Food Safety, Quality Chemist 2025

Company: Cargill
Location: Minneapolis
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. We are 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.Your Role: Connect to meaningful work. Feed the world. Achieve your higher purpose.What if your ideas could nourish the world? As an associate, we transfer your knowledge and skills into profound experiences that positively impact our global community. From food to transportation, your innovative solutions, collaboration and dedication will evolve industries to take on tomorrow's greatest challenges. And that's just the beginning. Because when your skills meet our unrivaled network and breadth of opportunity, your career is without bounds. Join our community to realize the impact of your work, help people around the world and connect with something greater.Food Safety, Quality Chemist Position: The Food Safety, Quality 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.Your Work: 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 assignedEnvironment: Our FSQR roles are located in an industrial/processing plant environment. The plant environment is team-based, fast-paced, and hands-on. This position requires a moderate amount of physical exertion on a fairly regular basis. The work may also involve other exertions, conditions or exposures (i.e. heat, cold, working in a wet environment). Depending on the location, this role may require individuals to work different shifts including 12 hours rotating shifts including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Our culture focuses on Safety, Employee Engagement, Inclusion, & InnovationOur Benefits: No matter who you are or where you are, we’ve designed our plans and programs to meet your needs. We want to help you take care of what’s needed for today and offer protection to help with tomorrow’s what-ifs. You’ll have access to a wide variety of flexible and inclusive programs to meet your health, financial, and work/life needs to support you and help you thrive. At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more. Eligible programs and incentives include:Paid holidays and floating holidays Paid time off Comprehensive health care plansShort term and long-term incentives Mental Health and Wellbeing programDigital Learning LibraryRetirement plans Paid time to participate in volunteer and community outreach opportunities Tuition reimbursement programsRelocation benefits for those that qualifyMinnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by lawCompensation: The expected salary for this position is $65,000. The disclosed salary has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. Our Vibrant Community: At Cargill, you will be a part of our vibrant global community with a culture that celebrates diversity. This is a reflection of the clients we serve and generates an intellectually diverse set of employees. Business Resource Groups (BRGs) help us embrace our diversity, make our culture more inclusive and enhance our employees’ outstanding talents and perspectives to benefit our organization and employees.Our U.S. Business Resource Groups include:Asian Alliance NetworkCargill Young Professionals NetworkCargill Ability Network (iCAN)Cargill Ebony CouncilIndigenous Peoples Network (IPN)Hispanic-Latino CouncilCargill Pride NetworkVeterans & Military Support NetworkCargill Women’s NetworkJob Locations: Blair, NE | Cedar Rapids, IA | Dayton, OH | Eddyville, IA | Fort Dodge, IA | Hammond, IN | Wahpeton, ND Locations are subject to change based on business needsRequired Qualifications: Right to work in the U.S. that is not based solely on possession of a student visa or a visa sponsored by a third-party employerCurrently pursuing or have recently graduated with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical science program (i.e. Chemistry, Food Science, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biology, or related technical science degree with the exception of the social sciences), and graduating between December 2023 – Summer 2025Ability to work a 12-hour rotating shift that includes nights, weekends and holidays Geographically flexible to relocate to one of the locations listed in the job descriptionAbility to work optimally with individuals from a diverse set of backgrounds and culturesAbility to contribute, both as part of a team and individually Strong communication skills – written and oralPreferred Qualifications: 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: 06/17/2025

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