About this role
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This position is in our Ag & Trading enterprise, where we connect producers and users of grains and oilseeds around the globe through origination, trading, processing, and distribution. We also offer a range of farmer services and risk management solutions.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>JOB PURPOSE AND IMPACT </b></H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The FSQR Lab Technician 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.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES </b></H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <ul style="text-align:justify"> <li style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Assure product meets compliance specifications and overall final product approval checks.</span></li> <li style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Data analysis, trend identification, troubleshooting, corrective action and communication with regard to processing data.</span></li> <li style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">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.</span></li> <li style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Training of new food safety and quality chemists, analysts, operators, technicians and personnel from other functional areas.</span></li> <li style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.</span></li> <li style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Other duties as assigned.</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:white">#LI-AM11 #LI-Onsite</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>QUALIFICATIONS </b></H2> </div><div><p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify">MINIMUM </p> <ul style="text-align:justify"> <li style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify">PREFERRED </p> <ul> <li style="text-align:justify;font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ability to adapt and learn in a changing work environment</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ability to anticipate, recognize, and seek process and laboratory problems, implement improvements based on the findings</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong analytical skills to evaluate change factors and formulate independent decisions</span></li> <li style="text-align:justify;font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience with email, spreadsheet and word processing applications</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align:justify;font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>APPLICANT INFORMATION</b></H2> </div><div><p style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </p> <ul> <li style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This position is posted both internally and externally</span></li> <li style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Position is based in Iowa Falls, Iowa </span></li> <li style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Relocation assistance is NOT provided for this role</span></li> <li style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position</span></li> </ul></div></div></div><p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.</span></p>