AddressJoin our team as a QA Officer to enhance our Quality Assurance operations. You will support the maintenance of our quality systems, perform detailed inspections, and ensure our documentation upholds the highest standards. This role is critical in maintaining our reputation as a leader in animal nutrition solutions.
About Us
At BEC Feed Solutions, we provide an unparalleled range of animal nutrition solutions. Our expert team designs, sources and creates solutions to support our customers’ needs and overcome their challenges. It’s our promise to provide animal nutrition solutions to enhance performance. Delivering results for both the animal and our customer.
Founded in 1987 we are a leading manufacturer and supplier of premix, feed, and commodities to the stock feed industry. We are an Australian family-owned business based across three counties committed to providing the very best products to our customers.
Our business has invested significantly in state-of-the-art manufacturing and ICT systems to ensure we remain efficient and competitive in our Industry. We share and communicate with all staff a clear business plan, metrics, and performance to date. This information is then cascaded into departments, so all areas of the business and management are aligned on achieving a similar goal.
The Opportunity
We currently have an opportunity for a QA Officer within our Quality Assurance Department. Reporting to the QA manager in a Quality team of four, this role will include:
- Ensuring compliance to feed industry (i.e. FAMI-QS) and Australian regulatory standards.
- Conducting internal audits on system processes and investigating non-conformance issues.
- Assisting with the assessment of new ingredients, maintaining ingredient testing and inspection plans, creation of Certificates of Conformance, shelf-life extensions, customer and vendor questionnaires and other Quality related documents.
- Liaising with suppliers for documentation such as Safety Data Sheets, specifications sheets, labels, certifications, and licences.
- Assisting with HACCP (hazard analysis and critical control points), VACCP and TACCP (feed fraud, adulteration, and defence) programs and monitoring requirements to ensure feed, food safety and quality standards.
- Liaise with the QA Manager, Production Manager and Supervisors on Quality issues. Work collaboratively to promote quality awareness & practices.
- Participate in the continuous improvement of systems and processes to achieve efficiency objectives.
- Based on site at our production and warehouse facility.
About you/ what you’ll bring
- Experience in feed, food or pharmaceuticals preferred.
- Degree or diploma qualified in relative discipline.
- Hands on approach with high attention to detail.
- Ability to gather data, perform basic statistical analysis and present data for various quality and technical processes.
- Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical staff.
- Experience with HACCP, VACCP & TACCP advantageous.
- Experience with feed industry standards such as FAMI-QS, APVMA GMP or FeedSafe advantageous.
- Work well under pressure.
- Own reliable transport.
- Australian Permanent Resident or citizen
Benefits
- Great Western Suburbs location with onsite parking.
- Health and Wellbeing incentives including access to our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, on site flu vaccinations, and corporate discount on private health cover.
- Reward and recognition programs for both individuals and teams.
- Family friendly, flexible culture with great people.
- Quarterly companywide update with lunch.
- Regular huddles, on the Job Coaching and management support
- Career progression and company sponsored training opportunities.
We are looking to hire immediately so if you feel you may be a good fit for our team, please apply by clicking the Apply Now icon.
Please note that we will not be accepting any recruitment agency applications for this role.
