Seed Field Supervisor

The first review of applications is scheduled for October 6, 2026. In order to be considered, please submit your application on or before October 5, 2026. The agency reserves the right to make a hire any time after the initial screening date.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has been serving the state for more than 100 years. Through service, regulation, and advocacy, we keep agriculture viable and vital in Washington State, while protecting consumers, public health, and the environment. We work extensively with farmers and ranchers, but our responsibilities – from ensuring food safety to environmental protection – touch the lives of millions of people locally, nationally, and abroad.

The agency includes 780 employees approximately and grows close to 1,000 employees at the peak of seasonal work. To learn more and view additional openings, please visit our Employment Page.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture's Commodity Inspection Division provides unbiased third-party inspections for a wide variety of Washington State agricultural products and assists agricultural companies in the movement and exporting of their products. The division is made up of roughly 365 FTEs through four statewide programs Fruit and Vegetable inspection, Grain inspection, Grain Warehouse Audit, and Seed inspection and Certification.

The WSDA Seed Program provides accurate, timely and high-quality seed analysis and certification services while continually striving for improvements in methods and technologies to assure success for the program and its seed industry stakeholders. WSDA Seed Program is a unit within the Commodity Inspection Division that conducts pre-harvest seed field inspections and laboratory seed testing of agricultural, vegetable, native plants, rangeland grasses and flower seeds grown under the certification and phytosanitary programs.

The program is responsible for seed certification, seed testing, phytosanitary visual seed inspection, seed inspection and official seed sampling as well as the program is the state seed regulatory agent. Additionally, the program monitors two seed quarantines to assist producers to replicate disease and pest free commodities.

This position directly supports the mission of the program by overseeing quality phytosanitary and certification field inspections, drawing official samples while enforcing federal and state regulations and maintaining positive relations with stakeholders. The Seed Field Supervisor is a specialist who supervises the field component of the program. The incumbent directs the inspection activity and assists operations by supervising inspection staff. This position administers, oversees, and directs field activities and advises public entities and program administrative staff on the program field inspection components.

As Seed Field Supervisor, this position is responsible for ensuring all employees under their supervision comply with the FSA seed regulatory chapters, AOSCA certification standards, OECD certification standards, ISTA sampling methods, USDASAC sampling methods and inspection procedures for all seed commodities within the program scope of inspection. This position is required to be in the field at least 50% of the time.

WSDA is recruiting for a full-time permanent Agricultural Commodity Inspection Supervisor position within the Commodity Inspection Services Division. The Seed Field Supervisor is approved for a home duty station statewide in Washington State and is represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE).

The base pay offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the preferred…