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Food Safety Inspector / WEST Wholesale Food Region - Food Industry Field Scientist 9-P11
State of MichiganUKfull_timeVerifiedPosted 31 Jul 2026
💰 $84,360/yr($50,060/yr – $84,360/yr)
About the role
Posting number: 7901-26-HFD-013
Department: Agriculture and Rural Development
Job classification: Food Industry Field Scientist 9-P11
Posting type: Open
Categories: Public Health, Public Safety, Agriculture, Professional
Summary
Food and Agriculture is one of the largest industries in Michigan. Grow with us and make a difference!
About this Position:
The Human Food Division of MDARD has a mission to protect public health by ensuring a safe and wholesome food supply, while working to maintain a viable food industry. Food safety is the division's top priority. The Food Safety Inspector (Food Industry Field Scientist) is a field-based position that performs food safety regulatory inspections and related work within an assigned work area. This position requires the incumbent to live in Van Buren, Allegan, Kalamazoo, Kent, Ionia, or Ottawa County or within 15 minutes OR be willing to re-locate to this area within 10 months of hire.
The Human Food Division of MDARD has a mission to protect public health by ensuring a safe and wholesome food supply, while working to maintain a viable food industry. Food safety is the division's top priority. The Food Safety Inspector (Food Industry Field Scientist) is a field-based position that performs food safety regulatory inspections and related work within an assigned work area. This position requires the incumbent to live in Van Buren, Allegan, Kalamazoo, Kent, Ionia, or Ottawa County or within 15 minutes OR be willing to re-locate to this area within 10 months of hire.
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Job Summary:
This field-based position functions from a home workstation and is required to follow established standard operating procedures and meet quantity, quality and timeliness standards for assigned work.
The ideal candidate will possess and be able to demonstrate key position-critical skills and abilities, including: enhanced observation, listening, and communication skills; the ability to project confidence; the ability to utilize and implement sound decision-making skills; the ability to prioritize risk; the ability and/or developing ability to handle conflict-type situations effectively; and, a professional demeanor and composure in all situations.
Position Description
MAP - Food Section - Wholesale Food Regions
About MDARD:
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is comprised of four Bureaus that use a customer-driven, solution-oriented approach to cultivate and expand new economic opportunities for the food and agricultural sector; safeguard the public's food supply; inspect and enforce sound animal health practices; control and eradicate plant pests and diseases threatening the $125.8 billion food and agriculture system; preserve the environment by which the farming community makes their living and feeds consumers; and protect consumers by enforcing laws
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