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Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory Sanitation Supervisor - 3rd Shift

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Job ID 312967 Date posted 08/15/2025 Location : Dayton, Virginia Category  FOOD SAFETY QUALITY & REGULATORY Job Status  Salaried Full Time

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill. 
This position is in Cargill’s protein and salt business, where we provide wholesome, high-quality food products to a wide range of customers, from foodservice operators and grocery stores to manufacturers and exporters.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Food Safety Quality and Regulatory Sanitarian Supervisor will ensure sanitation requirements are met for the Dayton facility. In this role, you will interact with, monitor, and verify the sanitation team activities and manage and schedule technicians during pre-operational inspection, as well as provide support for the first shift supervisor during shift transition. You will act as liaison between government regulatory agencies and plant operations, and will be involved with research and development projects. You will be involved in training facility personnel in quality and food safety and regulatory topics.

Key Accountabilities

  • Perform sanitation standard operating procedure review and master sanitation schedule task verification and reporting to include tracking and trending of key performance indicators associated with sanitation activities
  • Lead a team to monitor plant operations for compliance to behavioral standards related to food safety and quality
  • Responsible for ensuring accurate documentation and auditing, and analyzing data appropriately for management systems
  • Provide overall guidance and expertise to the team
  • Help supervise technicians and review daily paperwork
  • Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports
  • Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

  • Right to work in the U.S. that is not based solely on possession of a student visa or a visa sponsored by a third-party employer 
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • Minimum one year of related work experience
  • Strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience applying lean manufacturing principles and pursuing continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment 
  • Strong computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel
  • Organized leadership experience (e.g., supervisor, lead person, etc.)
  • Good understanding of fundamental basics of sanitation process
  • Two years of experience in quality, food safety, auditing, or related experience
  • One year of supervisory experience

Posting Information

Location: Dayton, VA
Relocation: Relocation may be provided for eligible candidates

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet

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