Food Quality Officer

Evolve Scientific; Melbourne; Presencial; AUD 60.000 - 85.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Evolve Scientific in Melbourne is seeking a detail-oriented QA/QC professional with specification experience to join a well-established food and beverage manufacturing environment. This casual role offers flexible morning, afternoon, and night shifts in a fast-paced production setting.

You will conduct routine QC testing, calibrate laboratory equipment, investigate non-conformances, support specification development, maintain records, and participate in audits to uphold GMP, food safety, and

Formación

• Tertiary education in Food Science or similar.
• Proven experience in a similar position in a food or beverage manufacturing environment.
• Experience with specification systems such as SAP, SAP-RD or PLM.
• Exposure to frozen food manufacturing desirable.
• Adaptable with high attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Conduct routine quality control testing on raw materials, in-process, and finished products.
• Calibrate and maintain laboratory and production equipment.
• Investigate customer complaints and identify root causes of non-conformances.
• Investigate out-of-specification results across products, packaging, and environmental samples.
• Support specification development and management activities.
• Maintain accurate quality and production records.
• Support GMP compliance and housekeeping activities.
• Participate in internal and external audits.
• Ensure adherence to food safety and quality standards.

Conocimientos

Attention to detail

Verbal communication

Written communication

Educación

Tertiary education in Food Science or similar

Herramientas

SAP

SAP-RD

PLM

Descripción del empleo

About company/role:

• We are currently seeking a detail-oriented and motivated QA/QC professional with specification experience to join a well-established food and beverage manufacturing environment.
• This is a casual opportunity offering flexibility across morning, afternoon, and night shifts, suited to candidates who thrive in a fast-paced production setting.

Duties/responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Conduct routine quality control testing on raw materials, in-process, and finished products
• Perform calibration and maintenance of laboratory and production equipment
• Investigate customer complaints and assist in identifying root causes of non-conformances
• Investigate out-of-specification (OOS) results across products, packaging, and environmental samples
• Support specification development and management activities, recognising this as a resource-intensive function
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date quality and production records
• Support general housekeeping and GMP compliance activities
• Participate in internal and external audits
• Ensure adherence to food safety and quality standards

Skills/experience:

• Tertiary education in Food Science or similar
• Proven experience in a similar position in a food or beverage manufacturing environment
• Experience working with specification systems, ideally SAP, SAP-RD, or PLM (highly advantageous)
• Previous exposure to frozen food manufacturing would be highly desirable, though not essential
• Must be adaptable and have high attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills