Food Safety Quality & Regulatory Specialist

cargill • West Fargo, ND

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Ag & Trading enterprise, where we connect producers and users of grains and oilseeds around the globe through origination, trading, processing, and distribution. We also offer a range of farmer services and risk management solutions. Job Purpose and ImpactThe Food Safety Quality Regulatory Specialist will provide specialized knowledge of specific segments of quality systems or plant processes such as food safety and quality auditing, instrumentation, specific product line knowledge, computer systems, management or oversight of suppliers and other needed focus areas. In this role you will partner with internal and external teams to address customer requirements and concerns, as well as collaborate on audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Fluent in English
• Strong computer skills and Microsoft Office experience.
• Experience working with SAP or similar
• Knowledge of food/feed safety industry practices and standards.
• Minimum two years of work experience in food and/or feed industry
• Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Conduct verification and maintenance of the food safety and quality systems, hazard analysis and sanitation processes, prerequisite programs, manufacturing processes, plant environment and finished product.
• Provide training, coaching and mentoring to team members.
• Coordinate departments functions that include continuous improvement processes, compliance to audits, and assisting with customer specifications and quality issues.
• Collaborates with operations on the initiation of corrective action and preventative measures when necessary.
• Ensure adherence to corporate, regulatory, customer and facility food safety and quality requirements and completion of corrections and corrective actions.
• Manage food and feed safety management system compliance to appropriate government regulations.
• Investigate and follow up on food safety incidents that occur in the plant to ensure they are reported and that corrective action and permanent corrections are taken.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level