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

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Food Science, Packaging, Material Science, or related field
• 4+ years of relevant quality experience in food manufacturing or other related experiences
• Strong bias for action, results, and taking initiative
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to navigate complex organizations
• Strong written and verbal communication to partner effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Willingness to travel (less than 10%)
• Ability to manage projects and be comfortable with ambiguity

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Self-starter who has the ability to prioritize workload while meeting commitments
• Strong understanding of product quality, sensory, and food safety
• Plant Quality Engineer, manufacturing, auditing/consulting, or related experience
• ASQ CQE
• ASQ Six Sigma Green or Black Belt
• Ability to flex work schedule when required to support a 24/7 manufacturing operation
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude, ability to apply engineering principles, and ability to troubleshoot
• Demonstrated ability to apply the tools of statistics, problem solving, and decision making
• Demonstrate ability to lead peer group and affect change/department direction via influence management
• Flexibility and motivation to cover all areas of FSQ, and able to create innovative solutions to problems with limited resources

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis, and General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.
• International relocations or remote assignments will not be considered for this role.

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.