Quality
& Food Safety Technologist – San Bernardino, CA
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Job reference no:
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SAN00046
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Application closing
date:
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Thursday, 14 Jul 2011
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Company:
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Mars Global Petcare
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Location:
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United States >, California, San Bernardino
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Functional area:
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Research and
Development
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Job description
available in:
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English
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Job
description:
Purpose
of this Role
This position is responsible for developing and implementing
innovative solutions to site based quality systems to ensure operational
conformance to consumer and customer expectations.
As a site based R&D resource, this position requires
working closely with supply, maintenance, engineering, logistics, central and
global quality, food safety & distribution systems specialists and
regulatory affairs to identify opportunities to improve product quality,
systems and safety.
This position is also responsible for acquiring and
understanding the advancement of global petfood
processes and auditing techniques to drive appropriate innovations for the
site.
The primary duties and responsibilities
of this position include:
- As a Quality Services associate
who represents the R&D and the business, the jobholder must possess
a high degree of initiative, responsibility, work ethic, and
flexibility.
- The associate must be willing
to involve himself / herself in any aspect that
relates to our company's products or activities, even if such aspect is
not directly related to other parts of this job description.
Principle Accountabilities
- Facilitate and document site
based hold management systems (FGS/Marc or SPEDE/PRMS), requirements and
procedures including product disposition and destruction in accordance
with Mars Quality and Food Safety Standards
- Facilitate/lead plant
microbiology testing program including data analysis, trending,
reporting and recommendations.
- Facilitate and document Risk
Assessment process for all new commodities in accordance with Mars
regulatory requirements.
- Food Safety Representative for
Site HACCP Team.
- Facilitate site based audit
program for quality systems compliance, pest control, product
traceability and food safety in accordance with Mars Inc. Quality and
Foods Safety Standards and FDA regulations
- Facilitate site based quality
systems to assess compliance to published product and process
specifications
- Maintain site Statistical Process
Control systems including deviation reporting and recommendations
Design, develop and implement site based programs to trend, report and
address consumer feedback information
- Maintain current recipe
database system and verify new recipe accuracy prior to implementation.
Approves and communicates appropriate CRC's (controlled recipe Changes)
- Design, develop and provide
quality systems training and education programs for site based
Associates as needed
Mission Critical Competencies
- Conflict Management
- Science and Technology
- Integrity & Trust
- Planning
- Self
Development
- Problem Solving Skills
- Building relationships
Key Functional Skills/Knowledge
COMPUTER SKILLS:
- Knowledge of the Windows
working environment including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- Strong background in math and
computers; working knowledge of descriptive statistics
- Basic understanding of site
accounting and financial systems
- Proven application of
engineering principles, laboratory methodologies, food science, statistics,
and quality tools.
GENERAL SKILLS:
- Strong oral, listening, and
written communication skills in order to communicate with all levels of
the organization
- Strong project management and
planning skills with proven ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously.
- Strong interpersonal
communication and leadership skills, and the ability to effectively
negotiate, influence, and persuade.
- Excellent analytical and
troubleshooting skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills,
with the ability to influence, motivate, and lead a team.
- Building and sustaining
relationships to ensure a strong team environment.
- Strong decision making skills
and prioritization skills.
- Ability to work independently
without supervision as well as within a team setting.
- Attention to detail required
when working with scientific data and analysis.
- Able to travel up to 10%.
- Ability to work different
schedules as needed for testing and projects.
- Ability to work in a pet food
factory environment with noise, raw meats, automated machinery etc.
- Physical requirements:
Sufficient mobility, strength, flexibility, hearing, and sight to access
all job relevant areas of warehouse in a high forklift traffic
environment and perform routine activities as necessary to deliver
required results. Some pushing/pulling, bending/stooping, and lifting
(up to 50 lbs.) necessary.
Education
- Food Science, engineering,
biological sciences, chemistry, or equivalent BS degree preferred.
Experience
- Preferred 1 year experience in
a Quality, Food Safety, Regulatory Services, or Engineering area
preferred.
- Working knowledge of petfood processing and packaging
- 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
Decision Making Authority and Impact
- Designing and executing the
Quality and Food Safety System.
- Define and recommend product
quality parameters and specifications.
- Resolution of quality issues in
concert with Operations
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