Quality Assurance Specialist - Food Safety & Compliance

Aurum Poultry Co.; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurum Poultry Co. is seeking a proactive Quality Assurance Officer to join our Melbourne-based team. You will support food safety, quality assurance, and compliance programs across Production, Warehouse and Operations, ensuring strong systems and documentation.

You will bring a qualification in related fields and experience in QA, HACCP or internal audits, with attention to detail and collaboration across teams to maintain high standards of product quality.

Qualifications

• Qualification in Food Science, Food Technology, Quality Assurance, Microbiology or a related discipline.
• Experience in quality assurance, food safety, food manufacturing or a related environment.
• Good understanding of food safety and quality management principles.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation accuracy.
• Confidence completing inspections, verification activities and investigations.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work constructively with operational teams.
• Good organisation and time-management skills.
• A proactive approach to identifying and resolving quality issues.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office and quality or business systems.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and ongoing maintenance of food safety and quality systems.
• Conduct routine quality, hygiene and food safety inspections across operational areas.
• Complete verification activities, checks and quality records accurately and on time.
• Monitor compliance with internal procedures, product specifications and quality requirements.
• Assist with investigations into quality issues, non-conformances and customer complaints.
• Support corrective and preventive actions and follow up actions through to completion.
• Assist with product quality checks, traceability and verification activities.
• Maintain accurate QA documentation, records and controlled documents.
• Support internal audits and preparation for external audits.
• Assist with supplier, raw material and product quality documentation where required.
• Support new product development and product changes through specifications, trials, food safety and quality checks.
• Work closely with Production, Warehouse and Operations teams to resolve quality issues.
• Support training and communication of food safety and quality requirements.
• Assist with continuous improvement initiatives across quality systems and operational processes.
• Support product, process and compliance projects as the business continues to grow.

Skills

Quality assurance

Food safety

Documentation accuracy

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Quality systems

Education

Food Science / Food Technology / Quality Assurance / Microbiology

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Aurum Poultry Co. is seeking a proactive Quality Assurance Officer to join our Melbourne-based team. You will support food safety, quality assurance, and compliance programs across Production, Warehouse and Operations, ensuring strong systems and documentation.

You will bring a qualification in related fields and experience in QA, HACCP or internal audits, with attention to detail and collaboration across teams to maintain high standards of product quality.