Quality Assurance Manager at George Houston Resources Limited

Location: Amuwo Odofin, Lagos

Objectives of the Role

• Interpret, build upon, and comply with company quality assurance standards
• Carefully maintain complaint and nonconformance processing through records and tracking systems, including root cause and corrective actions
• Document quality assurance activities with internal reporting and audits
• Develop new standards for production and design, with improvements as needed, and create testing protocols for implementation across all service lines
• Identify training needs and take action to ensure company-wide compliance
• Pursue continuing education on new solutions, technology, and skills.

Responsibilities

• Working together with a Quality Assurance (QA) team to assess product problems and brainstorm solutions
• Checking that raw materials or components involved in the production process are of suitable quality
• Inspecting production machinery and employees to make sure the production process runs smoothly
• Writing production plans that minimise risk of mistakes during production
• Estimating time involved in assuring each product's quality
• Meeting project deadlines
• Writing and reviewing testing plans
• Performing stress tests that expose the product to increased temperature, vibration, and humidity
• Investigating causes of defects that occur during the testing phase
• Assessing whether employees need training to prevent mistakes during production
• Creating test plan automation procedures
• Suggesting improvements to company infrastructure and processes to prevent future mistakes during production
• Communicating with Quality Control about existing defects and how to prevent them in future products
• Communicating with other departments such as project management and engineering to coordinate scheduling for QA testing
• Reporting discovered defects to all relevant departments for correction
• Applying technical skills related to the product being tested (knowledge of programming languages to software QA, knowledge of machinery for hardware, etc.)
• Conforming to regulations and international standards when it comes to testing and quality assurance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or HND
• 5-15 years of working experience as Quality Assurance professional in the manufacturing sector
• Superb computer competence, including database management
• Knowledge of quality assurance terminology, methods, and tools
• Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of testing best practices, version control practices and defect management practice
• Experience working in the woven sack industry is a must.

Salary
Very Attractive