Quality Assurance Specialist

Published date: 2025/03/01
  • Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand
Quality
Quality Assurance Specialist
New Zealand
AUCKLAND
On-site
Permanent Full-Time
Posted: 28 Feb 2025


About the job
As aQuality Engineer/Quality Assurance Coordinator ,you will join our QA team of 3 reporting to the Quality Assurance in-Process Manager – part of the wider Quality and Food Safety team, located at our Auckland production facility.

This is apermanent full-time opportunityworkingMonday – Friday8.30am – 5pm, contributing to the company’s goals through promoting Quality & Food Safety within Danone. Maintain an effective QA programme based on PRPs and HACCP principles. Develop, implement, and review standard operating procedures (SOPs) to be followed within the manufacturing process to ensure the required quality and food safety of the finished products.

Flexibility to be on-call every 5 weeks is expected in this role. This role might require working shift to support our 24/5 operations from time to time.

You will:

Drive effective Incident Management - carry out investigation & risk assessment on RM / PM / FG with effective RCA & CAPA, in consultation with QA Manager, Plant Manager, QFS Manager
Manage in-process inspection of processes, procedures, premises, people, and product / materials
Ensure plant compliance to GMP, HACCP & regulatory standards
Drive effective environmental pathogen management
Be accountable for the management of PRP’s.

About you
You must have a tertiary qualification in Food Science or equivalent. You have a passion for Quality, work well in a fast-paced environment and have a pragmatic approach to Quality Assurance.

To be successful you will have:

Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a quality assurance role in food manufacturing industry, preferably in dairy
Strong working knowledge of GMP/GHP, HACCP, food handling or pathogen training
Competent level in MS Excel and ability to learn new tools/, exposure to Power BI is highly desirable
The drive and resilience needed to effectively collaborate with operational teams to achieve quality of products on the shopfloor

About Danone
Do things your way. The way you work, the way you develop, the way you progress, it’s all up to you. Working here you’ll need to enjoy a fast-pace, complexity and it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities. You’ll work with some of the best-known brands in the world, such as YoPro, Activia, Aptamil and Karicare, and we absolutely guarantee that you can just be yourself.

Always looking to bring the outside in to continuously improve our ways of working as well as our Danoner’s day to day experience, we have been awarded Winner of the 2020 Employer of Choice awards through the NZ HRD Awards and we are proud of our Certification as a Great Place to Work company 2024.

Be innovative and entrepreneurial and the impact you could make might just amaze you. Join our movement for a healthier world. One Planet One Health BY YOU. Danone is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply!

WE OFFER

A supportive team where you can continuously upskill yourself.
Endless possibilities to develop and accelerate your career
A chance to make a difference to our society through Specialised Nutrition
Our Benefits

Medical insurance paid for by the company for you and discounts for your whānau
Free life insurance
Flu vaccination, free annual medical checks, and free onsite car parking,
Discount in our products and at a range of retailers
Gym and cafe discounts
Annual Bonus Scheme
Fresh fruit every day
4% Kiwisaver contribution and so much more!
Flexible working arrangements.
We believe everyone has talent, something which comes natural to you. Your uniqueness is something which brings both excellence as well as energizes you.

Proving yourself in this role could lead to future opportunities within Danone both locally and abroad. We support our employees to take ownership of developing their career within Danone and encourage moves across (as well as within) our varying functions and businesses. We are passionate about developing and growing our team of leaders, and that could soon include you!

WHAT’S NEXT?

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We will review applications as they are submitted, so if this sounds like you – get in quick!

Click APPLY NOW to submit an application. Please note that only candidates with the right to work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

No Recruitment Agencies please.

https://careers.danone.com/en-global/jobs/quality-assurance-specialist-13722-en-us.html

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