Quality Assurance (QA) Officer – Poultry Processing

Position Title: Quality Assurance (QA) Officer

Location: 629 Elizabeth Drive, Bonnyrigg NSW 2177

Employment Type: [Full-Time / Part-Time / Casual] Salary 70k-80k

Position Summary The Quality Assurance (QA) Officer is responsible for supporting and maintaining food safety, quality, hygiene, and regulatory compliance throughout the poultry processing operation.

The role involves monitoring production processes, conducting inspections and testing, maintaining accurate records, identifying non-conformances, and working closely with production staff to ensure chicken products are safe, compliant, and meet company quality standards.

The successful candidate will be comfortable working in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment and will have a strong understanding of food safety, hygiene, HACCP principles, and quality control procedures.

Key Responsibilities

Food Safety & Quality

- Monitor food safety and quality controls throughout the poultry processing and packing operations.
- Conduct routine inspections of raw materials, processing areas, equipment, finished products, packaging, and storage areas.
- Verify that products meet specified quality, safety, weight, temperature, appearance, and packaging requirements.
- Monitor critical control points (CCPs) and other food safety controls in accordance with the site's HACCP Food Safety Plan.
- Conduct pre-operational hygiene and sanitation inspections.
- Monitor cleaning and sanitation activities and verify that required standards are achieved.
- Perform product and environmental checks and collect samples for testing where required.
- Monitor product temperatures, including incoming raw product, processing areas, finished product, chillers, freezers, and dispatch areas.
- Verify allergen, labelling, traceability, and product identification requirements where applicable.





Quality Control & Production Monitoring

- Complete routine line checks and quality inspections during production.
- Identify product defects, contamination risks, foreign material, damaged packaging, incorrect labelling, or other quality issues.
- Place affected products on hold when required and ensure appropriate disposition is authorised.
- Investigate quality and food safety non-conformances and assist with corrective and preventative actions.
- Work with Production Supervisors and operators to resolve quality issues promptly.
- Monitor compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and food safety procedures.

Documentation & Records

- Complete QA inspections, checklists, monitoring forms, and verification records accurately and on time.
- Maintain accurate records of temperatures, sanitation checks, product inspections, CCP monitoring, corrective actions, and other QA activities.
- Assist with maintaining traceability and product identification records.
- Report quality and food safety issues to the QA Manager or relevant supervisor.
- Assist with internal audits, customer audits, regulatory inspections, and certification audits.

Hygiene & GMP

- Monitor compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), personal hygiene, protective clothing, handwashing, and site hygiene requirements.
- Conduct routine GMP inspections throughout production areas.
- Identify potential contamination risks and escalate issues appropriately.




- Ensure QA activities are conducted in accordance with company food safety and hygiene procedures.

Continuous Improvement

- Assist in identifying recurring quality and food safety issues.
- Participate in investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective action activities.
- Provide feedback to production teams regarding quality and food safety performance.
- Support initiatives designed to reduce product defects, waste, customer complaints, and food safety risks.

Key Requirements

- Previous experience in quality assurance, quality control, food safety, or food manufacturing is preferred.
- Experience in a poultry, meat, food processing, or manufacturing environment is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of HACCP principles and food safety systems.
- Understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and hygiene requirements.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to identify quality issues.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to accurately complete documentation and maintain records.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a production/QA team.
- Ability to work in a cold, wet, rapid-paced food processing environment.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, or rotating shifts where required.
- Ability to follow food safety, workplace health and safety, and company procedures at all times.

Workplace Safety The QA Officer must comply with all workplace health and safety requirements and report hazards, incidents, injuries, and unsafe practices immediately. The position requires the use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and compliance with site hygiene, biosecurity, food safety, and safety procedures.

Pay: $63,100.00 – $80,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

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