Quality Engineer

Hill's Pet Nutrition; Castiglione delle Stiviere; Hybrid; EUR 39,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Insurance coverage

Company devices

Health and welfare programs

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive in Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy seeks a Quality Engineer to develop, test, and implement quality and food safety improvements in manufacturing. You will investigate risk areas, initiate actions, and support technology transfer and validation programs while ensuring conformance with Colgate-Palmolive and Hill's quality standards.

The role requires 1–3 years in manufacturing and 3–5 years in validation, with fluency in Italian and English, and experience with HACCP, GMP, and

Qualifications

• Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Mechatronics or related field.
• 1–3 years of manufacturing experience; 3–5 years in pharma/cosmetics/food validation preferred.
• Fluent in Italian and English.
• Experience with HACCP, GMP, SPC, and quality audits.

Responsibilities

• Defines, develops, and implements quality and food safety procedures and work methods for production processes.
• Provides training and instruction on quality processes.
• Leads Change Control, commissioning and validation activities per responsibilities.
• Monitors CAPA and non-conformance programs and communicates results to site teams.
• Investigates quality issues and shares knowledge across locations.
• Improves quality performance and aligns with Hill's standards.

Skills

Quality assurance

Analytical thinking

Regulatory compliance

Change management

Process improvement

Education

B.A./B.S. in Food Science or related field

Tools

SAP

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name! Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values - Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous, we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

Title

Quality Engineer

Location

Castiglione delle Stiviere Italy - Plant Hill's Desenzano

Role Summary

The Quality Engineer is responsible for the development, testing and implementation of improvements in quality and food safety programs. The position is responsible for investigating quality and food safety risk areas and taking appropriate action i.e. initiate actions for improvements of product quality and manufacturing processes, work instructions, procedures and work methods. The Quality Engineer provides support for the technology transfer and validation programs and assists in the delivery of training and instructions concerning the quality & validation learnings, work procedures and instructions. The Quality engineer is responsible to ensure conformance with C/P and Hill's quality & food safety programs and operational standards.

Responsibilities

• Defines, develops, investigates, advises and implements new, modified or improved quality and food safety procedures and work methods related to production processes, ingredients, formulations, specifications and continuous improvement processes, product commissioning and capital projects.
• Provides training and instruction.
• Leads Management of Change (MoC), commissioning and validation activities as per specific responsibilities.
• Responsible for monitoring the implementation of CAPA / non-conformance programs to meet standards expectations and regulatory requirements and communicating results to site teams.
• Investigates and troubleshoots any (structural and incidental) quality issues. Shares acquired knowledge and quality expertise inside and outside the manufacturing location.
• Optimizes and improves current quality performance and knowledge; alignment with Global Hill's and C/P quality standards and best practices.
• Coordinates follow-up meetings to assess the status of change management initiated on site, monitor status of activities to meet deadlines defined in MOC program, update site teams on status.
• Responsible for Technology Transfer (TT) activities in the site: introducing new feeds and improving recipes.
• Assists in the implementation of all legislative and corporate food safety standards as well as HACCP, GMP and regulatory initiatives.
• Analyzes plant Quality KPI's, Cpk data and commissioning results. Defines improvement activities based on the results.
• Participates in and initiates FP&R and other continuous improvement programs within the plant.
• Facilitates training, sharing of ideas / knowledge and best practices to improve processes and sole problems.

Required Qualifications

• Basic qualifications: B.A./B.S. degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Mechatronics or related field.
• Basic proficiency / experience with statistical process control, metrology, HACCP, GMP, basic microbiology, quality auditing.
• 1-3 years of experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• 3-5 years of experience preferably in the pharma/ cosmetics/ food industry or consultancy companies with a focus on validation activities
• Fluent in Italian language and in English language

Preferred Qualifications

• Awareness of project management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Proficient knowledge of cGMPs
• Proficient knowledge of Change Control and Validation
• Process Validation / Continuous Process Verification
• Computer System Validation (CSV) / Automation / GAMP5 requirements
• Experience with methodological / calibration activities
• Excellent ability to multitask and prioritize duties
• Proficient computer skills including Google Suite, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and SAP
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent critical thinking skills used to evaluate relevant information and make determinations about compliance to laws, regulations, policies, or standards
• Leading Change
• Consumer / Customer Focused
• Analysis / Decision Making
• Leveraging Systems & Information
• Technical Expertise

Expected Gross Annual Salary Range

€39.000 - €45,700 gross per year

Benefits

In addition to the rights and benefits provided under applicable law and the relevant CCNL, employees may be eligible, depending on role and company policy, for supplementary benefits, which may include meal vouchers or reimbursement, insurance coverage, company devices, health and welfare programs, and additional role-specific benefits.

Hybrid Working Policy: In accordance with company policy: max 4 days per month/ 1 day per week.

Colgate-Palmolive is committed to equal pay for equal work or work of equal value. Recruitment, hiring, compensation and career progression criteria are applied in accordance with objective, transparent, non-discriminatory and gender-neutral principles, in compliance with applicable Italian and EU pay transparency legislation. Candidates will not be asked to disclose their current or previous remuneration, and such information will not be sought, directly or indirectly, during the recruitment or hiring process.

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