Food Safety Quality Chemist

cargill • OH

128d

About The Position

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill. This position is in Cargill’s food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Availability to work night shifts, weekends and holidays.

Nice To Haves

• Previous Laboratory experience.
• Ability to adapt and learn in a changing work environment.
• Ability to anticipate, recognize, and seek process and laboratory problems, implement improvements based on the findings.
• Strong analytical skills to evaluate change factors and formulate independent decisions.

Responsibilities

• Assure product meets compliance specifications and overall final product approval checks.
• Data analysis, trend identification, troubleshooting, corrective action and communication with regard to processing data.
• Assess process quality parameters and food safety and quality systems daily, including cross checks, raw materials, calibration, maintenance, procedures, food safety, training, auditing and oversight of analytical testing performed in control rooms.
• Training of new food safety and quality chemists, analysts, operators, technicians and personnel from other functional areas.
• Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees