Quality Control Officer at Westfield Consulting

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Product Segment: Paint raw materials, finished products & packaging material.
Functionally Reports to: Quality Control Manager / Head
Administratively Reports to: Factory Manager

Job Objectives

• Quality Control Officer's Job is to handle lab operations and to do various analysis and quality inspections for raw material, in-process and final products. To follow high quality standards and to support shop floor production by providing them quality inputs.
• To prepare various analysis reports and data's to submit to management for various analysis.
• To facilitate FRT/ART in day to day activities.

Job Responsibilities
Adheres to all company policies, procedures and business ethics codes and ensures that they are communicated and implemented within the team. Duties include the following, measurable in terms of time, cost, quality or quantity:

Strategic Responsibility:

• To follow high quality standards and to support production and sales operations by providing them various quality input reports to improve product quality and consistency.
• To work on new products and application development and to troubleshoot problems related to product and application.

Day to Day Management:

• To perform batch wise and required number of various quality tests to ensure product quality is as per set standards and specifications.
• To do analysis of various market samples and analyze the scope of improvement in company's existing products.
• To work on product improvement as per Organizational requirement and feedback of sales and marketing team for concerned products.
• To do detailed root cause analysis for any product variation and customer complaints and to submit report of the same to Management.
• To do accurate documentation of all tests and analysis and submit report to the concerned authority.

Administration:

• To ensure all lap equipments and instruments are in proper operations and calibrated as per standards.
• To ensure all recipes and standard methods are well documented and access is only to the people concerned

Operational Targets:

• To monitor achievement against time line and accuracy for the new product development as well as quality checks for existing products.
• To ensure key projects tracking on a continuous basis and submit periodical update to management.
• To ensure lab hygiene and process methods to be part of international standards.
• Keep lab documentation ready for various inspections and audits all the time.

Reporting:

• To prepare all applicable reports in time for accuracy and in order to ensure that they match the functional requirements, policies and standards.
• To assess various informational tools, identify improvement opportunities and pinpoint bottleneck areas to further increase the work efficiency.

Related Assignment:

• To perform other related duties or assignment as and when assigned.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's / Master Degrees in Paint Technology / Chemistry / Chemicals.
• Minimum of 5+ years of Experience in similar Industry.
• Background in Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Industrial and Pure Chemistry.
• The applicant must have good knowledge about various deco / industrial RM & FG evaluation.
• Experience in the paint industry.
• Experience in ISO will be an added advantages.