General Information
Position Description
We are Fonterra, one of the world's largest dairy nutrition companies created and owned by New Zealand dairy farmers. Since our beginnings, collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved by over a billion people every day around the world.
When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.
Reporting to the Technical Officer. The role will be filling a vacancy in the Quality Department, with tasks to include calibrating, operating, monitoring and servicing inline testing devices and standalone units. The role will be Monday to Friday 38-hour week roster.
Key responsibilities:
- Fonterra and Regulatory Standards Health Safety & Wellbeing Food Safety & Product Quality (FSQ)
- Compliance with SOP’s
- Environmental swabbing with adherence to the Pathogen Management Program
- Water sampling and AMRA & ATP testing
- Sample collection for Milk, Cheese, Powder, Ricotta, Whey Liquids, Concentrate and by-products
- Clearing of incoming goods
- GMP and Glass and Hard Plastic auditing
- Completing down grade reports
- Product Clearance, allocation, and re-specification
- Retrieve results from BVAQ, SAP and distribute information
You must also demonstrate:
We are looking for individuals who have prior experience within a food manufacturing environment and with a passion for quality. This role would suit a strong and effective communicator with excellent organisation and planning skills, as well as:
- Good understanding of food safety principles, and quality control methods and processes
- Proven experience in a similar role, preferably within the food manufacturing industry
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with individuals at all levels of the organization.
- Detail-oriented mindset with good analytical abilities
- Ability to work within a team.
- Intermediate IT/Computer skills with prior SAP experience desirable
The benefits of life at Fonterra
To learn more, visit Fonterra Careers
Sound good to you? Come and join us, and let's solve for better, together. You, me, us together.
Here at Fonterra, we are committed to growing our people. We value you and your career progression and are excited that you are taking this next step in your career journey with us. We are proud to offer a wide variety of roles across the Co-op, ensuring that no matter what business unit or stage of life you're in, there's a good chance we've got something to suit.
Are you excited about this opportunity but may only meet some requirements?
That's not a problem. We are committed to growing our internal talent and building a diverse workplace; therefore, we are open to looking at applicants with excellent transferable skills. If that's you, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or one of our other opportunities
Sound good to you? We like to see as many jobs as possible filled by our talented existing team, so if you are interested, please apply now so we can continue to solve for better, together.
You, me, us together.
