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

An excellent opportunity currently exists for an experienced Quality Assurance Officer - Halal Gate Keeper to join the Comgroup Supplies Quality Assurance team at our Carole Park processing facility.

Expected Skill Set

• 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.
• Good communication skills to liaise with external laboratories, and other departments.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other departments to ensure continuous improvement of the product and production process.
• Good problem-solving skills to investigate non-conformance's and customer complaints.
• Strong record-keeping skills to maintain internal systems.
• Food handling skills
• Halal food and ethical knowledge
• Experience with food hygiene
• Must be of Muslim Faith as a requirement of Halal Governing bodies

Primary Duties

• Review and processing of all Halal Certificates
• Monitoring of all Halal-approved suppliers
• Documentation & record keeping of all Halal-approved suppliers
• Inspection of Halal raw materials
• Halal Internal Audits
• Attend Halal External Audits
• Regular on-floor presence to ensure continuous improvement of the product and production process, with the assistance of other departments to ensure the product runs smoothly and a safe and quality product is produced.
• Review finished product documentation and other requirements pending releasing the finished product for sale.
• Review prerequisite programs as requested by the Senior Quality Assurance Manager and Quality Assurance Team Manager.
• Assist in the 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 per-operational 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 requested MTC paperwork
• 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.
• Monitor complete checks and sign off on Halal Container / Air Freight Loading at Darra and Carole Park

Additional Information

• Quality assessments on finished products
• Food quality checks on finished products
• Assist with Halal meetings
• Car is essential – able to travel between both Carole Park and Darra sites for Halal certification