Food Safety and Quality Technician (1st and 2nd shift)

Job summary

The technician will monitor and verify plant operations to ensure compliance with food safety programs and governmental quality standards. They are responsible for conducting inspections, auditing raw materials, and providing food safety training to plant employees.

Job details

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 life’s 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 Quality Technician (1st and 2nd shift) will complete a variety of monitoring and verification tasks to ensure that the plant operates in compliance with food safety programs, policies and certifications. In this role, you will influence people who are not direct reports to achieve overall quality standards and meet governmental agency quality standards. Key Accountabilities Complete food safety, sanitation, operational, risk material and control room monitoring. Review daily material processing procedures and verify all applicable monitoring documents, taking immediate corrective actions when deviations are identified. Conduct product quality checks. Auditing of raw materials Maintain food safety records, imputing and assigning deviation reports as required. Conduct daily inspections of the plant for each one of the critical control points and sanitation monitoring zones, ensuring all monitors are adhering to the written food safety programs. Perform unbiased audits throughout the facility to ensure adherence to sanitation procedures for critical job tasks. Communicate deviations to management and ensure they are documented, assigned correctly and completed in a timely manner and follow up on corrective actions and preventative measures to ensure they are effective. Provide and administer food safety certification training to plant employees including theoretical training related to quality programs. Handle complex clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff. Other duties as assigned Position Information Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.Qualifications Minimum RequiredHigh school diploma, secondary education level or equivalentExperience with email, spreadsheet and word processing applicationsKnowledge of food safety concepts, including hazard management and governmental agency requirements Able to represent the company during third party audits and governmental agency verifications Minimum of four years of related work experience Being legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada Preferred Minimum of two years of experience in a food manufacturing facilityExperience or knowledge of chemical titrationsKnowledge of beef and pork muscle cuts At Cargill, we are committed to building a workplace where individuals from all backgrounds feel respected, valued, and able to contribute fully. We believe that bringing together different perspectives strengthens our teams and drives better outcomes. Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an accessible recruitment experience. If you require accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please let us know so we can work with you to meet your needs.

What you’ll do

The technician will monitor and verify plant operations to ensure compliance with food safety programs and governmental quality standards. They are responsible for conducting inspections, auditing raw materials, and providing food safety training to plant employees.

Requirements

Candidates must have a high school diploma and at least four years of related work experience, with a preference for two years in a food manufacturing facility. Proficiency in email, spreadsheet, and word processing applications is required, along with knowledge of food safety concepts.

Listed skills

• Training · Preferred
• Quality assurance · Preferred
• Regulatory Compliance · Preferred
• Food safety · Preferred
• Documentation · Preferred
• Data entry · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Food safety
• Quality assurance
• Sanitation monitoring
• Hazard management
• Auditing
• Regulatory compliance
• Corrective actions
• Documentation
• Training
• Chemical titrations
• Beef and pork muscle cuts
• Data entry
• Spreadsheet management
• Word processing
• Influencing Skills
• Influencing Without Authority
• Food Safety Certification
• Supply Chain
• Hazard Management
• Food Manufacturing
• Customer Support
• Management
• Spreadsheets
• Clerical Works
• Food Services
• Word Processing
• Food Safety And Sanitation
• Innovation
• Operational Risk
• Poultry
• Sanitation
• Product Quality (QA/QC)
• Materials Processing

Job areas

• Food & Beverage
• Manufacturing
• Security & Safety
• Agriculture
• Director of Food Safety and Quality
• Food / Agricultural Technician
• Agricultural Technicians
• Food Science Technicians