QA / QC Manager at Vantegral Consulting

At Vantegral Consulting, our sole aim is to offer value to clients and businesses. With an array of services ranging from recruitment outsourcing, restructuring, capability development, management advisory, and growth strategy, we are about creating and implementing solutions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: QA / QC Manager

Location: Apapa, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: QC Department
Reports to: Plant Manager

Job Description

• Under the direction of the Plant Manager, QA/QC Manager is responsible for ensuring that processes are established, fully implemented, and maintained in an organized and efficient manner.
• The QA/QC Manager shall also act as the Management Representative for the company’s regulations and be responsible for reviewing and reporting on the performance of the QA/QC department.
• The QA/QC Manager will ensure Laboratory Quality Assurance (QA) encompasses a range of activities that enable laboratories to achieve and maintain high levels of accuracy and proficiency despite changes in test methods and the volume of specimens tested.
• The QA/QC Manager will ensure Laboratory Standardization is achieved when test results have the same analytical accuracy and precision across measurement systems, laboratories, and over time.
• The job holder will also be responsible for assisting with the ongoing and day-to-day provision of QA/QC advice, on all company Projects.

Responsibilities

• Advancing quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the organization.
• Planning duties within the QA/QC staff and related work schedules;
• Establishing service standards for end users (i.e., internal department or external customer).
• Understanding customer expectations of and needs from a product.
• Developing quality control processes.
• Designing product specifications.
• Ensuring products are designed with adherence to legal and safety standards.
• Supervising staff and monitoring production standards.
• Examining the quality of raw materials that are used in production.
• Monitoring and evaluating internal production processes.
• Evaluating the final output of products to determine their quality.
• Rejecting products that fail quality standards.
• Engaging with customers and gathering product feedback.
• Producing statistical reports on quality standards.
• Reporting to upper management on quality standard issues.
• Evaluating product recalls.
• Reference System consisting of reference methods and reference materials with target values assigned by the reference methods,
• Traceability procedure in which participants use the reference materials created in the previous step to calibrate their tests or to verify the analytical accuracy and precision of their testing system,
• Verification procedure in which the analytical accuracy and precision of the test calibrated in the previous step is being assessed under routine testing conditions
• Establishes standard operating procedures (SOPs) for each step of the laboratory testing process, ranging from specimen handling to instrument performance validation;
• Defines administrative requirements, such as mandatory recordkeeping, data evaluation, and internal audits to monitor adherence to SOPs;
• Specifies corrective actions, documentation, and the persons responsible for carrying out corrective actions when problems are identified; and
• Sustains high-quality employee performance.
• Perform regular audits and assessments, and monitor QA/QC performance to identify areas of improvement, and ensure appropriate corrective or preventive actions are taken including follow-up reviews.
• Lead any necessary accident/incident investigation and reporting; ensure accurate root cause analysis.
• Coordinate preparation for scheduled external audits to ensure smooth execution.
• Conduct quality reviews for investigations from the different functions before forwarding to management
• Report progress on leading and lagging metrics as required for corporate reporting and reviews.

Preferred Background and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or a related field. A postgraduate degree would be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 7 years petroleum testing laboratory experience using standard testing procedures and specifications
• Knowledge of laboratory techniques; test and sampling procedures; handling and maintenance of laboratory equipment
• Knowledge of various petroleum products and their characteristics; ability to interpret results of petroleum analysis; lubricant formulation and additive technology
• SAP (Quality management, production planning module) knowledge
• Quality Assurance & Control
• Laboratory Safety Practices
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Team work
• Analytical, critical thinking, decision making and problem-solving skills
• Managerial skills
• Relationship Management
• Experience in production formulation and advisory.

Application Closing Date
6th June, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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