Food Safety Quality and Regulatory Specialist

Cargill • Sidney, OH

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Food Safety Quality and Regulatory Specialist provides specialized knowledge across quality systems and plant processes, including food safety and quality auditing, instrumentation, product lines, computer systems, and supplier oversight. The role supports preparation for and participation in customer audits, works with internal and external teams to address customer requirements and concerns, and collaborates on audits.

The position verifies and maintains food safety and quality systems and processes, leads relevant audits, coordinates the food safety team, manages food and feed safety management system compliance, and investigates plant food safety incidents. It is based in Sidney, Ohio. Relocation assistance is not provided, and the business will not sponsor work visas for this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience working in food, feed, agricultural processing, oilseed processing, or a similar manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of HACCP or preventive controls, prerequisite programs, GMPs, food safety systems, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience supporting or leading internal, customer, regulatory, or GFSI certification audits.
• Experience with root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive action, risk assessment, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to interpret analytical and process data, identify trends, troubleshoot issues, and translate findings into practical operating recommendations.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and data analysis or trending tools.
• Experience partnering cross-functionally with Operations, Maintenance/Reliability, Engineering, and FSQR.
• Experience developing or maintaining SOPs, food-safety programs, training materials, and controlled documentation.

Nice To Haves

• HACCP and/or PCQI training or certification.
• Experience with soybean processing, grain handling, extraction, meal/oil quality, or other oilseed processing.

Responsibilities

• Verify and maintain food safety and quality systems, hazard analysis and sanitation processes, prerequisite programs, manufacturing processes, the plant environment, and finished products.
• Collaborate with Operations to initiate corrective and preventive measures when necessary.
• Ensure compliance with corporate, regulatory, customer, and facility food safety and quality requirements, and ensure corrections and corrective actions are completed.
• Lead relevant regional, corporate, and regulatory food safety-focused audits.
• Serve as food safety team leader, coordinate and lead the food safety team, and oversee the food safety management system and management review.
• Manage food and feed safety management system compliance with applicable government regulations.
• Investigate and follow up on plant food safety incidents to ensure they are reported and that corrective actions and permanent corrections are taken.
• Resolve moderately complex issues independently with minimal supervision and escalate more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time