposition and product release activities, using quality data and technical assessment to ensure the right product reaches the right customer.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in dairy, food manufacturing or quality assurance who enjoys combining technical expertise, data-driven decision making and cross-functional collaboration.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the allocation, grading, disposition and release of cheese products in line with customer specifications and quality requirements

• Reviewing analytical, grading and quality data to support informed product release decisions

• Managing product holds, concessions and non-conforming product processes

• Monitoring compliance with food safety, quality,



regulatory and customer requirements

• Conducting quality inspections, audits and verification activities across site operations

• Supporting HACCP, environmental monitoring, pathogen management and quality assurance programs

• Participating in investigations, root cause analysis and corrective action activities

• Assisting with quality reporting, trend analysis and KPI monitoring

• Supporting customer complaint investigations and quality event management

• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen food safety, quality performance and operational excellence

• Assisting with laboratory verification, calibration and analytical quality control activities where required

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring strong technical capability, attention to detail and a passion for maintaining high standards of food safety and product quality.

You will ideally have:

• Experience within dairy, food, pharmaceutical or related manufacturing industries

• A strong understanding of food safety and quality management systems

• Experience interpreting quality and analytical data to support decision making

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities





• The ability to build effective working relationships across production, warehousing, planning and commercial teams

• A proactive approach to continuous improvement and quality excellence

Desirable qualifications and experience include:

• Dairy manufacturing experience

• Experience with cheese grading, quality assessment, product disposition or allocation processes

• Exposure to SAP QM, product hold and product release processes

• Experience with laboratory analytical equipment and quality verification programs

• HACCP training and/or Internal Auditor qualifications

• Certificate IV, Diploma or tertiary qualifications in Food Science, Dairy Technology or a related discipline

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits

• Career development opportunities within a global dairy organisation

• Exposure to a diverse range of quality, food safety and manufacturing activities

• A collaborative and supportive team environment

• The opportunity to make a meaningful impact on product quality and customer outcomes

• A workplace committed to safety, quality and continuous improvement

We believe in you bringing your best and most authentic self to work and we want you to succeed in a way that allows you to win, in every aspect of your life. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, as well as individuals of diverse cultural and social backgrounds. Our team is dedicated to supporting your career development and personal wellbeing.

Please note that applicants must have full working rights in Australia to be considered.

We are politely declining recruitment agency support and approaches for this role.

📌 Quality Coordinator (Wynyard)
🏢 Lactalis
📍 Wynyard