Food Safety Quality Engineer

Thornton Tomasetti; United States; On-site; USD 78,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits start day 1

Vacation 120 hours + 3 personal days +

3 paid holidays

Robust 401(k) retirement savings with

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Food Safety Engineer to reduce food safety risk across products in the Nutrition portfolio at the Columbus Plant. You will identify, assess, and mitigate risk while balancing manufacturing efficiency and regulatory compliance.

You will lead cross-functional SMEs and deliver safe, high-quality foods for infants and adults. You will manage audits, develop policies, and drive continuous improvements in food safety programs, reporting to the site and cross-functional leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a technical field plus 3+ years of engineering experience.
• Experience with quality tools/methodologies and strong communication skills.
• Ability to lead multi-department projects and resolve quality issues quickly.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for food safety projects and risk mitigation activities.
• Conduct risk assessments and support regulatory audits and inspections.
• Develop and maintain food safety policies and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate and prevent issues.
• Lead hazard analyses, verification activities, and cross-functional meetings.
• Lead site food safety plans and ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

Food safety

Risk assessment

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Statistical data analysis

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Technical Field

Tools

Six Sigma

Lean Manufacturing

Job description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: ABOUT ABBOTT Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

This position works out of our Columbus, Ohio plant location in the Abbott Nutrition Division. Our Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

The Columbus Plant is Abbott’s first manufacturing facility in the world, making us a leader in science-backed nutrition products. Working here, you’ll be part of a family that works together to produce quality products that make a difference and help keep consumers nourished at every stage of their lives.

Working at Abbott. At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Production areas that are clean, well-lit and temperature-controlled
• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs, Medical Benefits start day 1
• Vacation – 120 hours of accrued vacation (1st yr is prorated) + vacation buy program + 3 personal days + 10 paid holidays
• Retiree Healthcare program
• Robust 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A stable company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

The Food Safety Engineer has the broad objective of reducing food safety risk in the manufacture and distribution for all products in the Abbott Nutrition portfolio. The successful incumbent will require the ability to appropriately identify, assess and minimize risks in the manufacturing of products to assure the safety, efficacy, regulatory compliance and customer satisfaction while balancing the need to not impact manufacturing efficiency. In order to meet business unit objectives, the Food Safety Engineer will be responsible for assuring the appropriate departments are pulled in as needed to deliver on expected results. As the Food Safety Engineer for Food Safety, this person will need to provide creative risk mitigation strategies for new and existing projects/processes to successfully deliver safe, quality foods in both infant and adult production manufactured at the Columbus Plant. The Food Safety Engineer will work independently and will need strong skills to lead cross-functional groups of SMEs and set expectations against key company and department goals while delivering results.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the technical lead for food safety projects, risk mitigation activities and event response efforts.
• Conduct and support Food Safety risk assessments that provide assessment of issues, risks, schedule and resource requirements for activities with potential food safety implications.
• Support the development and implementation of innovative food safety initiatives, regulatory requirements, and continuous improvement projects.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Medical Safety, Regulatory Affairs, Global Food Safety, Maintenance, Microbiology, Supply Chain, and other cross-functional teams to investigate, remediate, and prevent food safety and quality issues.
• Support internal/external audits, certifications, and Regulatory inspections (FDA, SQF, Halal, Organic Rabbinical, Corporate, Division, and third party audits), by providing technical expertise and responding to food safety related inquiries.
• Develop, revise, and maintain food safety policies, procedures, standards, and preventive control programs to ensure compliance with regulatory, customer, and corporate requirements.
• Serves as a key plant contact for food safety technical support, leading problem-solving efforts, and develop/implement corrective and preventative actions related to food safety issues.
• Monitor and evaluate manufacturing nonconformances, environmental monitoring results, process controls, product data, and consumer complaints to ensure the ongoing effectiveness of food safety systems and controls.
• Evaluate the impact of food safety and quality requirements on manufacturing operations, product performance, and operational costs.
• Provide food safety oversight and risk assessment for changes to manufacturing procedures, work orders, equipment, processes, testing programs, and facility operations.
• Serve as the Food Safety Plan/HACCP team lead, responsible for the maintenance, and ongoing effectiveness of the site's food safety plan and controls.
• Lead hazard analyses, preventive control assessments, verification and validation activities, program reviews, and cross-functional food safety team meetings to ensure compliance with regulatory, customer, and corporate requirements.
• Serve as a Validation Review Board member, attending all board meetings and providing review and approval of validation protocols, reports, and related documentation to ensure compliance with food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Shift Day shift. This will ideally be a shifted schedule to allow for more coverage and support beyond the typical first shift. This will be discussed and decided between the candidate and hiring manager throughout the interview process.

Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in an Engineering or Technical Field 3+ years of experience Engineering experience and demonstrated use of Quality tools/methodologies. Solid communication and interpersonal skills. Strong project management and leadership skills, including the demonstrated ability to lead multi-departmental project teams and resolve quality-related issues in a timely and effective manner Advanced computer skills, including statistical/data analysis and report writing skills. Experience implementing various product and process improvement methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing). Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with technical writing, root cause assessment/analysis, and corrective actions Experience implementing various product and process improvement methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing). Experience working with microbiology to ensure appropriate environmental monitoring and that microbiology requirements are considered in product and process development activities.

Base Pay

The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00 In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job Family

Operations Quality

Division

ANSC Nutrition Supply Chain

Location

United States > Columbus : Columbus Plant

Additional Locations

WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: No MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Equal Opportunity

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

Company Overview

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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Pre-Employment Inquiries and Citizenship | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc.gov) Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com *Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Military/Veteran friendly Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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