Senior Food Safety & Quality Systems Lead

Sharp & Carter; Victoria; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp & Carter seeks a Senior Food Safety & Quality Systems Specialist for a hands-on, temporary role in a busy food manufacturing operation in Victoria. You will own auditing, verification, HACCP and continuous improvement, becoming a key SME across quality systems and compliance.

You will drive improvements, manage corrective actions, mentor staff and coordinate supplier/ customer audits while ensuring GMP and regulatory adherence.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Food Science, Food Technology or a related discipline.
• Proven experience in food safety, quality or technical roles within food manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP and food safety systems.
• Experience with internal and external auditing.
• Exposure to microbiological testing and environmental monitoring.
• Understanding of food industry regulatory requirements.
• Experience with continuous improvement and process improvement.
• Immediate availability or ability to commence at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a subject matter expert across food safety and quality systems.
• Driving improvements across quality systems and process control.
• Supporting and maintaining HACCP and food safety plans.
• Managing internal and external audit programs.
• Conducting GMP, food safety and quality audits.
• Managing corrective actions and ensuring timely close-out.
• Coordinating verification activities across the operation.
• Supporting environmental monitoring and microbiological testing programs.
• Investigating product quality complaints and non-conformances.
• Training and coaching employees on quality systems and processes.
• Supporting third-party and customer audits.

Skills

Subject matter expert - food safety

Quality systems

Auditing

HACCP knowledge

GMP understanding

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Coaching and training

Problem solving

Education

Tertiary qualification in Food Science/Technology

Job description

Sharp & Carter seeks a Senior Food Safety & Quality Systems Specialist for a hands-on, temporary role in a busy food manufacturing operation in Victoria. You will own auditing, verification, HACCP and continuous improvement, becoming a key SME across quality systems and compliance.

You will drive improvements, manage corrective actions, mentor staff and coordinate supplier/ customer audits while ensuring GMP and regulatory adherence.