Quality Specialist - Kansas City, KS
ADM · Kansas City, KS
- Level
- Specialist
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 1+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A specialist quality role at ADM (food & beverage) in Kansas City, KS. If the Quality Assurance Specialist is unable to cover or make arrangements for coverage, the Quality Manager will need to determine coverage or cover the position themselves.
- They ask for
- 1+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Root cause, Internal audits
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Kansas: typical posted base $86k–$132k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 17 quality engineer openings in Kansas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Kansas plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 16 other live quality postings in Kansas.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (1+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 71%
- SAP 35%
- Six Sigma 29%
- Team leadership 29%
- Supplier quality 29%
- Lean 24%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: ADM in Kansas City
1 other open role at this site.
- Production Supervisor - Kansas City, KS · Production · Supervisor
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Required
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in food science or related field preferred.
- ✓Minimum 1 year of experience in quality or manufacturing preferred.
Training Required
- ✓Annual Training
- ✓HACCP / PC Training
- ✓PCQI Training
- ✓GFSI Training
- ✓Food Safety and Sanitation Training
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Quality Specialist-Kansas City, KS
This is a full-time, non-exempt level position.
General Job Description
- •Ability to complete all tasks assigned to the Quality Technicians and cover as needed.
- •The coverage for this position will be required when no other Quality Technician can be found to cover for the open position.
- •If the Quality Assurance Specialist is unable to cover or make arrangements for coverage, the Quality Manager will need to determine coverage or cover the position themselves.
- •The job duties of the Quality Specialist covering for the Quality Technician shall cease upon the end of the shift or upon the return of the regularly scheduled Quality Technician.
- •Ability to complete tasks assigned to the Quality Manager and cover as needed.
- •Tasks to cover during the absence of the Quality Manager include but are not limited to: Formal Release, verification tasks, log updating and review and ensuring sampling is taking place properly.
- •The job duties of the Quality Specialist covering for the Quality Manager shall cease upon the end of the shift or upon the return of the plant Quality Manager.
- •Assisting the Quality Manager in development of personnel and courier schedules.
- •Responsibility to help identify food safety &/or product integrity issues. As well as, initiate and record actions for food safety &/or product integrity issues reported.
- •Responsible for conducting the Annual Food Safety Training utilizing the Alchemy system.
- •Responsible for training all new Quality Technicians to ensure that they are adequately trained for on-the-job tasks. Help create reference material for Quality Technicians.
- •Inventory, and order lab supplies, as needed.
- •Catalog all foreign material evidence & review with Quality Manager to determine if further investigation is required.
- •Manage the Plant Retain Sample Program, including storage & disposal.
- •Review batch paperwork and associated quality checks, follow-up on discrepancies & update required spreadsheets. This includes but is not limited to signing off on quality checks, cleaning check lists, metal detection checks, calibration records, environmental & product testing records.
- •Manage the Quality Hold Program, including identification, placarding, disposition & disposal.
- •Participate as a member of the Plant Internal Audit Team.
- •Support Quality Manager in maintaining product sampling matrices, product specifications & sight samples, as well as, communicate revisions to the necessary personnel.
- •Support Customer Complaint & Root Cause Investigations.
- •Review, updated &/or create documentation to support the Quality Management System.
- •Support the Lab Technicians as needed, duties may include
- •3rd Party Lab Testing Sample Requests & Sample Submissions
- •Proficiency Testing
- •Perform other duties as assigned.
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