Technical & CI Leader — Food Safety & Quality

Noumi Limited; Greater Shepparton; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

Quarterly Product Allowance

Wellbeing Support (Sonder/EAP)

Salary Packaging Options (novated Leas

Job summary

Noumi Limited seeks a technically strong leader to drive group-wide technical standards, food safety and continuous improvement across multiple manufacturing sites. You will partner with Quality, Operations, Engineering, R&D and NPD to resolve complex product and process issues and uplift performance.

The role emphasizes root-cause analysis, implementation of corrective actions and cross-site process standardisation to reduce defects, waste and losses while supporting new product validations and

Qualifications

• 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.

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

HACCP knowledge

Problem solving

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Food Science / related degree

Job description

Noumi Limited seeks a technically strong leader to drive group-wide technical standards, food safety and continuous improvement across multiple manufacturing sites. You will partner with Quality, Operations, Engineering, R&D and NPD to resolve complex product and process issues and uplift performance.

The role emphasizes root-cause analysis, implementation of corrective actions and cross-site process standardisation to reduce defects, waste and losses while supporting new product validations and