Mars Hiring Quality and Food Safety Technologist – Apply Online
The Quality and Food Safety Technologist is responsible for ensuring all relevant Q&FS standards are implemented and continuously improved to assure quality and food safety at the local site, protecting the consumer and our brands. Quality and Food Safety Technologists play a key role at the manufacturing sites. This role will be responsible for leading food safety programs including internal audit, CAPA, and management review. The Q&FS technologist role plays a pivotal role in incident investigations, risk assessment, and root cause analysis. The Q&FS technologist will lead risk assessments for all changes such CAB, New products/pack/process and or new regulations/ standard that impacts QFS.
Job Title: Quality & Food Safety Technologist- Henderson, NC
Location Henderson, North Carolina, United States
Category R&D
Job ID: 1376101
Eligibility Criteria:
- Bachelors degree in Food Science, engineering, biological sciences, chemistry, or equivalent
- Ability and aptitude to work in an R&D, Manufacturing, and/or distribution environment
- Understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP’s), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Systems (HACCP), ISO, Regulatory Guidelines, Sensory, and/or Microbiology
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience in Quality, Food Safety, or Regulatory Services.
- Petfood industry background
- Auditing Experience
- SAP, Nexus, and/or Red Prairie software applications.
- HACCP Certification
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the site-based internal audit program to ensure all processes and procedures are managed in accordance with corporate Quality and Food Safety Standards, Business
- Unit QFS directives and FDA regulations.
- Back up for PRIMP incident owner
- Facilitate the corrective and preventative action programs in compliance to MARS QMP standards.
- Food Safety Representative for site HACCP Team
Facilitate compliance to the Business Unit microbiology testing program including site data analysis, reporting, and recommendations for on-site improvements and or escalations for non-compliances. - Responsible associate for the sites holds management systems (SAP/ Nexus) ensuring requirements and procedures including product disposition and destruction are in accordance with Mars Quality and Food Safety Standards and Business Unit directives
- Lead the food safety risk assessment process for all changes such CAB, New products/pack/process and or new regulations/ standard that impacts QFS. Document all approved changes as per Business Unit requirements
- Lead root causes analysis session for product-related incidents (PRIMPS) and make recommendations to correct issues.
- Participate in FMEA and other lean six sigma tools for continuous quality improvement.
- Conduct statistical analysis on consumer complaint trends and recommend actions for improvements.
- Provide training on relevant food safety standards to supply associates.
- Lead the consumer and customer complaints investigations process ensuring follow-up in appropriate timings and recommend actions to site QFS mgr.
What can you expect from Mars?
- The opportunity to learn, develop and take charge of your own career.
- An industry-competitive salary and benefits package.
- To be respected and valued.
- The Five Principles at the center of every decision we make.
- The opportunity to work cross-functionally, add value and impact a better world for generations to come.
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