Quality & Food Safety Specialist

Job Description:

This is an exciting opportunity to join the site R&D team in Temple, Texas within the Quality & Food Safety function as the Q&FS Specialist. The purpose of this role is to maintain, design and improve the site Quality Management System to comply with the Mars Global Quality Standards.

What are we looking for?

Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree in food science, engineering or related field
• 1-3 years' experience in a Food Manufacturing environment working in Quality, Food Safety, Engineering or Product/Process development
• Experience with incident management and standards implementation
• Experience completing internal and external audits

Preferred:

• Knowledge of Quality Assurance & Hygiene programs such as HACCP/ISO 22000
• Master's degree in food science, Engineering or related field

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Assisting to develop and implement technical and procedural control measures in relation to the Mars Global Quality Standards.
• Be the Onsite support for any Product Related Incidents.
• Developing and updating all paperwork/systems to be complaint to global standards.
• Support Operations with Incident Management, Troubleshooting and conduct Food Safety risk assessments as part of Hold and Release.
• Assisting the Q&FS team during new product launches and significant process and recipe changes whilst performing conformance checks.
• Drive continuous improvement and execute quality projects in close collaboration with other teams.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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