Job Brief:

1. Minimum of BSc or BTech 1stclass or second class upper in Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry or Applied Chemistry
2. MSc degree in Analytical/ Environmental
3. Training Certificate in relevant Quality and Technical field
4. Training course on ISO 17025:2017 standard requirements
5. 3 – 5 years’ experience in environmental lab or manufacturing company as Quality Assurance / Quality Control
6. Job holders in this position must have a strong work ethic, be honest, dependable and responsible
7. He or she must have proficient usage knowledge of laboratory equipment (AAS, GC, GC-Mass Spectrometer and all other equipment)

Responsibilities:

Sample Receiving

• Monitor and analyze samples or finished products received by the SRO to be analyzed
• Ensure the samples and products are labelled, check the expiration date, batch no
• Ensure all samples are coded, batched and well stored in the right place.
• Identify required parameters to be analyzed, separatesamples that requires microbialanalysisin order to avoid contamination.
• Ensuring proper handling of product samples.

Quality Control and Policy Enforcement

• Design, monitoring and implementation of quality management system.
• Ensure the awareness of the laboratory staff for the ISO 17025:2017 standard requirements
• Ensure Lab analyst’s strict adherence to the quality standards of Jawura Environmental Services Limited as well ensurequality standards of various regulatory bodies are being metin all the Labs.
• Organize the management reviews of the management system.
• Planning, conducting, reporting and close-out for cause/directed audits
• Preparation of sites and hosting of auditors for regulatory/accreditation inspections
• Analyze the customer service feedback.
• Responsible for quality control change management to ensure that changes and the current status of quality systems related components including documents are identified and corrected
• Responsible for quality assurance in handling of scientific misconduct/fraud
• Responsible for drafting and implementation of the company’s quality policy and quality management plan
• Ensure constant availability of standards for all analysis done by Jawura.
• Plan, organize and conducting internal quality management audit
• Ensure continual quality improvement initiatives (adoption of industry best practices: determination, development, implementation and monitoring of key performance indicators; and internal and external benchmarking) are identified, implemented and monitored

Lab Maintenance

• Implement maintenance & calibration programs
• Ensure the records of the laboratory environmental conditions are maintained.
• Ensure there is periodic calibration of lab equipment and apparatu
• Ensure the weighing scales are in good state and gives accurate measurement
• Supervise the intermediate calibration check programs for the laboratory equipment.
• Ensure prepared reagents are not kept for more than one to two weeks maximum before use.
• Ensure that any identified mistakes are corrected and gaps closed
• Report generation for observations, corrections made and gaps closed

Supervision and Training

• Performing supervisory role to the lab analystson matters related to quality management
• Initiate and establish new work instructions where appropriate
• Implement appropriate periodical checks on the laboratory personnel
• Supervise the internal quality control programs for the laboratory test results
• Identifies deviations/maintains the management system and ensure that it's implemented inside the laboratory
• management systems, regulations in force and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure that job instructions, guidelines, forms, templates, logs, tabs, and labelsare determined, developed and implemented.
• Responsible for making sure that other employees are producing quality services in line with Jawura quality objectives and policies.
• Reporting all issues of quality management deficiency or quality management policy violation to the management
• Planning, organizing and implementation of quality management trainings:
• Training for new staff induction, ongoing quality awareness training including training in applicable SOPs and other quality documents.
• Training for changing roles within and between functional units.
• Training resulting from an analysis of needs including the results of audits and regulatory inspections, top management reviews and employee appraisals among several other factors
• Job holder will ensure that system is put in place to:
• Share audit and regulatory inspection findings and learning with the relevant functional units and top management.
• Promote auditing-in-tandem.
• Track, coordinate and document all internal and external audits, customer audits and regulatory inspections reports.
• Track and document status of findings (open, closed or pending) made during audits and regulatory inspections. 

Reporting

• Ensure that all functional unit heads and affiliates are kept up-to-date with various established and emerging local, national, regional and international legal, ethical and regulatory standards
• Ensure the records of the laboratory environmental conditions are maintained
• Ensure that all client’s report/results are verified okay and error free
• Ensure that client’s report in-process verified and certify within 24 hours of receiving such reports

Mechanism

• Must have a very good and sound knowledge of Gas Chromatograph (GC), Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GCMS), Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), Autoclave and all other
• Supervise the internal quality control programs for the laboratory test results
• Must review all results generated by the analyst and pass to the Head Lab.
• Ensure all results are error free. Ensure all the required parameters are being analyzed and reported.

Required Competency

• Must be organized and coordinated
• Pay attention to details
• Multi-tasking, target and result oriented
• Honesty with other strong moral values
• Excellent communication skills
• Competence in technical and scientific reports writing
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to make quick and accurate decisions
• Time management skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to effectively use Microsoft office packages
• Ability to operate all the necessary environmental laboratory equipment

Salary: Attractive

Other benefits include leave allowance and 13th month + HMO

Mode of Application

Qualified and Interested candidates should forward CV and cover letter to [email protected]

Deadline: Wednesday August 18, 2021

NB: Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted