About the business

Gourmania is a proudly WA-owned company with over 35 years experience in food manufacturing and a customer base that is local, national and international. Gourmania is a SQF certified Company and has a well-established relationship with the WA Government; being one of the largest contracted suppliers of pre-prepared food to WA public hospitals.

Gourmania produces a wide variety of food products by partnering with several food service providers/distributors in Australia and internationally.

The company has forged a strong network of distribution partners with its products now in countries including: Dubai, Hong Kong, Japan, the Maldives, Mauritius, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand.

About the role

Working within the Food Service Industry, the primary responsibilities include:

Making sure that all quality control documentation is produced up-to-date and maintained on file as per requirement.

Monitoring quality requirements. Daily checks in factory, temperature, Brix, pH and other product controls, labelling checks, product release.

Conducting Pre and post operational checks, as well as GMP check list.

Control and maintenance of approved supplier and preventive maintenance programs.

Performing Retention sampling regime checks.

Conducting in-house calibrations.

Organising laboratory sampling testing ( microbiological, allergen, chemical, environmental) as per schedule and generating data results report, carrying out proper corrective actions (CA), when necessary.

Provide training to employees regarding our food safety plan procedures, QMS, SOP, SSOP, records, CA, work instructions, inductions to new employees, etc.

Assisting Management in projects and miscellaneous duties as directed.

Skills and experience

The candidate will have a University Degree (Such as Food scientist, Food technologist, Food Engineering, or related)

A minimum of 3 to 5 years working experience in a quality role in the Food industry or Food services field.

Successfully completed a minimum two-day duration and assessed HACCP-based certification training course

Knowledge of SQF (Safe Quality Food) standards, Quality Control and HACCP certifications would be required for the role

The ideal candidate must have:

Ability to work under pressure and time constraints while still performing their tasks efficiently.

Ability to work independently as well as cooperate with other departments.

Strong organisational skills, related to scheduling, organising the workload, and prioritising activities.

Possess excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to come up with feasible corrective actions

Strong attention to detail.

Good interpersonal skills to build and maintain good relationships with suppliers, colleagues, different production staff members, and customers in a work environment.

Good level computer knowledge.

Excellent oral and written communication skill