Food Safety Quality and Regulatory Lead

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 animal nutrition and health business, where we improve lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Food Safety Quality Regulatory Lead will provide specialized knowledge of specific segments of quality systems or plant processes such as food safety and quality programs, specific product line knowledge, computer systems, and other needed focus areas. In this role, you will be the primary FSQR individual for this facility and responsible for food safety programs at this location. 

Key Accountabilities

• 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.
• 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.
• Lead relevant corporate and regulatory food safety focused audits at their location.
• Act as food safety team leader, coordinate and lead the food safety team and overseeing the food safety management system and management review.
• 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

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of two years of related work experience
• Strong computer skills and Microsoft Office experience.
• Knowledge of food/feed safety industry practices and standards.
• Minimum two years of work experience in food and/or feed industry

Preferred Qualifications 

• PCQI certification.
• Experience working with and enterprise resource planning platform, such as SAP.
• Knowledge on HACCP principles and applications.
• Audit experience

Position Information

The expected salary for this position is $73,453.00 - $82,131.00 approximately. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, certifications, education, and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. This position is eligible for a discretionary incentive award. The incentive award amount is dependent upon company performance and your personal performance.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.