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Form of workWe are Fonterra, one of the world's largest dairy nutrition companies. Here in Australia, we collect milk from Aussie Farmers across Victoria and Tasmania, and our manufacturing sites turn this into the dairy foods you know and love in our supermarkets, including Perfect Italiano™, Mainland™, Western Star™, and Bega™. We also sell dairy ingredients to many of the world's leading food companies and partner with food services businesses across the country to get dairy foods into chefs' hands.
As a Co-operative created and owned by New Zealand dairy farmers, our collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved here in Australia and around the world.
As part of the Fonterra Co-op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.
When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.
About us
Northern Tasmania is home to our Wynyard site which makes cheese and a range of powders for food companies. We take Tasmanian farmers’ milk and turn this into world-class dairy foods for both the domestic and export market.
About the opportunity
The Technical Officer is responsible for developing, implementing and improving the sites quality systems so as to ensure that all finished products meet specified requirements. The role also contributes to the development and maintenance of the site Quality Management System ensuring compliance with regulatory and food safety requirements, and corporate guidelines. The role has direct reports looking after sampling and calibration functions at site.
Key responsibilities:
- Monitors and reports on plant compliance to relevant regulations, food safety, quality and customer standards
- Assure the food safety & quality status of the site through inspection and audit
- Implements, maintains and improves the effectiveness of the food safety & quality system.
- Exception management is proficiently co-ordinated, including interim controls and short term corrective action
- Actively promotes a behaviour based food safety & quality culture at all levels within the plant through coaching conversations, daily feedback and leadership
- Ensures the sites NIR and FTIR instruments are calibrated and maintained
- Supports sites sample registration and testing/sampling regimes
- Completing detailed and data driven risk analysis
About you:
We are looking for candidates with strong backgrounds within quality and food safety ideally within a similar food manufacturing background.
You can also demonstrate:
- 5 years’ experience in a similar role
- Good understanding of food safety principles, and quality control methods and processes
- Leadership experience desirable
- Detail-oriented mindset with exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities
- Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Are you excited about this opportunity but may only meet some requirements?
At Fonterra, we are committed to building a diverse workplace and, therefore, open to looking at applicants with excellent transferable skills. If that's you, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or one of our other opportunities.
The benefits of life at Fonterra
Our people and what they bring to our Co-op shape our success. We have a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders, and passionate people, making Fonterra a great place to work. We also offer competitive remuneration and a range of benefits, regardless of your role or location.
Sound good to you? Come and join us, and let's solve for better, together. You, me, us together.
