Food Safety Quality and Regulatory Screener

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Food Safety Quality and Regulatory Screener will complete monitoring and verification activities to ensure plant compliance with food safety programs, quality standards, certifications, and regulatory requirements. This role supports overall quality objectives by influencing employees and promoting adherence to established procedures. The position monitors CFIA regulatory activities, serves as a liaison between CFIA and plant operations, and assists with inspection readiness. Responsibilities may include performing pre-inspection verification tasks on carcasses and parts, including the use of knives in accordance with regulatory requirements. The technician may rotate through harvest areas, including head, viscera, and carcass stations, to support compliance activities. Strong communication skills are essential due to frequent interaction with CFIA inspectors and plant personnel.

Key Accountabilities

• Complete food safety, sanitation, operational, risk material and control room monitoring.
• Review daily material processing procedures and verify all applicable monitoring documents, taking immediate corrective actions when deviations are identified.
• Maintain food safety records, imputing and assigning deviation reports as required.
• Conduct daily inspections of the plant for each one of the critical control points and sanitation monitoring zones, ensuring all monitors are adhering to the written food safety programs.
• Perform unbiased audits throughout the facility to ensure adherence to sanitation procedures for critical job tasks.
• Communicate deviations to management and ensure they are documented, assigned correctly and completed in a timely manner and follow up on corrective actions and preventative measures to ensure they are effective.
• Provide and administer food safety certification training to plant employees including theoretical training related to quality programs.
• Handle complex clerical, administrative, technical or customer support issues under minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

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