At a Glance
- Tasks: Ensure food safety and quality in a hands-on role at a local meat processing plant.
- Company: Crows Nest Meatworks, a family-run business dedicated to quality meat products.
- Benefits: Stable full-time hours, Monday to Friday, with a supportive team environment.
- Other info: Opportunity for growth in a dynamic, community-focused workplace.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on food safety standards while working with a passionate team.
- Qualifications: Experience in QA or food safety, ideally in meat processing, with HACCP knowledge.
The predicted salary is between 47250 - 57750 $ per year.
Key QA role in a local, family-run meat processing business.
Stable full-time hours, Monday to Friday.
Hands-on role with real ownership of food safety.
About us:
Crows Nest Meatworks is a locally owned meat processing business on the Darling Downs, supplying beef, lamb, pork, and goat to butchers, wholesalers, and retail customers across South East Queensland. We’re proud of the quality of our product and the team behind it, and we’re looking for a reliable QA professional to help keep our standards high.
The role:
Reporting to the Plant Manager / General Manager you’ll be responsible for day-to-day food safety and quality across the plant, from livestock receival through to dispatch. You’ll work closely with the production floor, so we need someone who is as comfortable in boots and whites as they are with paperwork.
What you’ll be doing:
- Running and maintaining our HACCP-based food safety program.
- Carrying out daily pre-op and operational hygiene checks.
- Monitoring carcase and product quality, temperatures, and chilling.
- Collecting samples for microbiological testing (e.g. ESAM) and following up results.
- Keeping accurate QA records and preparing for internal and external audits, including Safe Food Queensland.
- Ensuring compliance with AS 4696 and relevant regulatory requirements.
- Handling non-conformances, corrective actions, and customer complaints.
- Training staff on hygiene, food safety, and good manufacturing practices.
- Helping maintain animal welfare, traceability, and labelling standards.
About you:
- Previous QA or food safety experience, ideally in meat processing or another food manufacturing environment.
- Working knowledge of HACCP and AS 4696.
- A qualification in food science, food safety, meat processing (e.g. Cert III/IV in Meat Processing – Quality Assurance) or similar is highly regarded.
- Strong attention to detail and good record-keeping habits.
- Confident communicator who can work with production staff and management.
- Comfortable working in cold, wet, and physically demanding conditions.
- Current driver’s licence and reliable transport (Crows Nest is a regional location).
Quality Assurance – Food Safety Officer in Crows Nest employer: WHA Consulting Pty Ltd
WHA Consulting Pty Ltd offers stable full-time positions in a family-run environment, promoting a hands-on approach to quality assurance and food safety. Employees enjoy a supportive work culture with real ownership of their roles, contributing to high standards in meat processing. The company values reliability and teamwork, making it an attractive employer for those seeking growth opportunities in the food industry.
