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Job Purpose and Impact

The Food Safety Chemist, will ensure products meet or exceed customer requirements for quality and food safety. In 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 AccountabilitiesAssure 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

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a related field OR equivalent experience

Ability to lift between 25-50 pounds    

Ability to work in adverse weather conditions for short periods of time

Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time

Ability to work 12 hour shifts including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays

Preferred Qualifications

Ability to adapt and learn in a changing work environment

Experience with email, spreadsheet and word processing applications

Strong analytical skills to evaluate change factors and formulate independent decisions

Ability to anticipate, recognize, and seek process and laboratory problems, implement improvements based on the findings

Position InformationLocation: Sidney, OhioRelocation assistance will not be provided for this position.Schedule: Monday to Friday -  night shift

Benefit package includes Paid time off; paid holidays; medical, vision and dental coverage; flexible spending accounts; life insurance; disability insurance; retirement savings; employee and family assistance program (EAP). Learn more at: www.cargill.com/myhealth. 

Access to discounted daycare tuition and priority access at local childcare center.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.