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As a specialist recruiter partnering with leading New Zealand manufacturers, we are pleased to be supporting a well-established food production business to secure an experienced Food Safety & Quality Specialist for a fixed-term contract through to October.

This is a busy, highly visible role where you’ll spend time on the plant floor working closely with operations, not just behind a desk. You’ll play a key part in maintaining compliance, supporting audits, and ensuring strong food safety and quality outcomes across the site, with occasional travel (2–3 trips) to Timaru.

What you will do:

• Internal and external audits, corrective actions, and compliance activities
• Manage customer complaints, investigations, and NCR processes end to end
• Support and maintain RMP, FSSC22000, HACCP, and quality systems compliance
• Partner with production and cross-functional teams to embed food safety culture
• Support product release, supplier assurance, traceability, and recall readiness
• Contribute to continuous improvement and risk-based quality initiatives

What we are looking for

• Proven food manufacturing experience within food safety or quality roles
• Strong capability in root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective action management
• Working knowledge of FSSC22000 and RMP requirements
• Experience leading or supporting internal/external audits and compliance systems
• Confident communicator able to influence across production and technical teams
• Tertiary qualification beneficial but not essential with strong industry experience

What’s in it for you

• Fixed-term stability through to October in a well-respected NZ manufacturer
• Monday to Friday structure supporting work–life balance
• Hands-on, plant-focused role with real impact on food safety and quality
• Opportunity to work with an experienced technical and operations team
• Build further experience across audits, compliance, and continuous improvement

How to apply

Click APPLY NOW or call Belinda at Scitex Recruitment on 09 200 3121 for a confidential discussion.

To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, or resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.

Scitex specialises in permanent, contract and temporary recruitment – and has done so since 1987. We are here to engineer better Mondays.
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