Quality & Safety Assistant Manager

Kilcoy Global Foods Australia; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kilcoy Global Foods Australia in Melbourne is seeking a Quality & Safety Assistant Manager to support the Operations Manager in driving QA and safety objectives across our sites. The role focuses on maintaining effective QA practices and ensuring a safe and healthy working environment for workers, contractors and visitors.

The successful candidate will bring extensive experience in workplace health and safety, incident management and risk assessments, and will partner with operational leaders to

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of workplace health and safety legislation and its application.
• Experience conducting operational risk assessments.
• Experience managing workers' compensation, injury management and return-to-work programs.
• Experience partnering with operational leaders to foster a strong safety culture.
• Solid understanding of safety procedures, product safety, quality and legality issues.

Responsibilities

• Ensure site compliance with federal, state and local food safety requirements.
• Lead quality system audits and management reviews; implement corrective actions.
• Provide input on quality control techniques and processes.
• Investigate quality issues and determine corrective actions to minimise impact.
• Develop and document safe work procedures and job safety analyses.
• Monitor and improve safety system; coach teams on incident reporting.

Skills

OSH legislation

Operational risk assessments

Workers compensation & RTW

Safety culture collaboration

Food safety & quality compliance

Education

QA/Safety qualifications

Job description

Kilcoy Global Foods is a multi-award-winning global foods solutions business, renowned for exceptional quality and innovation. Specialising in premium Australian beef, lamb and high-quality protein products, Kilcoy Global Foods products are enjoyed in more than 50 countries.

To learn more about who we are and what we do, visit our website: www.kilcoyglobalfoods.com

Location: Epping

ABOUT THE ROLE

The purpose of the Quality & Safety Assistant Manager is to support the Operations Manager in driving the operational and strategic goals through maintaining effective QA practices as well as identifying and providing corrective actions as required. The purpose of this role is also responsible for driving commitment to providing and maintaining a safe and healthy working environment in all activities for workers, contractors, suppliers, and all other persons working in or visiting our places of work.

ABOUT YOU

• Strong knowledge of the workplace, health and safety legislation, with the ability to interpret relevant legislation
• Experience in conducting operational risk assessments
• Experience in managing workers compensation claims, injury management and return to work programs
• Experience in partnering with operational Leaders to drive and maintain a strong safety culture
• Strong understanding and implementation of safety procedures product safety, quality and legality issues

YOUR RESPONSILBITIES

Quality

• Ensure Epping complies with the legislative and operational requirements of the relevant Federal, State and Local Government Acts and requirements regarding Food Safety including liaising, and co-operating with the various associated agencies
• Ensure that statutory checks and audits are undertaken in accordance with internal and external regulatory compliance requirements, including undertaking periodic quality system audits and leading management reviews of the quality system, measuring program effectiveness, identifying corrective actions and ensuring their implementation
• Provide advice and input into appropriate quality control techniques, processes and practices
• Conduct investigations into quality issues as they arise, identifying corrective action to minimise impact
• Determine compliance breaches
• Identifying when escalation or external notification process must be followed

Safety

• Build strong internal relationships to actively reinforce and promote best practice in safety
• Monitor, evaluate and recommend improvements to the safety system
• Monitor all incidents raised in the safety reporting system and provide coaching and support where required to improve safety functioning skills in raising incident reports
• Encourage the prompt reporting of incidents and hazards
• Work with the site to ensure that corrective actions are closed out in a timely manner
• Monitor compliance with workplace policies and procedures through conducting formal and informal internal audits, including audits of external contractors
• Develop and document procedures, safe work method statements and job safety analysis

TO BE SUCCESSFUL

You will bring with you:

• 5 years’ plus experience in a similar role
• Qualifications in QA/Safety or related disciplines