Quality Engineer II - Cincinnati Plant

OVERVIEW As a Quality Engineer II, you will be responsible for championing supplier food safety, managing material (ingredient or packaging) categories, and working with both internal and external partners to ensure the safety of General Mills’ products and processes. You will also have the unique opportunity to impact the Innovation, Technology, and Quality function by leveraging your knowledge and skills to provide technical expertise, become a leader of global connections, and be recognized as a valued partner for our plant, sourcing, and business teams. The right candidate for this role will leverage strong project management skills, be results orientated, and be able to find opportunities for value creation to help the company succeed. The projects you manage in this role will provide you with a high level of cross-functional exposure and will accelerate your ability to navigate and influence across our organization. In this role you will have the opportunity to develop communication and influence skills, a deep technical expertise of food safety and quality, and you will have an exposure to manufacturing environments both inside and outside of General Mills. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Provide product quality and food safety leadership through management of solid foundational prerequisite programs and HACCP Utilizing ISO 22000 standards (FSSC) Provide functional leadership to support plant and department objectives Drive Continuous Improvement initiatives Using quality engineering principles to collect, analyze and interpret in-process and analytical data to make quality evaluations, recommend actions for improvement and assure resolution Provide leadership and technical support for R&D, reformulations, and new product start-ups 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 training in food science, food safety, quality, applied statistics, and quality measurement systems to appropriate personnel Drive sanitary design improvements for processing and packaging systems Ensure the facility meets all GMP/regulatory, HACCP, sanitation, and product safety guidelines Collaborate with product managers to address customer complaints and manage product issues Lead run to target initiatives on assigned system Provide technical expertise to drive root cause to problem areas Possible Sanitation program and team leadership MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Food Science, Packaging, Material Science, or related field 2-3 years of related Innovation, Technology, & Quality (ITQ) experience Travel 20-30% of time, flexible travel schedule Ability to manage projects Demonstrated mechanical aptitude, ability to apply engineering principles, and ability to troubleshoot. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Self-starter who can prioritize workload while meeting commitments Understanding of product quality, sensory, and food safety. Understanding of Zero Loss Culture philosophy and tools. Demonstrated leadership and initiative. Demonstrated ability to navigate complex organizations Plant Quality Engineer, manufacturing, or auditing/consulting experience Ability to flex work schedule when required to support a 24/7 manufacturing operation. This includes weekend on-call support and early/late work hours. Understanding of internal policies/standards, regulatory requirements. 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. Demonstrated leadership and initiative. COMPANY OVERVIEW 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.