Food Safety Quality Regulatory Specialist - 2nd Shift.

Cargill; Guelph; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cargill seeks a Food Safety Quality and Regulatory Specialist in Guelph, responsible for ensuring quality standards and compliance in food safety. This role involves conducting inspections, coordinating training, and working with teams to address regulatory compliance and quality challenges, fostering a commitment to safety and quality across operations.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience in a related field is necessary.
• Strong interpersonal and computer skills preferred.
• Experience in cross-functional teams and regulated environments is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Perform inspections and analyze data to identify quality issues.
• Coordinate compliance programs and training for safety.
• Assist with regulations and ensure all activities meet standards.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Change management

Data analysis

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

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 protein and salt business, where we provide wholesome, high-quality food products to a wide range of customers, from foodservice operators and grocery stores to manufacturers and exporters.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Food Safety Quality and Regulatory Specialist, will ensure internal collaboration and connectivity for all policies, standards and trainings. In this role, you will partner with contacts to assist with compliance and customer specification issues. You will also work closely with the location to coordinate and plan programs that fall under food safety, quality and regulatory areas.

Key Accountabilities

• Perform inspection of finished or in process goods, analyze data and identify trends in defects or errors.
• Conduct root cause analysis for defects, nonconformities or other quality failures.
• Coordinate department functions that include continuous improvement processes, compliance to audits and assisting with customer specifications and quality issues.
• Ensure environmental health and safety training and new procedure implementation are executed and completed timely and accurately.
• Assist with related training development and scheduling.
• Provide training, coaching and mentoring to team members.
• Plan, coordinate and direct all regulatory compliance, laboratory, food and feed safety and quality programs within the location to ensure compliance with customer, supplier and government requirements and expectations.
• Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Moderate computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, and database navigation)
• SAP experience
• Validated change management in an industrial setting
• Experience in working with cross functional teams

Position Information

Relocation assistance is not provided for this role.

Schedule : 3 : 45 to 12 : 15

Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities.