Quality Assurance Technician - Moses Lake Production Campus

Simplot Company; Moses Lake, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) savings plan

10 Paid Holidays

Vacation Time

Paid Family Building Leave

Education Assistance

Benefits details available at simplot

Job summary

The Simplot Company is seeking a Quality Assurance Lab Technician for the Moses Lake Production Campus. This role ensures product quality through sampling, testing and adherence to procedures, reporting status, and recording results in logs and databases.

Responsibilities include grading quality, entering product identity into inventory systems, performing tests, maintaining safety, and communicating quality issues to relevant staff.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Basic math skills and computer literacy expected.
• Ability to work in refrigerated and frozen environments.
• Must be organized, efficient and manage time well.
• Ability to sit and stand for long periods and lift up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Accurately completes quality grade using grading standards.
• Accurately enters all product identity information for all product produced in an inventory database.
• Performs requested tests and samples.
• Maintains a safe work environment.
• Provides prompt feedback to production personnel regarding defects and quality issues.

Skills

Basic math

Computer skills

Refrigerated environment

Time management

Independent work

Physical stamina

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

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Quality Assurance Technician - Moses Lake Production Campus

The Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. We are a true farm-to-table company with an integrated portfolio including food processing and food brands, phosphate mining, fertilizer manufacturing, farming, ranching and cattle production, and other enterprises related to agriculture.

Summary

The Quality Assurance Lab Technician will be responsible for ensuring product quality is monitored and tested in compliance with established procedures, specification and instructions. The individual in this position is responsible, but not limited to taking samples, and performing test as prescribed by procedure or specification, reporting to appropriate personnel on status of line operation, performing requested test and samples and recording information in logs and databases.

Key Responsibilities

• Accurately completes quality grade using grading standards.
• Accurately enters all product identity information for all product produced in an inventory database.
• Performs requested tests and samples.
• Maintains a safe work environment.
• Provides prompt and timely feedback to appropriate personnel relative to production related problems (i.e. excessive defects, mislabeling, package quality issues, downtime and increased production etc).

Typical Education

High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

• Basic math skills.
• Good knowledge of computer systems.
• Ability to work in refrigerated and frozen environments.
• Needs to be organized, efficient, and have good time management skills.
• Ability to sit and stand for long periods.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Adheres to all standards, policies and systems as appropriate.

Job Requisition ID: 27533

Country: United States

Rate of Pay: $24.03/hr.

Attractive total rewards package that includes:

• 401(k) savings plan
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Vacation Time
• Details available in Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Paid Family Building Leave
• Education Assistance
• Benefits details available at simplotbenefits.com

**The Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other protected status.**