Quality Control Chemist

Cargill's size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials - from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
This position is in Cargill's food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Quality Control Chemist will provide expertise with all daily operations in quality control laboratories. In this role, you will develop an in depth understanding of specific systems, ensure that products meet or exceed customer requirements for quality and food safety, and act as backup for FSQR roles including the FSQR Lab Technician. The Chemist I will support the buildup and maintenance of the instrumentation platform by providing reliable accurate analytical figures as well as perform validation and troubleshooting of analytical methods to ensure they meet the requirements. In this role, you will analyze malfunctions of instruments and control systems, determine necessary steps for repair, and work with scientific and analytic food safety and quality computer software, and data management systems.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide ongoing technical support to stakeholders around food safety and quality performance instruments and control systems by investigating quality problems and deliver improvement actions with follow up.
• Perform general maintenance on equipment and develop new and improved food safety and quality measuring and recording equipment.
• Perform calibrations on various devices, documenting equipment inspection, testing and repair activities.
• Perform method validation and verification to roll out new testing method in the lab.
• Document standard operating procedures, identify possible trends in testing results with data analysis software and provide input to team members to improve quality control system.
• Organize and maintain accurate and pertinent data, including spreadsheets, graphs, and reports.
• Provide process improvement support, specialized testing, training, audit systems, analyze data, identify trends, troubleshoot, corrective action and communication regarding processing data and final product.
• Assess quality parameters and systems including cross checks, raw materials, calibration, maintenance, procedures, food safety, training, auditing and oversight of analytical testing performed in control rooms.
• PO's and ordering systems
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff, including internal resources and external suppliers.
• Assist with customer audits, initiatives and follow ups.
• Provide training, coaching, and mentoring to new team members.
• Other duties as assigned

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge in calibrate, maintain and troubleshoot various analytical instruments.
• Able to work independently and in a team environment, with high initiative level and communicate effectively
• Proven ability to anticipate, recognize, solve process and laboratory problems.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities with large projects.
• Intermediate computer skills
• Food safety, quality, and regulatory experience

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet

Client-provided location(s): Dumas, TX

Job ID: Cargill_FGB-311690

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-08-15T18:20:22