Quality Assurance Supervisor

Cargill; High River; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Cargill seeks a Quality Assurance Supervisor to lead food safety and quality assurance initiatives in their protein and salt business. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, relevant experience in food safety compliance, and a Bachelor's degree in a related field. Critical responsibilities include supervising audits, managing a team, and ensuring adherence to quality standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of related work experience.
• Practical knowledge of plant manufacturing processes.
• One year of supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead food safety and quality assurance programs.
• Supervise audits and inspections to assure compliance.
• Develop and implement corrective action plans.

Skills

Interacting with external stakeholders

Leadership

Team Management

Food Safety Compliance

Quality Assurance

Education

Bachelor's degree in science, chemistry, microbiology, or quality assurance

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 Quality Assurance Supervisor will lead a variety of food safety and quality assurance programs. In this role, you will supervise the audits and inspects processes that monitors harvest operations to assure compliance with current food safety, quality and regulatory requirements. You will lead and review the work of a team of technicians that identify and evaluate in process goods, procedures and operations.

Key Accountabilities

Ensure adherence to corporate, regulatory and facility food safety and quality requirements.

Provide overall leadership, development and talent management for direct reports, which may include forecasting resource needs, recruiting, hiring, performance management, training and budgeting.

Investigate food safety processes to ensure compliance and report noncompliance to management and governing bodies along with developing and implementing corrective action plans.

Implement product specification systems and drive continuous improvement in the areas of processes and customer focus.

Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports. You will also spend time completing the same tasks as employees on your team.

Other duties as assigned

Position Information

Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.

Qualifications

Minimum Required

Experience interacting with external stakeholders (regulatory agencies, external manufacturers, customers)

Preferred

Minimum one year of directly related work experience

Bachelor's degree in science, chemistry, microbiology, quality assurance or equivalent experience

Confirmed ability to balance and achieve positive results leading multifunctional teams

Practical knowledge of plant manufacturing processes and operations.

One year of supervisory experience

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet