QUALITY ENGINEER

Requisition ID 177023-Posted 10/26/2026
- Quality
- Italy
- Lombardia
- Castiglione delle Stiviere
- Hill's Pet Nutrition
- Travel
- up to 10% of time
- On-site Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets, and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under globally recognized brands. We are celebrated for our leadership in sustainability, community wellbeing, and our unwavering commitment to living our core values. Global People professionals are consistently drawn to Colgate-Palmolive by the exceptional opportunities for career advancement and a strong alignment with our purpose-driven company Values: We are Caring, We are Inclusive, We are Courageous . Title: Quality Engineer The Quality Engineer is responsible for the development, testing and implementation of improvements in quality and food safety programs. The position is responsible for investigating quality and food safety risk areas and taking appropriate action i.e. initiate actions for improvements of product quality and manufacturing processes, work instructions, procedures and work methods. The Quality Engineer provides support for the technology transfer and validation programs and assists in the delivery of training and instructions concerning the quality & validation learnings, work procedures and instructions. The Quality engineer is responsible to ensure conformance with C/P and Hill's quality & food safety programs and operational standards Defines, develops, investigates, advises and implements new, modified or improved quality and food safety procedures and work methods related to production processes, ingredients, formulations, specifications and continuous improvement processes, product commissioning and capital projects. Provides training and instruction. Leads Management of Change (MoC), commissioning and validation activities as per specific responsibilities. Responsible for monitoring the implementation of CAPA / non-conformance programs to meet standards expectations and regulatory requirements and communicating results to site teams. Shares acquired knowledge and quality expertise inside and outside the manufacturing location. Coordinates follow-up meetings to assess the status of change management initiated on site, monitor status of activities to meet deadlines defined in MOC program, update site teams on status. Responsible for Technology Transfer (TT) activities in the site: introducing new feeds and improving recipes. Assists in the implementation of all legislative and corporate food safety standards as well as HACCP, GMP and regulatory initiatives. Analyzes plant Quality KPI's, Cpk data and commissioning results. Participates in and initiates FP&R and other continuous improvement programs within the plant. Facilitates training, sharing of ideas / knowledge and best practices to improve processes and sole problems S. degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Mechatronics or related field. ~ Basic proficiency / experience with statistical process control, metrology, HACCP, GMP, basic microbiology, quality auditing. ~1–3 years of experience working in a manufacturing environment. ~3-5 years of experience preferably in the pharma/ cosmetics/ food industry or consultancy companies with a focus on validation activities ~ Fluent in Italian language and in English language Awareness of project management skills Process Validation / Continuous Process Verification Computer System Validation (CSV) / Automation / GAMP5 requirements Experience with methodological / calibration activities Proficient computer skills including Google Suite, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and SAP Analysis / Decision Making Leveraging Systems & Information Expected Gross Annual Salary Range: €39.000 ─ €45,700 gross per year This position is offered under a permanent employment contract. The role is governed by the applicable Italian National Collective Bargaining Agreement (“CCNL”) [Food Industry], including the relevant job classification and economic provisions applicable to the position. The initial compensation within the above range will be determined on the basis of objective, transparent and gender-neutral criteria, including professional experience, skills and competencies, qualifications, scope of responsibilities, role requiremen