Job Purpose:

There is an exciting opportunity to join the site R&D team in the Aurora, Nebraska Dry Pet Food Manufacturing Facility within the Quality & Food Safety function as the Q&FS Specialist. The purpose of this role is to maintain, design and improve the site Quality Management System to comply with the Mars Global Quality Standards.

What are we looking for?

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree Food Science, Engineering, Chemistry or equivalent
• Experience in a Food Manufacturing environment working in Quality, Food Safety, Engineering and/or Product/Process development
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance & Hygiene programs such as HACCP/ISO 22000

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree
• Food/petfood background
• Experience with incident management and standards implementation and completing internal and external audits

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Assisting to develop and implement technical and procedural control measures in relation to the Mars Global Quality Standards.
• Be the Onsite support for any Product Related Incidents.
• Developing and updating all paperwork/systems to be complaint to global standards.
• Support Operations with Incident Management, Troubleshooting and conduct Food Safety risk assessments as part of Hold and Release.
• Assisting the Q&FS team during new product launches and significant process and recipe changes whilst performing conformance checks.
• Drive continuous improvement and execute quality projects in close collaboration with other teams.

What can you expect from Mars?

• The opportunity to learn, develop and take charge of your own career.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package. 
• To be respected and valued.
• The Five Principles at the center of every decision we make.
• The opportunity to work cross functionally, add value and impact a better world for generations to come.