Sr. Quality Engineer - Cincinnati, OH

OVERVIEW

The General Mills Cincinnati Plant manufactures cereal products for our North America Retail business segment. Our cereal products include Rice Chex, Rice Chex Flankers, Wheat Chex, CTC, Cheerios Oat Crunch, F1, etc.

As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will be responsible for championing food safety and quality on your systems. This role reports to the FSQ Manager. This position will work closely with the Operations team to provide quality, regulatory, and sanitation technical expertise to deliver excellence in product quality and food safety.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide FSQ leadership and direction through technical mastery in the areas of regulatory compliance, SPC, system capability, sanitation, and food safety risk mitigation
• Provide functional leadership to support plant and department objectives
• Use quality engineering principles to collect, analyze and interpret in-process and analytical data to make quality evaluations, recommend actions for improvement and assure resolution
• Develop action plans with Operations, R&D, Engineering, and Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure product specifications, analytical procedures and sampling programs are appropriate and meet system capability and key consumer and customer requirements
• Provide leadership as needed for initiatives, including but not limited to process improvements, process standardization, and team development
• Build alignment and strategy with cross-functional partners; lead risk assessments and root cause analysis activities for issue resolution
• Lead quality grid metric improvements
• Lead FSSC program and FSSC audits and ensure FSMA compliance; sustain FSSC certification within the facility
• Demonstrated ability to apply the tools of statistics, problem solving, and decision making.
• Depending on background / experience, advanced sanitation / food safety leadership

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :

COMPANY OVERVIEW

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best - bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what's next.

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is $93700.00 - $140700.00 / Annually. At General Mills we strive for each employee's pay at any point in their career to reflect their experiences performance and skills for their current role. The salary range for this role represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, educations, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range. Beyond base salary, General Mills offers a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support and perks. Benefits may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors. You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. An incentive award, if any, depends on various factors, including, individual and organizational performance.

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