Quality & Safety Program Specialist

Quality & Safety Program Specialist

As Quality & Safety Program Specialist you will be given the opportunity to be the facility head of all of our quality and safety programs. Some of these programs are: Land O’ Lakes EH&S Standards, Land O’ Lakes Quality Standards, HACCP, FDA & OSHA regulations. All of these programs support our goal of ensuring a quality animal feed is produced in a safe manufacturing environment.

This role will report directly to the Plant Manager. The position will not have any direct reports but you will be able to use your interpersonal skills to build and sustain solid working relationships with all plant team members along with corporate EH&S and Quality team members. Your focus will be providing coaching and training on Quality & EH&S standards. You will also be cross-trained to back-up the Production Supervisor.

Experience-Education (Required):

• Bachelor’s Degree and 6+ months quality experience or High School Diploma and 4+ years quality experience.

Competencies-Skills (Required):

• Demonstrated ability to lead and drive change at all levels

• Knowledge of regulatory requirements

• Possess integrity in products, processes, and relationships

• Strong communication/interpersonal/training/coaching skills

• Effective written and oral communication skills.

• Analytical problem solving/root cause analysis, risk assessments and customer awareness

• Ability to be insightful and act strategically and also tactically

• Strong Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint Skills

Experience-Education (Preferred):

• 2+ years’ experience working a QA role, EH&S related role or manufacturing supervisory role

Competencies-Skills (Preferred):

• Knowledge of FDA, OSHA and other applicable regulatory agencies

• ERP Experience, JDE preferred

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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