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Food
Safety Quality and Regulatory Chemist I - Kansas City, MO
Cargill
Want to build a stronger, more
sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of
160,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways
to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s agricultural supply chain
business, where we seamlessly connect farming customers with food, feed and
industry.
Job Purpose and Impact
As Food Safety Quality & Regulatory Chemist I, you will ensure products
meet or exceed customer requirements for quality and food safety. Assurance
of product quality will require from you to monitor quality assurance systems
including instrumentation calibration, maintenance, cross-checks, methods,
procedures, raw materials, food safety, and training. Additionally, you will
understand our plant processes and provide technical advice to support our
production operations. We are measuring impact to customer happiness,
minimization of process variation, process recoveries, waste reduction, and
cost minimization. Key Accountabilities
Assure product meets compliance specifications and overall final product
approval checks.
Data analysis, trend identification, troubleshooting, corrective action, and
communication with regard to processing data.
Daily assessment of process quality parameters and food safety and quality
systems including cross-checks, raw materials, calibration, maintenance,
procedures, food safety, training, auditing & oversight of analytical
testing performed in control rooms.
Training of new food safety and quality chemists, analysts, operators,
technicians and personnel from other functional areas.
Other duties as assigned
Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating
more complex issues to appropriate staff. Position Information
Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position. Qualifications
Minimum Required
Bachelor’s degree in a related field OR equivalent experience
Ability to work weekends and holidays as needed
Preferred
Experience with laboratory instrumentation
Ability to adapt and learn in a changing work environment
Ability to anticipate, recognize, and seek process and laboratory problems,
implement improvements based on the findings
Excellent communication and presentation skills both verbal and written
Strong analytical skills to evaluate change factors and formulate independent
decisions
Microsoft Office Suite experience
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.
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