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Quality Control

Ensuring product excellence through consistency and safety.

The role of quality control in a grain milling facility can be considered the guardian of product excellence. Responsible for conducting rigorous testing and analysis, quality control ensures products consistently meet and exceed customer expectations and industry standards. As a critical function, this position involves hands-on quality assessments as well as leadership responsibilities, including training lab personnel, troubleshooting quality issues, and managing essential resources, such as spare parts inventory for equipment.

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Career Responsibilities

  • Responsible for efficient coordination of daily lab activities by training and assigning daily work to available quality personnel
  • Participate in daily meetings and assemble/disseminate communication to the appropriate departments as needed
  • Daily monitoring and follow up for product quality for each shift
  • Update and maintain testing equipment
  • Personally demonstrate a commitment to food and human safety

Educational Requirements

Related degrees, training and fields of study include:

  • AIB credentialing
  • IAOM Correspondence Course
  • Milling Science
  • Food Science
  • Chemistry
  • Microbiology
  • High School Diploma/GED
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Companies

Grain Milling Companies

    ADM logo with green leaf design
    Ardent Mills logo, company brand symbol.
    Bartlett a Savage Company logo
    Bay State Milling logo, trusted ingredients family.
    Bunge logo with blue text on black background.
    Whole Foods Market logo with green leaf design.
    Dakota Growers Pasta Co. logo
    Dakota MB logo with stylized wheat design
    G.S. Dunn Dry Mustard Millers logo
    General Mills logo with heart symbol.
    Harinas Elizondo logo with knight and shield
    P&H Milling Group logo emblem.
    Howson & Howson Limited logo, red letter H with wheat.
    J.M. Smucker Co logo with colorful leaf design
    Kellogg's logo
    King Milling Company logo with red crown
    Knappen Milling Co. logo with wheat design.
    Manildra Group logo, Australian owned company
    Mennel logo with yellow underline
    Miller Milling Company logo
    MOLSA logo
    Mondelez International logo
    NAMILCO logo with windmill design
    National Flour Mills logo with wheat design
    New Life Mills logo
    White stylized logo on red circular background
    North Dakota Mill logo, Quality Millers since 1922
    P&H Milling Group logo emblem.
    Pizzey Ingredients logo design
    Quaker Oats logo with man in hat.
    Rank Hovis logo with wheat design
    Riceland logo
    Sakai Spice logo with yellow background
    Shawnee Milling Company logo
    Siemer Milling Company logo, established 1882
    Smucker's brand logo with curved banner
    Star of the West Milling Co. logo
    Viterra logo