QA Manager – Food Manufacturing

Spearwood, Perth WA | $132,000 + Super | Monday–Friday

Are you an experienced Quality Assurance professional looking to take the next step in your career?

We’re partnering with a well-established Australian food manufacturer specialising in chilled meat products to recruit a QA Manager for its modern manufacturing facility in Spearwood.

This is an excellent opportunity to lead food safety and quality across a high-volume production environment, working closely with site leadership and major retail customers to maintain exceptional standards and drive continuous improvement.

About the Role

Reporting to senior site leadership, you will oversee quality assurance, food safety systems and regulatory compliance, ensuring products consistently meet customer, retailer and industry requirements.

You’ll lead quality initiatives across the site, support operational teams and foster a proactive culture of food safety, accountability and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead and maintain site quality management and food safety systems.
- Ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP, CFMSR and relevant regulatory requirements.
- Manage internal and external audits, customer audits and retailer compliance.
- Oversee traceability programmes, product specifications and quality documentation.
- Lead investigations into non-conformances, complaints and food safety incidents.
- Implement corrective and preventative actions to minimise quality risks.
- Develop, review and maintain SOPs, procedures and technical documentation.
- Work collaboratively with production, operations and senior management to improve quality and efficiency.
- Coach, mentor and develop team members, building a strong quality-focused culture.
- Support packaging updates,



product labelling and approval processes.

About You You’re a hands-on quality professional with strong technical knowledge, excellent communication skills and the ability to influence quality standards across a busy manufacturing site.

To be successful, you’ll ideally have:

- A degree or relevant qualification in Food Science, Food Technology or a related discipline.
- At least 4+ years of experience in food quality assurance or quality systems management.
- Previous experience within food manufacturing, ideally red meat or meat processing.
- Internal auditing qualifications and a strong understanding of HACCP, GMP, CFMSR and traceability.
- Experience managing audits, investigations, corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Robust analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
- The ability to lead, coach and develop a quality team.

Highly regarded: Experience with AUS-MEAT standards, retailer requirements, packaging and labelling approvals, and developing technical documentation. What's on Offer?

- Salary of $132,000 + super.
- Monday–Friday roster, approximately 38 hours per week.
- Opportunity to join a up-to-date food manufacturing facility.
- A key leadership position with influence over site-wide quality and food safety standards.
- The opportunity to work closely with major Australian retail customers.
- A collaborative environment focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Apply Now If you’re an experienced QA Manager or a senior quality professional ready to step into a leadership role, we’d love to hear from you.

For a confidential discussion, contact Zak Ward at Core Talent.

Phone: [0421 604 880](tel:0421 604 880)

Email: [email protected]

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📌 QA Manager (Spearwood)
🏢 Core Talent
📍 Spearwood