Quality Control Officer (Food Ingredients) at Greengates Group

We are the fastest growing and the most structured chemical ingredient company in the entire African ingredient market and Africa's Most Preferred Premium Food Ingredients Company of the year 2016. We provide an exciting work environment that is consistent with our vision.

Our business has been recording consistent growth in the years past. In order to sustain our company growth we now require for immediate employment – QUALITY CONTROL OFFICER (FOOD INGREDIENTS)

Job Description

• Checking that the assembly or production line adheres to standards and procedures and complying with legal requirements
• Monitoring the use of equipment to ensure it is safe and discard any that do not meet requirements
• Approve incoming materials by confirming specifications, conducting a visual and measurement test, and rejecting and returning unacceptable materials
• Approve all finished products by confirming specifications and conducting required tests
• Return products for re-work if needed and complete documentation to confirm re-work
• Document and update inspection results by completing reports and logs
• Training the production team on quality control measures to improve product excellence
• Proposing improvements to the production process
• To ensure that the production lines operate efficiently by sharing responsibility of:
• Managing the machines / equipment, input and output materials for efficient production
• Operating the machinery, setting it up for production, doing routine maintenance and cleaning
• Participate in the general administration and management of the Manufacturing team
• Undertaking training to meet legislation requirements
• Enforcing R&D and QC programmes
• Liaising and communicating with other related team lead
• Undertaking other duties within the manufacturing team and the wider business as deemed reasonable by the organisation
• Key Performance Indicator
• Reduced rate of complaint
• Increase in the number of daily test executed by 10%
• Reduction in the number of severe defects found in the products by 5%
• Reduction in the number of active defects by 5% in any given time period
• Improvement in the efficiency of our production equipment
• Daily standardization of all laboratory and production scales
• Improvement in product compliance rate
• Daily delivery of set targets 
• Zero reportable Health & Safety incident

Qualifications:

• Minimum of B.Sc or HND in Food Technology
• 1-3 years’ experience in Quality assurance or control position
• Not older than 35 years
• Understanding of manufacturing methods and procedures
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain and teach methodologies
• Proficient in the use of MS Office suite.