Quality Processing Engineer

Company Description

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

Job Description

The Quality Process Engineer plays an important role in ensuring products and processes are designed to meet internal and external customers’ standards for food/feed safety, and quality while maintaining operational efficiencies.

This role will report to the Regional Director, Quality and Food Safety supporting the regional FFSQ team and regional manufacturing locations.

Primary Responsibilities and Essential Functions

• Develop and implement quality control points with defined action limits and corrective actions.
• Develop, implement, and maintain quality inspection and sampling plans for raw materials, in-process, and finished goods.
• Partner with local manufacturing sites to resolve product non-conformances and resolve customer complaints.
• Analyze data using statistical tools to identify trends or areas for improvement in quality and food/feed safety.
• Propose and implement process improvements to enhance conformance to product specification (increasing customer satisfaction) while maintaining operational efficiencies.
• Define leading and lagging performance metrics tracking these metrics and assessing the effectiveness of improvements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure quality and food/feed safety standards are integrated into all aspects of production and that manufacturing sites’ processes can meet customer expectations.
• Provide manufacturing sites and regional cross-functional partners support in determining the food/feed safety, and quality standards for processing equipment, laboratory, and testing equipment.
• Provide support in the development, verification, and validation of test methods and acceptance criteria for new methods and analytical equipment.
• Provide technical support related to the manufacturing process and assist the manufacturing sites in root cause investigations.
• Assist the regional food safety and compliance manager with specification management and vendor selection.

Qualifications

Minimum Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree within Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Food Science or similar
• Food or Feed Safety and Quality or another relevant focus
• Demonstrated analytical and risk assessment skills.
• Preventive Controls Qualified Individual – Human Food or Animal Feed
• Food Safety and Quality in manufacturing setting experience 2-5 years
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SAP, Power BI, Minitab

Preferred Skills

• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt
• Statistical Process Control
• Root Cause Analysis tools (Fishbone, 5 Whys, FMEA, etc.)
• Project Management

Additional Information

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

- Comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental and vision care coverage, flexible spending account plans, employee assistance program, life insurance and disability coverage
- 401k with Company Match
- Family Friendly Benefits including childbirth and parental leave, fertility and family building benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays
- Flexible work available (not applicable to all roles)

Diversity & Inclusion
LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.
LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Equal employment opportunity (EEO)

Louis Dreyfus Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Sustainability
Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.
We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us