Quality Manager
1. Full-time
Company Description
About Us:
Circular Plastics Australia part of the PACT Group is creating a truly circular economy by giving billions of used plastic bottles and containers a new life. Our facilities will enable plastic waste to be recycled locally and made into new bottles and packaging, rather than ending up in landfills.
Job Description
About the role:
The Quality Assurance Manager is a member of the Divisional/JV Leadership team and has responsibility for all aspects of Quality at the sites for the Food contact and Non-food contact recycled products.
This role will be stationed at our Albury site. The Quality Assurance Manager will be responsible for setting up and maintaining the appropriate quality systems throughout the manufacturing and sales process.
Responsibilities:
2. Tailor, implement and maintain the quality systems from the outset. Work with the Site Leadership team, and JV partners to set up and implement the quality systems and processes to achieve the agreed QAS certification/s.
3. Work with Joint Venture partners to ensure specifications are agreed and documented, SLA are outlined, clear, processes are documented and adhered to
4. Maintain, Review and Improve Quality Systems, including FSSC 22000 V 5.1 for food-contact products, and ongoing 3rd party system certification requirements.
5. Understanding of EFSA, US FDA & Customer specific requirements that relate to the site and ensuring identified PRPs are managed in line with requirements.
6. Support the Site Manager to build and maintain strong personal relationships with key client stakeholders, ensuring contractual compliance in service delivery to retain and grow
7. Promote a culture of zero harm including an unrelenting focus on continually improving our safety culture
About You:
8. 5+years in a similar Quality role
9. Track record in successful set-up of Quality systems such as FSSC 22000 and ISO 9001.
10. Previous Experience in a quality role in a food-plastics or food company. Additional experience in a technical or operational role/s in the food-plastics or food industry will be preferable.
11. A personable leader, with the ability to communicate and connect across all levels
12. Experienced in driving cost improvement strategy in an industrial, low margin, high volume business or business unit.
13. Experience interfacing with customers, suppliers, System certifiers/Auditors
14. Led significant value creation project for a company or division
15. Australia / New Zealand experience.
Qualifications
16. Bachelor’s in science or related field
Additional Information
PACT Perks:
As a Pact Team Member you will be able to consider our Pact Perks;
17. Free onsite car parking
18. Bonus leave program
19. Kudos Recognition Program – earn reward points for living our Values
20. Novated vehicle leasing and motor vehicle purchasing discounts
21. Health insurance discounts
22. 18 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks for secondary carers
23. MyLearning - programs to boost your individual development, including leadership courses, online learning modules and access to Blinkist audio books
24. Career opportunities across our global organisation
25. Great people to work with
26. A growth mindset
27. Values driven organisation
28. Purpose led, sustainable organisation leading the circular economy