Quality Systems & Compliance Coordinator

|Food & Dairy - Quality Assurance & Quality Control|Christchurch
  • Leading dairy/nutritional company
  • South Otago location (onsite)
  • Excellent career development opportunity

About the company:
Our client, based in the beautiful South Otago region, is a specialist dairy product manufacturer supported by a global food and beverage manufacturer. Widely regarded as an employer that invests in its staff, with a strong reputation for providing quality products to New Zealand, Australia and Asia, demand for their product is continues to grow at a significant rate.
 
About the role:
Currently this company is seeking a permanent Quality Systems and Compliance Coordinator working full time Mon-Fri daytime hours.  As the incumbent, you will report to the Quality Assurance Manager and play a key role in maintaining the company’s documentation control system and by ensuring that the company’s quality and regulatory expectations are met. You will also need to competently analyse product and manufacturing data and present this information for easy review by your peers. 
 
PLEASE NOTE: This role is based in South Otago and will be based onsite.  You will need to relocate to this region if successful.
 
Skills/ Experience:
To be considered, you will have experience in maintaining quality and/or regulatory standards within a dairy or food environment. You will have strong communication skills and will need to work closely with the manufacturing and operational support teams, including those in Australia.  You will be able to anticipate problems and use your technical knowledge to solve these and to make improvements with regards to quality and food safety. 
 
Ideally you will have the following attributes and experience:

  • Minimum 2 years Quality Assurance experience in the dairy, food, pharma or other FMCG industries
  • Reasonable background or understanding of Food Microbiology and Quality Assurance
  • Tertiary qualification with a major  in Chemistry, Microbiology or Food Science (or related)
  • Previous auditing experience (internal and external)
  • Experience in documentation control
  • Good understanding GMP
  • Able to work as part of a team
  • Excellent communication, time management and organisational skills
  • Must have full NZ working rights. 

Apply
Submit your application using the relevant APPLY button. Unfortunately, overseas candidates cannot be considered for this role. 
For a confidential enquiry, contact Olivia Lawrence at olivia@trs.co.nz or 04 916 0536 (please note, it is difficult to comment on suitability withough first seeing your CV).
Note: If this vacancy is not exactly what you are seeking, then please contact me in confidence to discuss your individual requirements.