Senior Quality Control Supervisor

KWS Seeds LLC. is seeking a highly skilled Senior Quality Control Supervisor to join our team in Tangent, OR. As a key member of our Quality Control Department, you will be responsible for overseeing all quality control/seed testing activities, developing and streamlining our QC processes.

• Supervise, train, and cross-train QC employees to work efficiently with QC Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Identify, monitor, and report sub-standard seed quality
• Responsible for all QC SOPs, including development and implementation
• Provide QC support to all departments, ensuring seamless integration of quality control processes
• Stay up-to-date with all processing changes, seed testing procedures, laws, and regulations
• Design and execute experiments to improve QC SOPs and investigate seed quality issues
• Responsible for all QC operations/testing, timelines, reporting, and accuracy
• Manage seasonal staff, including training, scheduling, and periodic review of quality of work through the use of blind controls
• Conduct annual evaluations of personnel performance
• Responsible for lab supplies and maintenance of testing equipment
• Ensure the documentation and calibration of testing equipment
• Verify test consistency through the use of controls
• Maintain a safe working environment and adhere to safety policy
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Occasionally travel and/or drive on behalf of the business

• BS in Agriculture or related field required
• QC Supervisor experience required
• Ability to organize and meet deadlines under pressure
• Excellent communication skills
• Good work attendance history
• Ability to master knowledge of seed testing lab operations and determination of seed quality
• Proficiency with MS Office and data management

• Salary of $70,000 - $85,000, depending on experience
• Health, dental, vision benefits
• Pension plan and 401(k) with employer match
• Flexible paid-time-off (PTO)
• Professional training and development opportunities
• An international and diverse team

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.