Quality Assurance/Quality Control Officer

Ikeja , Lagos State , Nigeria

24 Aug 2021

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

Mid-Senior Level

Full Time

Ikeja Lagos State Nigeria


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