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Quality
& Food Safety Technologist- Henderson, NC 27537
Mars
Job
details
Job Type
Full-time
Full Job
Description
Job Purpose:
The Quality and Food Safety Technologist is responsible
for ensuring all relevant Q&FS standards are implemented and continuously
improved to assure quality and food safety at the local site, protecting the
consumer and our brands. Quality and Food Safety Technologists play a key
role at the manufacturing sites. This role will be responsible for leading
food safety programs including internal audit, CAPA, and management review.
The Q&FS technologist role plays a pivotal role in incident
investigations, risk assessment, and root cause analysis. The Q&FS
technologist will lead risk assessments for all changes such CAB, New
products/pack/process and or new regulations/ standard that impacts QFS.
What we are looking for:
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Food Science, engineering,
biological sciences, chemistry, or equivalent
- Ability and
aptitude to work in an R&D, Manufacturing, and/or Distribution
environment
- Understanding
of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), Good Laboratory Practices
(GLP's), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Systems (HACCP), ISO,
Regulatory Guidelines, Sensory, and/or Microbiology
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2+ year
experience in a Quality, Food Safety, or Regulatory Services.
- Petfood industry background
- Auditing
Experience
- SAP, Nexus
and/or Red Prairie software applications.
- HACCP
Certification
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the
site based internal audit program to ensure all processes and procedures
are managed in accordance to corporate Quality and Food Safety
Standards, Business Unit QFS directives and FDA regulations.
- Back up for
PRIMP incident owner
- Facilitate the
corrective and preventative action programs in compliance to MARS QMP
standards.
- Food Safety
Representative for site HACCP Team
- Facilitate
compliance to the Business Unit microbiology testing program including
site data analysis, reporting and recommendations on site improvements
and or escalations for non-compliances.
- Responsible
associate for the sites holds management systems (SAP/ Nexus) ensuring
requirements and procedures including product disposition and
destruction are in accordance with Mars Quality and Food Safety
Standards and Business Unit directives
- Lead the food
safety risk assessment process for all changes such CAB, New
products/pack/process and or new regulations/ standard that impacts QFS.
Document all approved changes as per Business Unit requirements
- Lead root
cause analysis session for product related incidents (PRIMPS) and make
recommendations to correct issues.
- Participate in
FMEA and other lean six sigma tools for continuous quality improvement.
- Conduct
statistical analysis on consumer complaint trends and recommend actions
for improvements.
- Provide
training on relevant food safety standards to supply associates.
- Lead the
consumer and customer complaints investigations process ensuring follow
up in appropriate timings and recommend actions to site QFS mgr.
What can you expect from Mars?
- The
opportunity to learn, develop and take charge of your own career.
- An industry
competitive salary and benefits package.
- To be
respected and valued.
- The Five
Principles at the center of every decision we make.
- The
opportunity to work cross functionally, add value and impact a better
world for generations to come.
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