QA Technician
Mars · Salt Lake City, UT
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Quality
- Experience asked
- 1+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level quality role at Mars (food & beverage) in Salt Lake City, UT. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
- They ask for
- 1+ years
- Openings
- 2 with this title at this site
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
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.
Utah plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 7 other live quality postings in Utah.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 38%
- AS9100 38%
- SPC 25%
- DOE 25%
- Kaizen 25%
- Control plans 25%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Mars
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Mars in Salt Lake City
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Full description from MarsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Perform related duties and provides support to the Quality Assurance Management.
- ◆Achieves quality assurance operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying and resolving problems; completing audits; determining system improvements; implementing change.
- ◆Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
- ◆Performs tests at specified stages in the production process, and tests products for a variety of qualities such as temperature, defects, code dates, etc., records results, reviews records, and reports for accuracy and completion.
- ◆Evaluates data and writes reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards.
- ◆Recommends modifications of existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability.
- ◆Completes special projects assigned, work with the project team; help to resolve problems by examining and evaluating data; selecting corrective steps.
- ◆Quality analysis of incoming dry goods for production. Verification of specifications before startup and throughout production processes. Problem solving on quality issues with production and other teams. Documentation of key metrics for data analysis. Maintenance of calibration and logs of all laboratory instruments. Preparation of laboratory equipment and solutions. Direct communication with operators and production personnel. General analysis and sampling of production samples. Collection of retention samples on shiftily basis.
Qualifications
- ✓1 year + Experience in a Quality Assurance or food Safety role within a manufacturing facility
Other duties
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responsibilities
and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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Job Description
Quality Assurance Food Technician
Day Shift -6a-6:30p
Summary
Monitors all quality assurance/food safety activities and makes recommendations and carries out corrections for improving Quality departmental functions. Knowledge of food quality standards and procedures is vital and good attention to detail, strong communication skills & logical thinking. Tests and inspects products at various stages of production process and compiles and evaluates statistical data to determine and maintain quality and reliability of products by performing the following duties.
Language skills
Ability to read and interpret quality documents, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups.
Mathematical skills
Ability to apply mathematical operations and concepts to solving quality process-related problems..
Physical demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, and energized equipment. The noise level in the work environment varies depending on tasks.