Food Safety & Technical CI Leader

Noumi Limited; Greater Shepparton; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

Quarterly Product Allowance

Wellbeing Support

Salary Packaging Options

Job summary

Noumi Limited, a leader in plant-based and dairy beverages, seeks a Senior Technical Leader to direct standards, food safety and continuous improvement across our manufacturing network.

Reporting to the Head of Technical, you will guide HACCP programs, lead root‑cause investigations and partner with Operations, Engineering and R&D to improve product quality and efficiency across sites in Australia.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in Food Science, Food Technology, Dairy Science, Microbiology, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience within food manufacturing, dairy, beverage or FMCG.
• Demonstrated leadership across technical, food safety, quality or continuous improvement functions.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, food safety risk management, validation and verification.
• Experience investigating complex product, process and microbiological issues.
• Proven ability to lead root-cause analysis and continuous improvement projects through to implementation.
• Experience working with Operations, Quality, Engineering, R&D and other functions.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and consistent application of technical and food safety standards across our manufacturing sites.
• Strengthen food safety culture, HACCP programs and risk management practices.
• Provide technical expertise in investigating and resolving complex product, process and microbiological issues.
• Lead root-cause investigations and implement sustainable corrective and preventative actions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing product defects, complaints, rework, waste and quality-related losses.
• Support technical risk assessments, validation and verification activities for new products, process changes and capital projects.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve manufacturing capability, product quality and operational performance.
• Identify opportunities to standardise processes and share best practices across sites.

Skills

Leadership experience

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science/Engineering or related

Job description

Noumi Limited, a leader in plant-based and dairy beverages, seeks a Senior Technical Leader to direct standards, food safety and continuous improvement across our manufacturing network.

Reporting to the Head of Technical, you will guide HACCP programs, lead root‑cause investigations and partner with Operations, Engineering and R&D to improve product quality and efficiency across sites in Australia.