Food Safety Quality Regulatory Chemist ?

Company: Cargill
Location: Wahpeton
Posted on: June 29, 2025

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 food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products. Job Purpose and ImpactThe Food Safety Quality Regulatory Chemist, 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. Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff. Other duties as assigned Position information:Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.This position is based in Wahpeton, ND. Work schedule: Dayshift schedule 6:30am- 6:30 pm 2 days on, 2 days off and every other weekend. QualificationsMinimum QualificationsBachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experiencePreferred QualificationsPrior Lab experience Ability to adapt and learn in a changing work environmentExperience with email, spreadsheet and word processing applicationsStrong analytical skills to evaluate change factors and formulate independent decisionsAbility to anticipate, recognize, and seek process and laboratory problems, implement improvements based on the findingsEqual Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet Salary: . Date posted: 05/31/2025

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