Pact Group’s Contract Manufacturing Division manufactures across several operational sites and supplies a wide range of homecare and Personal-Care categories to all the major retailers and global FMCG brand owners.

About this opportunity

In this contract role, you will manage development projects and support the implementation of new products for the contract manufacturing division, across all Personal Care categories. From initial concept through to full scale production by initiating innovation, formulating new products, producing lab scale batches and supporting the new product development team.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Project manage all projects to completion within budget and agreed timelines
• Manage the formulation and development of new innovative personal care products and improve formulae and processes of existing products to enhance product quality and manufacturing efficiencies.
• Complete manufacture of laboratory scale batches for formulation development, customer sampling and stability testing.
• Oversee the implementation and progress of stability related testing of all new products for validating shelf life.
• Provide support to manufacturing NPD, technical/laboratory sales and marketing personnel as required.
• Liaise with new product development and marketing personnel, raw material suppliers and customers as required, facilitating the formulation and development process.
• Oversee the sourcing of raw materials both internally and externally for use in the formulation and development of new products and identifying alternate equivalent sources of supply when required.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with customers and suppliers.
• Assisting site in the investigation of out of specification results and customer complaints.
• Develop tools and processes to support improvement of product development efficiency.
• In conjunction with relevant departments ensure compliance of new and adapted products to market regulations and any relevant quality and safety requirements.
• Contribute to the achievements of the department and company’s quality objectives.
• Support the Technical Lead chemist and co-operate with laboratory team members to achieve efficient output.
• Complete any other required tasks/assignments as directed. 

Your skills and experience

To be successful in this role, you’ll have:

• Experience in the personal care manufacturing industry
• Tertiary qualifications in a Scientific/Engineering field [e.g. Bachelor of Science (Chemistry), Chemical Engineering or equivalent] 
• Ability to develop a sound understanding of technical, IP and regulatory issues relating to product development in personal care.
• Ability to investigate and fully scope new products and make sound recommendations for execution.
• Ability to trouble-shoot and implement an investigative approach to a wide variety of technical, timeline-related challenges as required.
• Knowledge of Aust/NZ regulatory requirements for personal care products

• Guaranteed hours and shifts on the North Sunshine Coast - Perm Part Time 

• Extensive paid training. Paid km’s. Phone allowance and other discounts 

When was the last time you made a difference in someone's life?

For our Aged Care Workers, it’s with every customer, and on every shift. It takes a special person to be a Care Worker and help the older members of our community. We are looking for just that person to join our KinCare team in North Sunshine Coast.  

Your day will include;

• Domestic Assistance: Cleaning the home of older people so they have a safe and beautiful place to live

• Helping our customers with meal preparation and shopping 

• Providing social support and access to lifestyle activities

• Providing respite and emotional support

• Social support and transport to appointments

• Providing complex care for customers with high care needs, such as dementia 

Why KinCare?

• We’re committed to improving the quality of life and wellbeing for our customers through tailored in-home care services. 

• Guarantee hours close to home as a permanent part time employee.

• Your well-being is our priority. You can’t care for others if you don’t look after yourself.

• Extensive paid training and culture of continuous learning to ensure you know what’s expected and have the opportunity to learn.

• Accelerated learning programs to gain your professional qualifications (Cert 3).

• Paid CPR and First Aid courses.

• Paid km’s, phone allowance and discounts on your car maintenance.

• Free uniform and a shoe allowance.

• Support at every step of your employment journey with KinCare.

What do we look for in a Care Worker? 

• You care about assisting our aged community so they can live independently at home for longer. 

• You have a current P1 class or above Australian Drivers License and a registered vehicle – travel is part of the role.

• You don’t sweat the small stuff; sometimes your customer will be having a bad day or traffic delays you. You know not to take this personally and to shake it off before your next customer.

• You're available to work at least 3 days - Monday - Friday. No night or weekend work here.

• You're comfortable working independently and finding solutions to everyday problems, knowing when to ask your Manager for help. 

If you’re looking for an organisation that cares about you, apply today. 

We are a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

When you apply we will send you a link to a short online assessment from Vervoe so you can see what a day in the life of our Home Care Worker will be like. Before joining our team, we require a National Police Check, functional assessment and evidence of covid vaccination.