Sr. Quality Engineer - Murfreesboro, TN

General Mills; Murfreesboro (TN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

General Mills is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer who will champion supplier food safety, manage material categories, and collaborate with internal and external partners to ensure product safety and process integrity.

You will leverage project management and relationship skills to drive global initiatives within ITQ and to deliver value for our plant, sourcing, and business teams.

This role offers cross-functional exposure and opportunities to influence manufacturing environments worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Food Science, Packaging, Materials Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of related Food Safety or Quality experiences.
• Willingness to travel 20-30% of time.
• Ability to manage cross‑platform projects and be comfortable with ambiguity.
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude, ability to apply engineering principles, and ability to troubleshoot.

Responsibilities

• Provide Food Safety Quality leadership through regulatory compliance and risk mitigation.
• Manage material categories, ensuring specification compliance and supplier performance.
• Lead global initiatives including process improvements and team development.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to align strategy and risk assessments.

Skills

Food Safety

Quality Assurance

Regulatory Compliance

Project Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Company Overview We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

Company Overview We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

Position Overview As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for championing supplier food safety, managing material categories, and working with both internal and external partners to ensure the safety of General Mills’ products and processes. You will also have the unique opportunity to impact the plant and the overall ITQ (Innovation, Technology & Quality) function by leveraging your knowledge and skills to provide deep technical expertise, become a leader of global connections, and be recognized as a valued partner for our plant, sourcing, and business teams. The right candidate for this role will leverage strong project management skills, relationship management skills, be results-oriented, and be able to find opportunities for value creation in order to help the company succeed. The projects you manage in this role will provide you with a high level of cross‑functional exposure and will accelerate your ability to navigate and influence across our global organization. In this role you will have the opportunity to develop communication and influence skills, a deep technical expertise of food safety and quality, and you will have an exposure to manufacturing environments both inside and outside of General Mills.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide Food Safety Quality leadership and direction through technical mastery in the areas of regulatory compliance, SPC, system capability, sanitation, and food safety risk mitigation, and champion material supplier food safety and regulatory compliance
• Manage specific material categories by identifying and reducing supplier food safety and regulatory risk, providing technical category expertise, ensuring specification compliance and assessing supplier performance; provide food safety, quality and regulatory training with our suppliers and external GMI partners
• Provide leadership as needed for global initiatives including but not limited to process improvements, process standardization, and team development
• Build alignment and strategy with cross-functional partners; lead risk assessments and root cause analysis activities for issue resolution.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Food Science, Packaging, Materials Science, or related field
• 5+ years of related Food Safety or Quality experiences
• Willingness to travel 20-30% of time
• Ability to manage cross‑platform projects and be comfortable with ambiguity
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude, ability to apply engineering principles, and ability to troubleshoot

Preferred Qualifications

• Self‑starter who can prioritize workload while meeting commitments
• Strong understanding of product quality, sensory, and food safety
• Strong understanding of Zero Loss Culture philosophy and tools
• Demonstrated leadership and initiative
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex organizations
• In‑plant quality and manufacturing experience
• FSQ/XQM/ESC Experience

Additional Considerations

• International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.
• Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.

SALARY RANGE The Salary Range For This Position Is $95,300 - $143,200 Annual At General Mills we strive for each employee's pay at any point in their career to reflect their experiences performance and skills for their current role. The salary range for this role represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, educations, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range. Beyond base salary, General Mills offers a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well‑being. We are proud to offer a foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support and perks. Benefits may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors. You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. An incentive award, if any, depends on various factors, including, individual and organizational performance. ELIGIBILITY Applicants must meet a minimum 18-year age qualification. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER (EOE) General Mills is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital or familial status, status regarding public assistance, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUEST If you need to request an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please fill out our online accommodation request form by following this link: Accommodation Request.