Technical Manager

Miller Leith; City of Hume; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership of quality function

Food-safety culture enhancement

Cross-functional collaboration

Job summary

Miller Leith seeks a hands-on Technical Manager to strengthen and maintain quality and food-safety systems across the manufacturing operation in Victoria. You will be on the production floor, ensuring quality is understood, followed, and well documented while collaborating with operators and leadership.

You will drive HACCP and GMP compliance, support R&D coordination and NPD transitions to manufacturing, and work with stakeholders to meet regulatory and operational requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality assurance within food manufacturing.
• Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, and Australian food standards.
• Ability to develop and maintain quality policies and SOPs.
• Strong communication and coaching skills with production teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain quality-management systems and SOPs.
• Ensure audit readiness and regulatory compliance.
• Partner with production teams to close quality gaps.
• Coordinate inspections, corrective actions, and testing.
• Support R&D coordination and NPD transition to manufacturing.

Skills

Quality assurance experience

Leadership/Coaching

Communication skills

Education

Tertiary qualification in Food Science or Food Technology

Tools

Audit management

Job description

The Company

Our client is an established food-manufacturing business with a strong focus on quality, food safety and operational excellence. The organisation is focused on strengthening its internal technical systems, processes and capability. It offers a collaborative, hands‑on environment where individuals can make a genuine impact across the operation.

Benefits

• Take genuine ownership of the quality and technical function across the manufacturing operation
• Play a key role in strengthening food‑safety culture, systems and site‑wide accountability
• Work closely with senior leadership and cross‑functional teams on quality, continuous improvement and product initiatives

The Role

The Technical Manager will be responsible for strengthening and maintaining the organisation’s quality and food‑safety systems. This is a hands‑on position requiring a strong presence on the production floor. You will work closely with operators and leaders to ensure quality requirements are clearly understood, consistently followed and properly documented. The role will also support R&D coordination and new‑product commercialisation, working with key stakeholders to ensure products and processes meet technical, regulatory and operational requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, strengthen and maintain quality‑management systems, policies, SOPs and supporting documentation
• Ensure the site remains audit‑ready and compliant with HACCP, GMP, food‑safety and relevant regulatory requirements
• Partner with production teams to identify quality gaps, improve practices and build greater ownership of quality documentation
• Coordinate internal inspections, corrective actions, performance reporting, root‑cause investigations and external laboratory testing
• Support R&D coordination and NPD commercialisation, working with internal stakeholders to transition products into manufacturing

About You

• Tertiary qualification in Food Science, Food Technology or a related discipline
• Demonstrated quality assurance or technical‑management experience within a food‑manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, GMP, Australian food standards, quality‑management systems and audit requirements
• Proven experience developing and improving quality policies, procedures, SOPs and supporting documentation
• Confident and engaging communicator who can coach production teams, influence change and conduct challenging conversations when required