Quality Engineer – Food Safety & Validation (Hybrid, Italy)

Colgate Palmolive; Castiglione delle Stiviere; On-site; EUR 39,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive Castiglione delle Stiviere, Lombardy, Italy, is seeking a Quality Engineer to develop, test and implement improvements in quality and food safety programs. The role involves supporting technology transfer, validation programs, and training to ensure conformance with Colgate-Palmolive and Hill's quality standards.

The engineer will lead CAPA and MoC activities, coordinate validation, monitor quality KPIs, and drive continuous improvement across production processes and recipes.

Qualifications

• Basic qualifications include a B.S./B.S. in Food Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Mechatronics, or related field.
• Experience: 1–3 years in manufacturing; 3–5 years in pharma/cosmetics/food with validation focus.
• Fluency in Italian and English.

Responsibilities

• Defines and improves quality and food safety procedures for production processes and specifications.
• Provides training and instruction to teams.
• Leads MoC, commissioning and validation activities per responsibilities.
• Monitors CAPA/non-conformance programs and communicates results to site teams.
• Analyzes Quality KPIs and commissioning results to define improvements.

Skills

Fluent Italian

Fluent English

Statistical process control

HACCP & GMP

Quality auditing

Education

B.S. in Food Science/Engineering/etc.

Tools

SAP

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

Colgate-Palmolive Castiglione delle Stiviere, Lombardy, Italy, is seeking a Quality Engineer to develop, test and implement improvements in quality and food safety programs. The role involves supporting technology transfer, validation programs, and training to ensure conformance with Colgate-Palmolive and Hill's quality standards.

The engineer will lead CAPA and MoC activities, coordinate validation, monitor quality KPIs, and drive continuous improvement across production processes and recipes.