Food Safety Quality Chemist - 12h Rotating Shift

Iowa Ag; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 14,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

Cargill in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking a Food Safety Quality Associate Chemist for a 12-hour rotating shift. You will monitor quality assurance systems, calibrate instrumentation, analyze data, and support production with a focus on food safety and cost minimization.

The role includes training staff and maintaining compliance with safety standards. Qualifications include a related Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and proficiency with email,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Strong analytical skills to evaluate change factors and formulate independent decisions.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team.

Responsibilities

• Assure product meets compliance specifications and final product approval checks.
• Data analysis, trend identification, troubleshooting, corrective actions and communication of processing data.
• Assess process quality parameters and food safety and quality systems daily, including cross checks, calibration, maintenance and training.
• Train new food safety and quality chemists, analysts, operators and technicians.
• Escalate more complex issues to appropriate staff and assist with cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Email

Spreadsheets

Word processing

Job description

Cargill in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking a Food Safety Quality Associate Chemist for a 12-hour rotating shift. You will monitor quality assurance systems, calibrate instrumentation, analyze data, and support production with a focus on food safety and cost minimization.

The role includes training staff and maintaining compliance with safety standards. Qualifications include a related Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and proficiency with email,