Position Title: Quality Control Administrator (Manufacturing)
Location: Thika, Kiambu county
Reports to: Production Manager
Our client, a bread manufacturing and supply company, is hiring an experienced Quality Control Administrator to join their team.
Job Summary: Responsible for planning, coordinating and managing overall quality programs for the company to yield consistently high quality food products and ensuring compliance to regulatory/statutory requirements of the same.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and implement quality control strategy and guidelines to ensure that products are manufactured to the required quality standard
- Develop and maintain standards/SOPs/formats/log books, tests, etc. that relate to various operational activities and products.
- Set up a laboratory and quality assurance (QA) manual.
- Develop and maintain systems to measure performance against established standards.
- Implementation of a quality management system (QMS) and auditing of such systems.
- Organize and file manuals of various international and national standards as well as technical literature /products specifications relevant to our products and raw materials for quick reference.
- Ensure timely calibration and certification of all testing equipment by certified agencies.
- Monitor quality performance for conformance to the set standards: take necessary remedial action/s on observed quality deviations – communicate/advise/assist concerned production units.
- Monitor the quantity of defective products, down-grades and waste are kept to a minimum level as set and agreed by the production standards.
- Ensure strict adherence to specified weight tolerances on finished products.
- Establish and implement necessary effective communication strategy for the improvement and awareness of quality aspects across all departments.
- Have an overall responsibility for periodic quality inspection of ALL ingredients and raw materials used in the production process.
- Prepare accurate reports on quality performance to provide management with relevant information within agreed formats and timelines.
- Inspect pest infestation and rodent activity in the factory according to the plan or whenever needed and take necessary action.
- Effective supervision of production processes to ensure quality production all the time and timely communication and follow up for process corrections/improvements.
- Work in conjunction with the Health & Safety Officer to achieve the highest quality standards of product.
Key Skills and Competencies:
- Degree in Food Science / Technology, Chemistry or its equivalent
- Certificate Training on QMS/Food Systems Audit
- Minimum 4 years preferably in food/feeds/other FMCG production environment
- Exposure to QMS and Food systems auditing
- Implementation of quality assurance programs in store manufacturing and disposal process controls
- Knowledge and experience in GMP, Food Hygiene standards & Quality Management systems e.g. ISO, HACCP
- Proven success as a Quality controller or relevant role in food industry
Deadline: Interested parties should send their online applications on or before 27th September 2022
Correspondence: Detailed CV to be submitted online at http://goo.gl/T8sryH
We thank all applicants for their interest in this position; however, only suitable candidates will be contacted to continue the application process.