Quality and Food Safety Specialist - Cheney, WA

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Job Title: Quality and Food Safety Specialist - Cheney, WA
Location: Cheney, WA, West United States, USA

Company: Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Career Type: Medical/Health/Safety
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description: Job Description

Quality and Food Safety Specialist - Cheney, WA

This is an exempt level position.

Job Summary

The Quality Specialist is accountable for ensuring the integrity of the product throughout the manufacturing process. The Quality Specialist will provide technical support and leadership for the quality control technician team and develop and implement continuous improvement opportunities for the laboratory equipment and practices. Focus on activities which maintain and improve the quality system for the lab. 24/7 support of the plant is required as needed. Work closely with the Quality and Food Safety Manager and lab technicians to provide accurate and reliable lab data for controlling the product process and for meeting finished product specifications. The Quality Specialists is responsible for supporting all aspects of the quality control laboratory and leading continuous improvement initiatives within the Quality Control Department.

This position reports to the facility Quality and Food Safety Manager.

Essential Job Functions

Serves as an active member of the HACCP team up to and including PCQI and Team leader where appropriate and implement recommendations of the HACCP/Food Safety teams in the plant
Performs varication activities supporting the Food Safety Management program, in addition to reporting on metrics that demonstrate compliance with the Food Safety Management System (FSMS)
Communicates with the Quality and Food Safety Manager on the state of the department and provides details on all relevant quality/food safety related incidents
Lead role in conducting internal food safety, GMP and SOP audits
Maintenance of Microbial Control Program; conducting swabs, trending results and corrective action implementation and follow-up
Interacts with the Plant Sanitarian to establish and maintain acceptable sanitation at the facility
Established and implements programs and policies that support FSMS
Performs activities related to FSMS goals at the facility
Provides feedback to Department Superintendents on FSMS progress and activities in the department
Manages corrective actions in the APeCS tracking database
Provides support for all third party auditing, including GFSI, Regulatory and Customer visits
Performs Job Cycle Checks on food safety related activities and proposes corrective actions for deviations
Work with Operations to ensure that scales are calibrates/certified and functioning within limits
Manage metal detection, magnet and sifter programs for the facility and ensures compliance with all program requirements
Control and disposition of non-conforming product; ensuring positive release procedures are applied
Responsible for ordering lab supplies and managing inventory
Assist with training and developing laboratory technicians in all aspects of process control and finished product testing

Job Qualifications

Preferred 4 year degree or equivalent 5 years Quality and Food Safety experience in a Food Manufacturing environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills a must. Ability to communicate and interact with all levels of the organization, including senior management, customers, and regulatory officials, as needed.

Job Summary

Employees in this position may or may not be exposed to various potential chemical and food allergens, due to the nature of our business and the requirements of the job. If there is any reason such exposure would interfere with your ability to perform this role or work directly at a mill location, please notify the hiring manager.

Excited about this role but don't think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.

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We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our industry, as we strive to ensure our workforce represents the world that we help to feed: people of color, women, gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, veterans and persons with disabilities. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, please visit our website here: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | ADM.

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Job Post Date: 05/30/25