Quality Control Manager at Haske & Williams (H&W) Rice Mill Company Limited

H&W Rice company limited is a leading company with the drive to create quality local substitutes to imported rice products in Nigeria. Established as a vertically integrated producer of high-quality whole grain parboiled rice, strives to ensure the finest, export-quality products for our local and international customers.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Quality Control Manager

Location: Demsa Local Government, Adamawa
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Quality Control Manager will be responsible for ensuring that rice production and other related activities aligns with defined quality standard and operating procedures.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop a comprehensive quality control and quality management system that ensures both people and products meet and exceeds quality, safety and efficiency standards.
• Develop required standard operating procedures, quality controls points and other documentations.
• Drive the standardization of quality and process improvement initiative across the rice plant and ensure adherence to all defined quality policies and Standard Operating Procedure.
• Liaise with the paddy procurement officer to establish quality requirements and ensure adherence from external vendors and suppliers.
• Liaise with all operating and processing staff to collate information for the development of quality procedures for their operations.
• Drive efficiency and waste reduction across all operations.
• Approve in-process production by confirming required specifications, conducting visual and measurement tests, and communicating the required adjustments to the production team.
• Approve all finished products by confirming specifications and conducting required quality tests.
• Perform routine checks on all outgoing products to ensure zero defects and verify that the finished product is bagged and processed according to specifications and quality guidelines.
• Maintain records of defective materials and ensure that defective parts are repaired, retested, or pulled away from the processing/production plant.
• Monitor the performance of the Quality Management System and support in providing recommendations to the quality control manager on observed quality issues.
• Constantly check that the assembly or production team adheres to standards and procedures and complying with SLAs and legal requirements.
• Produce data and report on adherence to quality standards across all operations.
• Support with providing trainings and techniques to enable other members of the team achieve the desired quality standards.
• Support in reviewing all operations at the processing plant and ensure they are in accordance with international best practices.
• Ensure that all established quality procedure, standards and specifications are presented in clear and descriptive formats for easy comprehension.
• Support in setting-up and maintaining the controls and documentation procedures.
• Monitor performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports.
• Make sure that the processing and production of rice meet international and national standards.
• Perform other functions as required.

Job Requirements

• Minimum of B.Sc. / HND in Chemistry or a relevant field.
• 7 - 8 years’ experience with at least 3 years as a Quality Control Manager within the manufacturing or food industry; preferably rice milling.
• Experience in large scale rice production or similar industries will be an added advantage.
• Experience in project and operations management.
• Knowledge of rice parboiling and milling machine.
• Basic understanding of technical trouble shooting of Industrial machine.
• Quality assurance process design for startup operations.
• Ability to execute and plan quality projects.
• Ability to drive value chain initiatives.
• Good report writing and documentation skills.
• Understanding ISO Quality Management Systems.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong supervisory skills.
• High sense of responsibility, accountability and dependability.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and efficiently.
• Ability to exercise independent judgement.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organization and management skills.
• Delivery on work targets; quality and timeliness of delivery.
• Demonstration of trustworthiness: integrity, and excellence.
• Strong interpersonal relationships; customer-centric attitude.
• Ability to speak the Hausa Language is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
3rd February, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter as a single Word document format to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: Only successful candidates will be contacted.