FSQ Technician

Kraft Heinz; Hastings; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pay for Performance

Parental Leave

Leave Options

Great Place to Work

In House Training

Corporate Discount Programs

Job summary

Kraft Heinz in King Street, New Zealand, is seeking a Food Safety Quality Technician to grow your career in Food Safety Quality within a dynamic team. This fixed-term role runs from September 2026 to May 2027, offering opportunities for internal growth and development.

You will implement site food safety and quality requirements, oversee sampling and testing, investigate quality incidents, perform audits, and deliver training to production staff to improve right‑first‑time performance.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a team.
• Ability to grasp technical concepts and influence stakeholders with facts.
• Understanding of low acid and acid food safety.
• Decision making ability on product quality.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment with quality risk assessment and food safety exposure.
• High level of computer literacy including Microsoft Office Suite (Teams, Word, Excel, PPT).
• High level of personal integrity and sense of right and wrong.
• Eligibility to work in New Zealand with full working rights.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain the site’s food safety and quality requirements, driving completion of related action plans and ensuring compliance.
• Oversee product sampling, testing and calibration activities; make or support release decisions to confirm conformity with customer, third-party and company specifications.
• Investigations into quality incidents and complaints using risk assessment and root-cause analysis, and manage corrective and preventive actions to reduce recurrence.
• Plan, perform and report internal audits and validation activities (including control point validations), and ensure timely closure of findings.
• Provide technical input and risk mitigation for new product, process or packaging projects to safeguard food safety and quality outcomes.
• Develop and deliver quality training and competency assessments for production and operations staff to improve right-first-time performance.
• Prepare clear, data-driven reports and materials for FSQ and steering meetings to support decision making and continuous improvement.
• Maintain site control measures and behavioural safety standards through regular verifications and accountability reporting.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Technical concepts

Influence with facts

Decision making

Quality risk assessment

MS Office proficiency

Integrity

NZ work eligibility

Job description

• Opportunity to grow your Food Safety career with a global FMCG brand.
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
• Fixed Term Contract from September 2026 – May 2027 in King Street, NZ.

Job Description

Food Safety Quality Technician

Are you a food safety / science graduate looking to grow your career in Food Safety Quality? Do you want to join a dynamic team with a proven track record of internal growth and career advancement opportunities? We have an exciting fixed-term opportunity for a FSQ Technician to join our Food Safety and Quality team based out of our King Street, New Zealand site!

The Company

The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. Our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.

Key Position Responsibilities Include, But Not Limited To

• Implement and maintain the site’s food safety and quality requirements, driving completion of related action plans and ensuring compliance.
• Oversee product sampling, testing and calibration activities; make or support release decisions to confirm conformity with customer, third‑party and company specifications.
• Investigations into quality incidents and complaints using risk assessment and root‑cause analysis, and manage corrective and preventive actions to reduce recurrence.
• Plan, perform and report internal audits and validation activities (including control point validations), and ensure timely closure of findings.
• Provide technical input and risk mitigation for new product, process or packaging projects to safeguard food safety and quality outcomes.
• Develop and deliver quality training and competency assessments for production and operations staff to improve right‑first‑time performance.
• Prepare clear, data‑driven reports and materials for FSQ and steering meetings to support decision making and continuous improvement.
• Maintain site control measures and behavioural safety standards through regular verifications and accountability reporting.

About You

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a team
• Ability to grasp technical concepts and influence stakeholders with facts.
• Understanding of low acid and acid food safety
• Decision making ability on product quality.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment with quality risk assessment and food safety exposure
• High level of computer literacy including Microsoft Office Suite (Teams, Word, Excel, PPT)
• High level of personal integrity and sense of right and wrong
• Eligibility to work in New Zealand with full working rights.

Benefits Of Working With Us

• Pay for Performance – industry leading variable compensation offerings tied to company and individual performance on top of a competitive base salary package
• Parental Leave – paid time off for both primary AND secondary caregivers
• Leave Options – Purchased leave, volunteer leave and LiveWell leave programs to give you even more flexibility to plan your life and spend time on causes that matter
• Great Place to Work certification in Australia and New Zealand
• In House Training Programs
• Corporate Discount Programs

Location(s)

King Street

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.