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Quality Assurance Technician - Stanhope

Job Name
Quality Assurance Technician

General Information

Date Published
31-Oct-2025
Advertising Ends
28-Nov-2025
ID#
13947
Role Type
Quality & Safety
Work Type
Permanent Full-Time
Workplace Type
On-site
Country
Australia
Location
Northern Victoria

Position Description

We are Fonterra, one of the world's largest dairy nutrition companies. Here in Australia, we collect milk from Aussie Farmers across Victoria and Tasmania, and our manufacturing sites turn this into the dairy foods you know and love in our supermarkets, including Perfect Italiano™, Mainland™, Western Star™, and Bega™. We also sell dairy ingredients to many of the world's leading food companies and partner with food services businesses across the country to get dairy foods into chefs' hands.

As a Co-operative created and owned by New Zealand dairy farmers, our 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 here in Australia and around the world. 

As part of the Fonterra Co-op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.  

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. 

About us
In the heart of northern Victoria is our Stanhope site, a state-of-the-art cheese plant. Here we make a range of award-winning cheese for both the domestic and export markets. 

About the role

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 

About You

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  

Are you excited about this opportunity but may only meet some requirements?

At Fonterra, we are committed to building a diverse workplace and, therefore, 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. 

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The benefits of life at Fonterra

Our people and what they bring to our Co-op shape our success. We have a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders, and passionate people, making Fonterra a great place to work. We also offer competitive remuneration and a range of benefits, regardless of your role or location. 

Fonterra is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best, and are empowered to create goodness for generations.  

Sound good to you? Come and join us, and let's solve for better, together. You, me, us together.