Sr. Quality Engineer - Des Moines, IA / Avon, IA

General Mills, Inc.•Carlisle, IA

53d•$93,700 - $140,700

About The Position

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for championing food safety and quality on your systems as well as across the 2 Operating Units, Meals & Baking, Foodservice Bakery Flour that Avon services. This role reports to the Food Safety & Quality (FSQ) Manager and will have four direct reports. This position will work closely with the Operations team to provide quality, regulatory, and sanitation technical expertise to deliver excellence in product quality and food safety. You will also have the unique opportunity to impact the Innovation, Technology, and Quality function by leveraging your knowledge and skills to provide deep technical expertise, become a leader of global connections, and be recognized as a valued partner for our plant, sourcing, and business teams. The right candidate for this role will leverage strong project management skills, relationship management skills, be results-oriented, and be able to find opportunities for value creation to help the company succeed. In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop communication and influencing skills, people leadership, a deep technical expertise of food safety and quality, and you will have exposure to manufacturing environments both inside and outside of General Mills.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Food Science, Packaging, Material Science, or related field
5+ years of related quality engineering experience
HACCP and PCQI Certified
Ability to manage cross-platform projects and be comfortable with ambiguity
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with strong results orientation
Ability to manage multiple tasks and adjust priorities
Knowledge of product protection and Quality Engineering principles with demonstrated mechanical aptitude, ability to apply engineering principles, and ability to troubleshoot

Nice To Haves

Self-starter who can prioritize workload while meeting commitments
Strong understanding of product quality, sensory, and food safety
Strong understanding of Zero Loss Culture philosophy and tools
Demonstrated leadership and initiative
Demonstrated ability to navigate complex organizations
Plant Quality Engineer, manufacturing, or auditing/consulting experience
External Quality or Quality Audit Management Experience

Responsibilities

Provide FSQ leadership and direction through technical mastery in the areas of regulatory compliance, SPC, system capability, sanitation, and food safety risk mitigation, and champion material supplier food safety and regulatory compliance
Food Safety Team Leader, FSSC program management
Provide plantwide support for Food Safety Program management and training.
Build alignment and strategy with cross-functional partners, lead risk assessments, and root cause analysis activities for issue resolution.
Provide leadership and technical support for R&D, HMM, reformulations, and new product start-ups.
Provide leadership in the identification and implementation of product and process quality improvement opportunities and resultant productivity gains.
Develop action plans with Operations, R&D, Engineering, and FSQ teams to ensure product specifications, analytical procedures, and sampling programs are appropriate and meet system capability and key consumer requirements.
Using quality engineering principles, collect, analyze, and interpret in-process and analytical data to make quality evaluations, and recommend actions for improvement.
Provide manager of people leadership for four direct reports.
Review plans for new and changing systems and ensure effective product safety and sanitation design.

Benefits

At General Mills we strive for each employee's pay at any point in their career to reflect their experiences performance and skills for their current role. The salary range for this role represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, educations, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range. Beyond base salary, General Mills offers a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support and perks. Benefits may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors. You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. An incentive award, if any, depends on various factors, including, individual and organizational performance.

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