Technical & Continuous Improvement Leader

Quality; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

Quarterly Product Allowance

Wellbeing Support

Salary Packaging Options

Job summary

Noumi Limited is seeking a Technical & Continuous Improvement Manager to lead technical standards, food safety, and improvement across manufacturing sites in Australia. You will partner with Quality, Operations and Engineering to drive product quality and efficiency.

The role requires a tertiary qualification in relevant fields and a track record in HACCP, root-cause analysis, and cross-functional leadership.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Food Science, Food Technology, Dairy Science, Microbiology, Engineering or related.
• Experience in food manufacturing, dairy, beverage or FMCG.
• Demonstrated leadership across technical, food safety, quality or continuous improvement.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, food safety risk management, validation and verification.
• Experience investigating complex product, process and microbiological issues.
• Proven ability to lead root-cause analysis and continuous improvement projects.
• Experience working with Operations, Quality, Engineering and R&D across functions.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and consistent application of technical and food safety standards across 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 to reduce defects, complaints, rework, waste and quality losses.
• Support risk assessments, validation and verification for new products, process changes and capital projects.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve manufacturing capability, product quality and performance.
• Identify opportunities to standardise processes and share best practices across sites.

Skills

HACCP knowledge

Food safety

Leadership

Root-cause analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelors or higher in Food Science/Technology/Dairy Science/Engineering

Job description

Noumi Limited is seeking a Technical & Continuous Improvement Manager to lead technical standards, food safety, and improvement across manufacturing sites in Australia. You will partner with Quality, Operations and Engineering to drive product quality and efficiency.

The role requires a tertiary qualification in relevant fields and a track record in HACCP, root-cause analysis, and cross-functional leadership.