Quality Technician

About Adams Group

Adams Group is a fifth-generation, family-owned specialty food company built on over 110 years of a simple but powerful belief: good food starts with good people. Founded on the principle of doing the right thing, we've grown to become the most trusted provider of high-quality specialty grains, oils, and seeds-delivering quality ingredients from seed to shelf.

Rooted in trusted farmer partnerships and vertically integrated operations, we combine agricultural expertise with intentional innovation to deliver specialty at scale. Our commitment to quality, sustainability, and integrity isn't just what we do-it's who we are.

Our Legacy of Innovation

While we stay true to our values, our success across five generations comes from our entrepreneurial spirit and ability to adapt to the needs of a changing food landscape. Embodying the spirit of California, we push boundaries, pioneer new standards, and create better-for-all alternatives that nourish people from infancy to adulthood.

More Than a Job-A Purpose

At Adams Group, we offer more than careers; we offer the opportunity to be part of something meaningful. Whether you're producing high-quality ingredients, supporting sustainable practices, or building trusted relationships across our global network, your work helps nourish lives and communities across generations.

We care deeply for our people, build strong relationships with our partners, deliver consistently for our customers, and enrich the communities we serve. Together, we're elevating industry standards and making a lasting impact on the world.

Join Our Story

Come be part of a legacy where good starts with you. At Adams Group, you don't just have a career-you have a legacy.

Our Core Values

At Adams Group, we live by five core values that guide everything we do:

• Quality in all we do
• Doing the right thing
• Building relationships for shared success
• Adapting to change
• Leaving the world better than we found it

Position Summary:

AGC Quality Technician is responsible for verifying operational quality and food safety parameters, conducting sanitation verifications, reviewing documentation for completion and timely notification of OOS conditions

Key Responsibilities:

• Aid Adams Grain Lab/QC Leadership in day-to-day lab operations
• Perform all in process sampling and evaluation (grading/testing) of product on site; notify management of OOS products
• Provide coverage in the lab and scale house, as needed
• Send out samples for external testing as directed by management
• Perform probe sampling
• Perform instrument verifications as directed by management
• Gather plant and bin samples as needed
• Review job cards and batch documentation for plant runs.
• Review shipments and/or plant samples as needed or directed by management
• Conduct inbound/outbound trailer inspections
• Special Projects and other duties as assigned
• Perform internal audits including Bin Inspections as directed by management
• Compile and send samples when requested by lab manager or sales personal

Required Qualifications:

Education and Experience

• HS Diploma, Minimum
• 1+ years in experience

Skills and Competencies:

• Good Communication Skills
• Ability to analyze data and make determinations
• Ability to follow written and verbal direction and work with minimal supervision
• Proficiency with ERP systems, word processing and spreadsheets
• Must be proficient in reading, speaking and writing in English for the purpose of record keeping, safety and quality training processes

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS degree, preferred

Working Conditions:

• Available to work overtime including weekends as needed
• Willing to work in any of our operating locations (Woodland)
• Prolonged periods of standing
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at

Food Safety Policy:

Adams Group is committed to producing and distributing high-quality products through adherence to industry and regulatory standards. As an Adams Group employee, you will be trained on our food safety policies and will be held accountable to adhering to them. You will be encouraged and required to notify supervision about actual or potential food safety issues. Everyone at Adams is involved in delivering safe food - within your scope of work you will be empowered to act to resolve food safety issues.

EEO Statement:

Adams Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.