Food Safety Quality and Regulatory Specialist

Cargill • Sidney, OH

2d • 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-line knowledge, computer systems, and supplier oversight. The role participates in preparing for and conducting customer audits, and works with internal and external teams to address customer requirements and concerns and collaborate on audits.

The specialist verifies and maintains food safety and quality systems, hazard analysis, sanitation processes, prerequisite programs, manufacturing processes, plant environment, and finished products. The role partners with Operations on corrective and preventive measures, ensures compliance with corporate, regulatory, customer, and facility requirements, leads relevant audits, and serves as the food safety team leader overseeing the food safety management system and management review. It also manages compliance with applicable food and feed safety regulations and investigates plant food safety incidents, ensuring reporting and appropriate corrective and permanent corrections. The position is based in Sidney, Ohio; relocation assistance is not provided, and visa sponsorship is unavailable.

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, sanitation processes, prerequisite programs, manufacturing processes, the plant environment, and finished products.
• Collaborate with Operations to initiate corrective actions and preventive measures when needed.
• Ensure compliance with corporate, regulatory, customer, and facility food safety and quality requirements, and completion of corrections and corrective actions.
• 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 appropriate government regulations.
• Investigate and follow up on plant food safety incidents, ensuring they are reported and 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