Quality Controller at West African Ceramics Limited

Location: Ajaokuta, Kogi

Description

• The Quality Controller ensures that ceramic tiles produced meet required quality standards, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations.
• The role involves overseeing quality checks across raw materials, production processes, and finished products to guarantee durability, consistency, and compliance with industry benchmarks.

Key Responsibilities

Raw Material Inspection:

• Inspect raw materials such as clay, feldspar, kaolin, silica, and additives for quality compliance before use.
• Verify supplier quality certificates and maintain documentation.

In-Process Quality Monitoring:

• Monitor key production stages including milling, spray drying, pressing, glazing, and firing.
• Conduct dimensional checks (tile size, thickness, squareness, flatness).
• Ensure proper kiln operations and firing temperatures to prevent defects (e.g., warping, cracks, discoloration).

Finished Product Quality Control:

• Inspect tiles for shade variation, surface defects, edge quality, water absorption, breaking strength, and abrasion resistance.
• Conduct laboratory and physical tests (e.g., EN 14411, ISO 10545 standards).
• Approve or reject finished batches before packaging and dispatch.
• Maintain QC test reports, defect logs, and compliance documentation.
• Prepare daily/weekly quality performance reports for management.
• Support external audits and SON/NAFDAC/ISO certification processes.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree/HND in Ceramic Engineering, Materials Science, Industrial Chemistry, or related discipline.
• Minimum of 3–5 years’ experience in quality control within ceramics, cement, or building materials manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of ceramic tile production processes and quality standards (EN/ISO/SON).
• Experience with laboratory testing and measuring instruments (calipers, micrometers, spectrophotometers, hardness testers, etc.).