Quality Coordinator

Evolve Scientific; City of Parramatta; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parking onsite

Casual to permanent opportunities

Supportive working environment

Job summary

Evolve Scientific is recruiting for a Quality Coordinator to join a leading national dairy manufacturer. The role reports to the Quality Manager, is full-time, with hours 08:30am-5pm, Monday-Friday.

It starts casual with permanent opportunities for the right candidate and includes involvement in audits, HACCP, and continuous improvement initiatives. Primary duties include maintaining quality documentation, supporting audits and certifications, handling NCRs, and facilitating root-cause analysis

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Food Science/ Microbiology or a related discipline.
• QA experience in a dairy manufacturer is advantageous.
• Previous QA experience in the food/beverage industry is essential.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, GMP, PRPs, FFSE.
• Self-starter with drive and willingness to be challenged.
• Excellent communication skills with stakeholders across the business.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and control quality documentation, ensuring records are accurate and compliant.
• Coordinate and participate in internal audits (GMP and PRP) and support continuous improvement.
• Assist with external audits and certification requirements (Food Safety Excellence, Kosher, Halal, regulatory inspections).
• Manage non-conformance reports and drive corrective actions.
• Investigate customer complaints and support root-cause analysis.
• Develop and maintain HACCP documentation for new products and shelf-life initiatives.
• Create, review, and implement quality forms and documentation used on the floor.
• Conduct mock recalls and annual reviews to ensure audit readiness.

Skills

QA experience

HACCP knowledge

GMP knowledge

PRP knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Food Science or Microbiology

Job description

About the company/role

Our client is a well-known national food manufacturer supplying a range of dairy products to major retailers across Australia. This is a newly created Quality Coordinator role that will report directly to the Quality Manager. This role is full-time and the working hours are 08:30am-5pm Monday-Friday. This role is casual to begin with but has permanent opportunities.

Duties

• Maintain and control quality documentation, ensuring records are accurate, compliant, and effectively filed within established systems.
• Coordinate and participate in internal audits, including GMP and PRP programs, and support continuous improvement activities.
• Assist with external audits and certification requirements, including Food Safety Excellence, Kosher, Halal, and regulatory inspections.
• Manage non-conformance reports (NCRs), investigate quality issues, and drive timely corrective and preventive actions.
• Investigate customer complaints, liaising with internal teams to support root cause analysis and resolution.
• Develop and maintain HACCP documentation for new products, processes, and extended shelf-life initiatives.
• Create, review, and implement quality forms, records, labels, and documentation used across the manufacturing floor.
• Conduct mock recalls, annual NIP reviews, and other food safety verification activities to ensure ongoing compliance and audit readiness.

Skills/experience

• Tertiary qualifications in Food Science/ Microbiology or a related disciple
• QA experience working with a dairy manufacturer is very advantageous
• Previous QA experience in the food/ beverage industry is essential
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, GMP, PRPs, FFSE
• A self-starter with drive and enjoys being challenged
• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with different stakeholders in the business

Culture & Benefits

• This is a casual role to begin with permanent opportunities for the right candidate.
• This is a supportive working environment.
• Parking onsite.