Quality Assurance Manager – Food Manufacturing – Up to $180k + Super

Western Sydney | $150,000 – $180,000 + Super | Monday–Friday | 8am–4pm or 9am–5pm

Lead Quality. Drive Food Safety. Build High-Performing Teams.

Are you an experienced Quality Assurance Manager ready to take ownership of quality and food safety within a large‑scale, high‑volume food manufacturing environment?

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the QA function for a well‑established industry leader in Western Sydney, overseeing quality across multiple production lines and two manufacturing shifts.

With a strong focus on food safety, compliance, continuous improvement and people leadership, this is a genuine opportunity for an experienced QA qualified to make a significant impact on site.

What’s on offer?

- $150,000 – $180,000 + Super, depending on experience
- True leadership position with 7 direct/indirect reports
- Lead 2 QA Supervisors and 5 QA/QC Officers
- Monday to Friday, generally 8am–4pm or 9am–5pm
- Free onsite parking
- Opportunity to lead the QA function across a large-scale manufacturing operation
- High-profile retail customer and audit exposure

About the Role

Reporting into senior technical/operations leadership, you will oversee the QA and QC function across both manufacturing shifts:

- Morning shift: 5am–1pm
- Afternoon shift: 2pm–10pm

Your role will sit between these shifts, providing leadership, support and accountability across the entire QA function.

You will be a hands‑on leader who is comfortable being on the production floor, working closely with Operations and the wider site leadership team.



This is not an office-based, "ivory tower" QA role — your ability to influence, coach and drive standards on the floor will be critical to your success.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead, coach and develop a team of QA and QC professionals across both shifts
- Build a strong culture of food safety, quality, accountability and continuous improvement
- Maintain and continuously improve the site's Quality Management System
- Ensure compliance with HACCP, FSANZ and relevant certification requirements
- Lead BRC and SQF audits, ensuring the site remains audit‑ready
- Manage and prepare for major customer audits, including ALDI, Woolworths and Coles
- Act as a key point of contact for external auditors and regulatory bodies
- Oversee QA verification, validation, testing, traceability and documentation
- Investigate quality issues, conduct root cause analysis and implement effective CAPA
- Monitor quality KPIs, customer complaints, non‑conformances and trends
- Work closely with Production, Engineering, Safety, Warehouse, Procurement and other stakeholders
- Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities across quality and manufacturing processes
- Develop team capability through coaching, training and skills development




- Ensure quality and food safety standards are embedded into day‑to‑day production activities
- Support a strong "safety first" culture across the site

About You

You will be an experienced QA leader who understands the realities of working in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment and can earn the respect of both your team and operational stakeholders.

You will ideally have:

- Proven experience in a QA Manager or equivalent senior quality leadership role
- Strong experience within food manufacturing/FMCG
- Meat processing experience highly regarded
- A Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology or a related discipline
- Strong knowledge of HACCP and food safety systems
- Experience leading BRC and/or SQF audits
- Experience with major retailer/customer audits, ideally including ALDI, Woolworths and Coles
- Strong understanding of Quality Management Systems
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing QA teams
- Strong root cause analysis, CAPA and continuous improvement capability
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- The confidence to work closely with Operations and influence at all levels
- A practical, hands‑on approach to leadership

Pharmaceutical/GMP backgrounds will also be considered for candidates with strong transferable quality management experience.

The Environment

You will be working within a large-scale, high-volume food manufacturing facility processing and packaging fresh and value‑added meat products.

The site operates across multiple production lines,

📌 Quality Assurance Manager – Food Manufacturing – Up to $180k + Super (Sydney)
🏢 Fuse Recruitment
📍 Sydney