QA Technician - Moses Lake Production Campus

J.R. Simplot · Moses Lake, WA

Level: Technician
Team: Quality
Degree: Required
Industry: Food & beverage
Posted: Recently

The role in 30 seconds

A technician-level quality role at J.R. Simplot (food & beverage) in Moses Lake, WA. A combination of education and experience will be considered.

They ask for: degree required
Day to day: some off-shift / weekend coverage

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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Quality Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $52k–$75k.

Median of the low and high ends of 31 live postings that list pay, out of 554 quality technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 7 other live quality postings in Washington.

Experience asked: Not stated

Skills these teams ask for most

Root cause 63%
SAP 25%
Supplier quality 25%

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Off-shift / weekend coverage

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This plant: J.R. Simplot in Moses Lake

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Key Responsibilities

◆Manage operator and technician proficiency program.
◆Maintain necessary level of communication with team members and other support groups and does so in a participative management style conducive with operational goals.
◆Ensure self-compliance with Company policies and plant procedures, and the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
◆Maintain Company standards for safety, quality, food safety, sanitation and GMPs.
◆Evaluate customer or interplant samples prior to shipment or as needed.
◆Performs required quality checks and sampling for all lines and ensures that they are conducted in compliance with established procedures and specifications.
◆Conduct product grading, sensory evaluation and analytical procedure training to hourly and management personnel.
◆Participate in investigating customer complaints, out-of-specification and failure investigations and recommend corrective actions. Utilize computer and computer programs to communicate, document, and track shift information and ensures that all documents and reports are completed accurately in a timely and efficient manner.
◆Ensure that additional accountabilities required by management are handled in a manner necessary to meet operational standards.
◆Conducts frozen waste sampling, reject ratio and line flow length and ensures that recovery and quality is maximized.

Relevant Experience

✓Quality Assurance or Auditing experience preferred.
✓A combination of education and experience will be considered.
✓Must obtain Sensory Grading Certification within 2 months.
✓Must be able to work around and consume products containing soy, wheat, and dairy.

Job Requisition ID: 27662

Travel Required

Location(s): GF Plant - Moses Lake

Country: United States

Rate of Pay: $24.03/hr

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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

This role exists to ensure that quality attributes throughout the facility are evaluated in a thorough and consistent manner. This role will maintain an integrated quality grading program to include upstream grading, sensory grading and finished product grading to ensure products meet customer, regulatory and Company standards. This role will also audit, train, test, evaluate, define and participate in the development of product grading policies and procedures for the factory quality systems.

Attractive total rewards package that includes

•Medical, dental, vision coverage
•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

If the Simplot Company decides to offer you this position, such offer will be conditioned on your satisfactory completion of a post-offer criminal background check. For Washington Job Applicants, see the Washington State Attorney General’s Washington Fair Chance Act Guide and RCW 49.94.010 for more information.**