Compliance Officer – Brisbane

Blenners Transport is seeking a highly organised person for our Compliance Officer role to join our Brisbane depot team. The Compliance Officer will be responsible for all duties and responsibilities associated with ensuring the organisation meets and maintains required accreditations and licenses such as Truck Safe, NHVR, HACCP, Safe Food and Import/export licenses. The role is also responsible for ensuring the timely lodgment and maintenance of all required permits for trucks, trailers, drivers and routes ensuring they are up to date and valid at all times. The role will assist the company to meet its compliance and statutory requirements within the rules set under CoR and under the company’s accreditations including by conducting internal compliance audits.

Reporting to the People and Culture Manager, the successful candidate will have an eye for detail, be highly organised and be able to document all processes and procedures whilst in a learning stage. Whilst some transport and/or quality/internal auditing would be preferred it is not essential as training will be provided.

Position Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate Safe Food, HACCP, Mass, Maintenance, Western Australia Fatigue, TruckSafe and AQIS/Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) requirements ensuring that all information and documentation is up to date.
• Follow each depot up on a monthly basis to ensure they are complying with their requirements.
• Ensure that all tasks relating to Depot Accreditations and audit requirements for NHVR, TruckSafe, Safe Foods, HACCP, Export, DAFF, Western Australia and any other adhoc accreditation are scheduled and completed in a timely manner to ensure ongoing and uninterrupted accreditation.
• Respond to external customer audits and customer incidents/corrective actions in a timely manner.
• Forward plan, schedule and conduct internal compliance audits, investigate and report on all regular internal audits with required outcomes including non-conformance and improvement notices.
• Ensuring that permits are up to date for all required vehicles, vans, routes and employees for all routes including Western Australia.
• Working within the P&C team to update and facilitate any changes in requirements within any CoR Legislation or in any of the accreditations or Industry standards.

About You

• Minimum requirement – School Certificate; Higher School Certificate preferred.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Exceptional computer skills and advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills.
• Excellent communicator both verbally and written at all levels.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Ability to prioritise and focus on critical issues.
• Sound knowledge of transport and distribution of produce and other multi temperature food products (Preferred but not essential).
• Knowledge of Food Safety Principles including HACCP, Basic Fatigue Management and NHVR requirements (Preferred but not essential).
• Strong understanding and sound knowledge of permits (Truck and Road Routes) (Preferred but not essential).

About the Company

Blenners Transport is a proudly Australian Owned and family operated transport business with over 35 years’ experience specialising in refrigerated transport Australia Wide. With depots across Brisbane, Tully and Far North Queensland, Blenners are the nationally trusted and respected refrigerated transport solution, working with leading retailers and well-known and reputable brands Australia-wide, with a strong emphasis on their customers and their team.