Food safety & quality assurance specialist – Porto Alegre/RS

RS | Rio Grande do Sul
Efetivo (CLT)
Engenheiro Agrônomo
Engenheiro de Alimentos
Médico Veterinário
Tecnólogo em Agroindústria
Tecnólogo em Agronegócio
Tecnólogo em Alimentos
Zootecnista

Scope of Responsibility

• Responsible for audits of meat (chicken, turkey, beef, pork, etc.) located in U.S., Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile to assure that product is up to customer’s quality requirements.
• Identify problems with products inside the plants and correlate them with issues happening in the production environment. (Litter management, ventilation, feeding, weather, processing, freezing, storage, etc.).
• Visit supplier plants to look for business opportunities with new products.
• Develop new products, packaging, and labels for our different brands marketed, sold, and distributed through our different world-wide markets.
• Develop and update Quality Assurance specifications and programs with the goal of facilitating suppliers in their efforts to produce consistent product from day-to-day and plant-to-plant within their system.
• Work with the client services team to resolve claims issues.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine, Poultry Science, Agribusiness, or Food Science is required.
• Previous product procurement and international experience or exposure is a plus.
• Processing, production, or manufacturing industry experience is a plus.
• Candidates must speak, read, and write English fluently. Proficiency in a second language, especially Spanish is ideal.