Food Safety, Risk and Maintenance Manager - Aged Care

At our core, RSL LifeCare provides care and services to veterans and seniors who live in our communities or are receiving support at home. Our vision of creating proud communities living their best lives is at the heart of everything we do as we continue to build upon our legacy of supporting veterans and their families for more than 100 years.

Joining us means becoming part of a large, purpose‑driven organisation where your expertise and compassion genuinely make a difference.

The Food Safety, Compliance & Maintenance Manager ensures all food, dining and hospitality environments across Residential Care and Retirement Living meet the highest safety, regulatory and operational standards.

You will lead our HACCP‑based Food Safety Program, ensure compliance with FSANZ Standard 3.3.1, oversee training in safe food handling and hygiene, and manage the maintenance and safety of kitchen and catering equipment.

Working closely with chefs, facility teams, property and procurement, you will help deliver safe, high‑quality, person‑centred hospitality services.

In this role you will:

• Lead a safety‑first culture across hospitality teams.

• Deliver food safety training and maintain audit‑ready competency records.

• Manage audit readiness and ensure timely communication of key milestones.

• Oversee the Food Safety Program and close audit actions on time.

• Ensure systems compliance (LeeCare, Smithkit, P2P).

• Standardise critical controls and verify through audits and spot checks.

• Manage preventive maintenance for kitchen and food service equipment.

• Monitor risks and incidents using RiskMan.

• Oversee supplier and contractor performance, ensuring quality, safety and preferred‑supplier compliance.
   

Our expectations are that you have:

• Experience leading food safety and compliance in aged care or healthcare.

• Strong knowledge of HACCP, FSANZ, and Food Authority requirements.

• Experience in commercial kitchen maintenance and equipment safety.

• Proficiency with operational and incident management systems.

• Strong vendor management and stakeholder communication skills.

It would be advantageous if you had:

• Food Safety Supervisor certification.

• Knowledge of the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards 2025.

• Experience with allergen management and IDDSI.

• Exposure to sustainability in sourcing.

• Continuous improvement or Lean/Six Sigma skills.

RSL offers the following benefits:  

• Not-for-profit tax benefits - salary packaging of up to $15,900 per year. This allows you to reduce your taxable income by receiving part of your salary as tax-free benefits like super contributions, car leasing, and more.

• Staff discounts across 700 select retail stores through Maxxia Rewards

• Fitness Passport

• Leave Loading - 17.5% pay top up on paid leave
   

Our commitment to diversity:  

We are proud to stand for our unique values: Do the Right Thing, Aim Higher, Care from the Heart, and Act as One team.
 
We welcome and encourage applications from people across our diverse community, especially from Veterans, current serving ADF personnel, their families and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. We believe everyone has the right to feel safe, respected, valued and heard regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.

It is a mandatory requirement for a team member working in the Aged Care sector to have a valid Police Check or a valid National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) check, or potentially both, to undertake the inherent requirements of the role. Clearances must be verified prior to commencing employment with RSL LifeCare. 

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