Site Food Technologist

·        Join a highly reputable company with an award winning culture.

·        Permanent full time position, half day Fridays.

·        Based onsite in Berkeley Vale on the Central Coast of NSW.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Site Food Technologist to join our Technical team at our Berkeley Vale Manufacturing Facility. 

The Position

This permanent full-time role will report into the Technical Manager and will be responsible for ensuring adherence to food safety, quality and legality standards across the site. They will provide quality assurance, manufacturing and technical support.

Key Responsibilities of this role include:

·        Develop and maintain the site Food Defence plan as well as provide support for all other departmental Food Defence initiatives on site.

·        Deliver site quality system objectives including GMP, HACCP and BRC certification as well as compliance to the Supply Chain Standards, Concessions, CARs across all areas of the site.

·        Develop and maintain pre-requisite programs for all HACCP plans on site.

·        Actively promote food safety culture across the site.

·        Provide support for traceability, business continuity plans and mock recall.

·        Address corrective action requests (CARs), when necessary. Ensure CARs generated from audits are completed.

·        Analysis of various utilities on site, monitoring test results to ensure quality is maintained.

·        Perform other duties as required including but not limited to relieving team members as required and attending training and meetings.

The Requirements

·        Tertiary qualifications in Food Technology or related science area at a minimum of a bachelor’s level.

·        HACCP Qualification.

·        Approximately 5 years’ experience in FMCG is advantageous.

·        Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively with others.

·        Productive and robust problem-solving ability in a high-pressure environment.

·        Strong influencing skills but also ability to compromise, be flexible and solution driven in your approach.

About Sanitarium & Our Culture

Sanitarium believes in the potential of every Australian to live well.  That’s why everything we do – from the foods we create, to our role in the community and how we care and develop our staff – is guided by this philosophy. We are Australian owned, and we are also proud to produce some of Australia’s’ most loved products from the favourite Aussie breakfast cereal Weet-Bix, to the nutritious on-the-go liquid breakfast drink UP&GO and the category leader in non-dairy milks, So Good. Not only do we have great products, but we have great teams behind them.  We love what we do, we’re constantly evolving and, where there’s a chance to learn or try something new, we roll up our sleeves.  There’s never a dull moment! We are an organisation driven by our mission, vision, and values.

At Sanitarium we acknowledge that for us to be truly successful and sustainable our people, our values and our philosophy need to be at the forefront of what we do. We are passionate about fostering an environment in which you can flourish and grow, where you feel valued and know that you can make a difference.

The Benefits

·        Half-day Fridays.

·        Access to a range of workplace health and wellbeing initiatives including an onsite gym.

·        Continuous learning and development opportunities.

·        Staff store and canteen.

·        Opportunity to contribute to community initiatives.

·        Collaborative and approachable culture.

The Recruitment Process

We are shortlisting and interviewing candidates as applications are received. The selection process will include interviews, online and functional testing as well as Police, medical and reference checking.