Job Summary
- Company
- Dannon
- Location
- Minster, OH 45865
- Industries
- Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturing
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Employee
- Salary
Salary commensurate with experience- Job Reference Code
- 17801
Quality Engineer
About the Job
Company Background
The Dannon Company, established in America in 1942, is America’s founding national yogurt company and continually leverages its expertise to develop and market innovative cultured fresh dairy food products in the U.S. Dannon is one of the fastest growing fresh dairy food companies and is part of Groupe Danone, the world's largest fresh dairy company worldwide.
Dannon U.S. manufactures on average over 9 million individual servings of cultured fresh dairy food products each day. Dannon's product portfolio includes over 120 different SKU's in various types, formats, flavors and sizes. Our culture and values foster individual professional growth and we reward entrepreneurialism and teamwork.
Position Summary
The purpose of this position is to support production by providing tools and resources to ensure a safe and quality product for the consumer.
- Perform daily walk-through consisting of interviewing operators and reviewing documentation
-Foreign Object Management- retrieval kits, incident reports, interventions in the plant, training and daily auditing of indispensable equipment
- Food Safety Plan management by performing documentation checks
-Perform ISO audits and other internal auditing
- Assist in Consumer complaints reporting
- Support the investigation and resolution of Finished Goods losses
- Assist in several training programs throughout the plant
- Formula management
- Assist in the reduction of Seal Complaints
- American Institute of Baking (AIB) self auditing
- Any other duties assigned by Manager
Qualifications
- B.S. or M.S. in Food Science or Engineering with background in Microbiology and Chemistry
- Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points Certified
- Completed American Institute of Baking (AIB), and ISO audit training
- Lean Manufacturing, regulatory experience; FDA, USDA
- Basic knowledge of microbiology and food chemistry
- Deductive and inductive reasoning and problem solving skills
- Self-motivated, resilient, determined, and flexible
- Ability to lead and drive change
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Computer skills- Word/Excel
- SAP warehouse management system
- Demonstrated ability to lead and work with cross-functional teams in a matrix
- Ability to occasionally lift and/or move from 10 to 50 pounds
EOE M/F/D/V. Qualified females and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Agency or individual phone calls not accepted.
