FSQR Chemist
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Job Location:
Hutchinson, KS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
13 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe responsible and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain partnering with producers and customers to source make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with lifes essentials we enable businesses to grow communities to prosper and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers food service customers and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry beef egg alternative protein salt oils starches sweeteners cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Food Safety Chemist will ensure products meet or exceed customer requirements for quality and food this role you will apply basic understanding of plant processes to monitor quality assurance systems including instrumentation calibration maintenance crosschecks methods procedures raw materials food safety and training. You will provide technical advice and support to production operations to ensure product quality minimize process variation process recoveries waste reduction and cost minimization and improve customer satisfaction.
Key Accountabilities
- 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.
- Being a Food Safety Team member and helping facilitate audits for certification needs.
- 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
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Other minimum qualifications may apply
Preferred Qualifications
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
Experience with email spreadsheet and word processing applications
Chemistry background
Experience working in a laboratory or in the food industry
PCQI Knowledge
Microsoft Office
Position Information
- Location: Hutchinson KS
- Work Schedule: M-F 7am to 4pm some extended hours and weekend may be required.
Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vet
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
About Company
Cargill, Incorporated is an American privately held global corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue.
