Quality Control Chemist

cargill • Buckeye, AZ

40d • Onsite

About The Position

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. They sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. This position is in their specialized portfolio enterprise where they serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures. The Quality Control Chemist will provide expertise with all daily operations in quality control laboratories and aid production operations. In this role, you will support the buildup and maintenance of the rapid technology platform by providing reliable accurate analytical figures as well as perform validation and troubleshooting of new analytical methods to ensure they meet the requirements and deadlines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Willing and able to lift up to 50lbs

Nice To Haves

• Able to work independently, possess positive working attitude with high initiative level, and communicate effectively
• Necessary English reading capacity
• Experience with chemical analysis (preferable)- oils and fats, starch, sweeteners, etc.
• Knowledge in calibrate, maintain and troubleshoot various analytical instruments such as GC, HPLC, etc
• Able to demonstrate and understand operations, method validation and report writing
• Minimum of two years of working experience in the chemical industry lab

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical support to Rapid Technology Application platform by releasing precise and accurate results and ensure scope of testing parameter is sufficient to build MPA module.
• Provide ongoing technical support to stakeholders, investigate quality problems from raw materials, in process testing and finish goods testing and deliver improvement actions with follow up.
• Perform method validation and verification to roll out new testing method in the lab.
• Document standard operating procedures, identify possible trends in testing results with data analysis software and provide input to team members to improve quality control system.
• Perform quality inspections on raw materials and finish good materials.
• Maintain systems and techniques for reporting data across functional areas.
• Familiar and expose to wet chemistry as well as working with other analytical instrumentation.
• Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level