QA Technologist - Fresh Foods
Overview
The Fresh Foods QA Technologist is responsible for ensuring that fresh food products meet defined quality, food safety and specification standards across suppliers, factories and stores. The role focuses on hands-on quality control, factory validation and in-market verification.
Requirements
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Food Science, Food Technology, Consumer Science or a related field
- Strong understanding of food safety standards, quality control practices and regulatory requirements
- 3–4 years’ experience in food quality control or quality assurance, preferably within FMCG, fresh foods or food manufacturing environments
- Proven exposure to factory environments and supplier operations
- Experience conducting audits, quality assessments or factory trials (advantageous)
Responsibilities
- Conduct ongoing taste tests and quality assessments to ensure consistency and adherence to standards
- Evaluate product quality, freshness, flavour and presentation across suppliers and stores
- Monitor alignment to approved recipes, specifications and quality expectations
- Conduct supplier visits to assess production processes and quality control practices
- Perform recipe audits to verify compliance with specifications and standards
- Participate in factory trials to evaluate product consistency and production feasibility
- Conduct store visits to assess the quality and presentation of fresh food products
- Identify and address any quality deviations or inconsistencies in-store
- Support the investigation and resolution of product quality or production issues
- Work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to implement corrective actions
- Provide practical feedback to improve product consistency and production outcomes
- Maintain accurate records of quality assessments, audits and corrective actions
- Ensure traceability and alignment with food safety and quality standards
- Support compliance with GMP, HACCP, ISO and internal QA requirements
- Work closely with Product Development, QA, Procurement and Operations teams
- Build and maintain effective relationships with suppliers and production teams
- Act as a key quality control link between suppliers, production and stores
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