The Opportunity
In this newly created role, we are excited to welcome our newest member to our R&D Team based in our busy Ingleburn Manufacturing site as our R&D Technologist. This is a hands-on role and is an excellent opportunity for someone who is in a R&D technician role who is looking for career development.

Reporting to the Group Regulatory Affairs Manager with a dotted line to our Head of Safety and Quality ANZ, the R&D Technologist is responsible for supporting the Research & Development team while supporting the effective implementation and ongoing maintenance of regulatory compliance activities across the organization.

This role also fosters a culture of audit readiness, continuous improvement, and regulatory awareness across R&D and related functions.

What you will be doing:

• Champion Regulatory Compliance and Standards Management by ensuring all company policies, procedures, and product development processes align with current regulatory standards and industry best practices.

• Support Product Development Activities by working closely with cross-functional teams—including R&D, Quality Assurance, and Operations—to ensure compliance with applicable regulations, proactively identify and resolve compliance risks, and support product innovation within a compliant framework.

• Anchor Quality Systems and Continuous Improvement Practices by providing leadership and guidance to quality and compliance team members in areas such as good manufacturing practices (GMP), good laboratory practices (GLP), good documentation practices (GDP), and supports the maintenance of the site’s Quality Management System (QMS), HACCP, and SQF programs.

What will help you succeed in this role:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience within technical teams in the food industry. Please note, this isn't a management role.
• Experience in various systems and standards such as HACCP, BRC, SQF as well as Quality Documentation.
• PetCare experience and product compliance would be key benefit
• Tertiary qualification in food science / related agricultural science or relevant industry experience and training (ie HACCP)
• Excellent people skills and mathematical & communication skills, both written and oral
• Must have full working rights (Australian or NZ Citizen or PR)

What we’re about

Welcome to RPF, where we believe in keeping it Real.

Since 1994, we have been Australia and New Zealand’s pioneers in fresher dog and cat nutrition. Our story is one of passion for a better way to care for pets, a belief in fresher nutrition, and an unwavering commitment to delivering this to pet parents and pets worldwide.

We're dedicated to fostering authentic partnerships, encouraging real ambition, and providing real career opportunities for our employees to make a difference.

Real means fresher ingredients and fresher methods. We'll never stop expanding, innovating, and trying new things. We compete in every pet category and channel, creating favourite brands such as Ivory Coat, Nature’s Gift, V.I.P. Petfoods, and Love ‘Em & Fussy Cat!

Since the establishment of RPF, we have grown to over 900 people across Australia and New Zealand, China, Southeast Asia and Europe.

With the pet industry growing rapidly (a $15 billion industry!) and pets becoming increasingly important in our lives and homes, this is a unique opportunity to be a part of our remarkable growth story and advance your career.

Why join us?

Do work that matters. We’re pioneering in a new area of pet food, always striving for fresher. We’re restless, creating a better life for our pets.

Make an impact and change the game. You won’t be another ‘cog in the wheel’ here. We give full trust and autonomy for you to do your best work – and to make a real difference. Do you have a great idea for a new product or system improvement? We’re all ears!

Growing and global. We’re growing fast! We now have global presence across APAC, and Europe regions and we’re only getting started!

Work with a pack of awesome, genuine people who are passionate about what they do.

Grow your career with us. We’re big believers in lifelong learning. You’ll be given access to LinkedIn Learning, plus opportunities for internal mobility and leadership training to fast-track your career.

Pets our part of our family:  access our Pawrental leave when you adopt a new cat or dog, pet carer and compassionate leave.

Generous perks including day off for your anniversary, product discounts, volunteering days to help the community, novated leases, a rewards program and parental leave.

What’s next?

If you're ready to unleash your potential and make a real difference in the booming pet industry, then we want to hear from you! Next steps will include:

• An initial telephone interview followed by 2 face to face interviews including a site visit
• 2 work references

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity’s not a buzzword here, it’s in our DNA. Diverse perspectives shape our culture and make our work better. That’s why we’re committed to building inclusive teams that represent a variety of backgrounds and skills. If you need any reasonable adjustments, accessibility assistance or would like to note which pronouns you use at any stage of our hiring process, just contact us at accommodations: people&culture@realpetfoodco.com.au. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please note: NO agencies will be considered during this process. We encourage you to refrain from submitting unsolicited profiles