Comgroup Supplies is currently recruiting

QA Officer - Carole Park - Afternoon Shift 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Join our team for a career, not just a job. We are a fast-paced, proactive company delivering innovative, high-quality meat products to our customers.

An excellent opportunity currently exists for a QA Officer to join the Comgroup Quality team at Carole Park on a full-time basis. You will be working as part of a supportive and motivated team providing support throughout the day. Reporting to the Quality Assurance Team Manager, the responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Monitor performance of hygiene, GMP, food safety, and plant standards on a continuous basis.
• Strong knowledge of food processing, quality assurance and compliance standards within the meat industry.
• Attention to detail and ability to identify non-conformances in finished products and production processes
• Provide corrective feedback where required.
• Complete QA testing on finished products.
• Collect and record data according to HACCP and Quality System.
• Conduct quality audits in a methodical and detailed manner to verify that the organisation's food safety program is complied with at all times.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other departments to ensure continuous improvement of the product and production process.
• Good problem-solving skills to investigate non-conformances and customer complaints.
• Strong record-keeping skills to maintain internal systems.
• Great communication skills to liaise with external laboratories and other departments.
• Regular on-floor presence to ensure continuous improvement of the product and production process, with the assistance of other departments to ensure product runs smoothly and a safe and quality product is produced.
• Review finished product documentation and other requirements pending releasing finished product for sale.
• Review prerequisite programs as requested by Senior Quality Assurance Manager and Quality Assurance Team Manager.
• Assist in investigation of non-conformances and customer complaints when directed.
• Ensure shelf-life testing is completed as required.
• Completion and monitoring of micro and allergen programs and ensure weekly, monthly, and annual hygiene/swab/water testing schedule and annual allergen testing verification schedule is completed including ensuring all test results are entered into iLeader or LX database.
• Ensure all out of specification results are recorded in iLeader and investigated with corrective and preventative action implemented and communicated to the appropriate parties.
• Complete daily GMP walks and preoperational checks and communicate any non-conformances to the relevant parties.
• Ensure all CCP monitoring is completed as per schedule, record non-conformances as required, and communicate to relevant parties.
• Complete calibration (scales, temperature probes) as per schedule.
• Verification checks on start-up metal detectors and every hour after.
• Submit daily samples to external laboratory.
• Complete fat analysis as required.
• Label verification check and reconciliation for export labels completed daily.
• Collaborate with the Quality Assurance Team Manager or Lead to address any QA issues.

To be successful in this position you must possess the following:

• Ability to work an Afternoon Shift.
• Experience in a similar role or demonstrate good working knowledge in food safety and/or quality.
• Experience in the meat industry will be highly regarded
• Internal or Customer audit experience
• Self-motivated and a quick learner
• Team player, with the ability to work unsupervised
• Well-developed interpersonal and conflict resolution skills

If you are driven, not afraid of change, proactive, have the ability to communicate well and make decisions on the run you may have found your next role.

Immediate start available

Interested? Applications (including a covering letter and resume) should be forwarded to:

Comgroup Supplies Pty Ltd

ATT: Debbie Hardke

Applications close 22/03/2025. Shortlisting may begin earlier.