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 & Regulatory Technician will provide quality assurance and food safety technical support through testing and auditing process documentation and data collection and analysis. In this role, you will collaborate to identify quality assurance issues and analyze data to uncover risks and support knowledge transfer.
Key Accountabilities
- Conduct inspections of finished products or raw materials to identify trends in defects or errors and support more complex trials and experiments under intermediate supervision.
- Provide training, coaching and mentoring to new team members.
- Conduct documentation review of hazard analysis, food safety and quality documents.
- Assists in audits and shelf life projects through testing, preparing reports and final summaries.
- Manage supplier complaints and ensure appropriate actions and preventative measures are in place to prevent reoccurrence.
- Handle moderately complex clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under general supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Spent approximately 50% of time in the test kitchen evaluating product performance, quality attirbutes, and conducting sensory assessments.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications- Post-secondary education or equivalent.
- Comfortable working with raw and cooked meat samples and following established food safety protocols.
- Willing to work in flexible hours or shifts.
Preferred Qualifications- Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience in a food processing facility.
- Education in Food Science, Food Technology, Quality Assurance, Microbiology, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience .
- Knowledge of HACCP, BRCGS, food safety regulations, and quality assurance management systems.
- Excellent writing and interpersonal skills
- Microsoft Office experience
- Excellent time management and organization skills
Position Information
Location: Brampton, Ontario
The salary range for this role is: 44,000.00 - 75,000.00 CAD
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet
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