Senior Food Safety Quality Technician (2nd shift)

Cargill; Guelph; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A major agricultural and food products company in Guelph, Ontario, is seeking a Senior Food Safety Quality Technician to ensure compliance with food safety standards and train staff. Candidates should possess experience in food safety concepts, strong organizational skills, and the ability to represent the company during audits. This full-time position offers a significant role in maintaining food quality and safety protocols.

Qualifications

• Experience with email, spreadsheet, and word processing applications.
• Knowledge of food safety concepts including hazard management and governmental agency requirements.
• Able to represent the company during third party audits and governmental agency verifications.
• Legally available to work in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Complete food safety sanitation operational and regulatory monitoring.
• Review daily material processing procedures and verify all applicable monitoring documents.
• Maintain food safety records and assign deviation reports.
• Conduct daily inspections of the plant for each critical control point.
• Perform unbiased audits to ensure compliance with facility standards.
• Communicate deviations to management and ensure proper documentation.
• Provide and administer food safety training to plant employees.

Skills

Occupational Health Experience

Hospital Experience

Basic Life Support

Computer Operation

Computer Skills

OSHA

QA / QC

HACCP

EHS

Phone Etiquette

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's degree in a science related field

Job description

Overview

Cargill 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 160000 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 Senior Food Safety Quality Technician (2nd Shift) will complete a variety of monitoring and verification tasks to ensure that the plant operates in compliance with food safety programs policies and this role you will influence people who are not direct reports to achieve overall quality standards and meet governmental agency quality standards.

Key Accountabilities

• Complete food safety sanitation operational and regulatory monitoring.
• Review daily material processing procedures and verify all applicable monitoring documents taking immediate corrective actions when deviations are identified.
• Maintain food safety records imputing and assigning deviation reports as required.
• Conduct daily inspections of the plant for each one of the critical control points and sanitation monitoring zones ensuring all monitors are adhering to the written food safety programs.
• Perform unbiased audits throughout the facility to ensure compliance to facility standards.
• Communicate deviations to management and ensure they are documented assigned correctly and completed in a timely manner and follow up on corrective actions and preventative measures to ensure they are effective.
• Provide and administer food safety training to plant employees including theoretical training related to quality programs.
• Handle complex clerical administrative technical or customer support issues under minimal supervision while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Position Information

• Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.

Qualifications

• Minimum Required
• High school diploma secondary education level or equivalent
• Experience with email spreadsheet and word processing applications
• Knowledge of food safety concepts including hazard management and governmental agency requirements
• Able to represent the company during third party audits and governmental agency verifications
• Legally available to work in Canada

• Preferred
• Bachelors degree in a science related field
• Minimum of two to three years of experience in a food manufacturing facility

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

Key Skills

• Occupational Health Experience
• Hospital Experience
• Basic Life Support
• Computer Operation
• Computer Skills
• OSHA
• QA / QC
• HACCP
• EHS
• Phone Etiquette

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1