Quality Assurance Analyst

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.

Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

This position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business, based at our Aquaculture feed factory in Westfield near Bathgate, where we improve animal lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Quality Assurance Analyst, will develop and implement processes and procedures meant to improve quality throughout the organization. In this role, you will partner with other teams to identify and mitigate quality risks and will work with senior staff to address customer requirements and concerns, as well as collaborate on audits.

The role is based in our Cargill production plant in Bathgate.

Key Accountabilities

• Expertly perform inspection of raw materials and finished goods, analyze data and identify trends in defects or errors
• Partner with cross functional teams on product design, product management and production to uncover and avoid quality risks
• Conduct root cause analysis for defects, nonconformities or other quality failures
• Ensure compliance with formal external and internal quality standards
• Provide training, coaching and mentoring to team members
• Ensure compliance with formal external and internal quality standards and contribute to audits
• Handle basic issues and problems, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated working knowledge in quality assurance
• Intermediate mathematical and analytical skills
• Relevant studies in a related area of expertise
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint skills
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of food safety concepts
• Qualifications in Food Hygiene or HACCP
  
  

Our Offer

We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

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