Food Safety Chemist

Smart Justice California; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in animal nutrition seeks a Food Safety Chemist I in Ankeny, Iowa. In this role, you will ensure product compliance for quality and food safety, applying lab skills and SOPs to support production operations. Successful candidates will have a bachelor's degree and basic lab experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience using SOPs to perform assays and other quality tasks.
• Basic lab skills: able to pipette and prevent cross-contamination.

Responsibilities

• Ensure product meets compliance specifications and overall final product approval checks.
• Assess process quality parameters and food safety systems daily.
• Train new food safety and quality personnel.

Skills

Basic lab skills

Data analysis

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Analytical balance

pH meter

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 animal nutrition and health business, where we improve animal lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Food Safety Chemist I, will ensure products meet or exceed customer requirements for quality and food safety. In this role, you will apply basic understanding of plant processes to monitor quality assurance systems including instrumentation calibration, maintenance, crosschecks, methods, procedures, raw materials, food safety and training. You will provide technical advice and support to production operations to ensure product quality, minimize process variation, process recoveries, waste reduction and cost minimization and improve customer satisfaction.

Key Accountabilities

• Assure product meets compliance specifications and overall final product approval checks.
• Data analysis, trend identification, troubleshooting, corrective action and communication with regard to processing data.
• Assess process quality parameters and food safety and quality systems daily, including cross checks, raw materials, calibration, maintenance, procedures, food safety, training, auditing and oversight of analytical testing performed in control rooms.
• Training of new food safety and quality chemists, analysts, operators, technicians and personnel from other functional areas.
• Maintain QC Lab instruments and equipment and general lab condition and contract testing labs.
• 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.
• Basic lab skills: able to pipette, use analytical balance, pH meter, good technique to prevent cross contamination.
• Experience using SOPs (standard operating procedure) to perform assays and other quality tasks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with email, spreadsheet and word processing applications

Position Information

Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
Location: Ankeny, Iowa

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.