Quality Assurance Officer (Ogun) at ReelFruit

ReelFruit, founded in 2012, is the market leader in the healthy snack category, pioneering the introduction of healthy dried fruit as a snack in the Nigerian market. The company was founded on a mission to build a scalable agribusiness to add value to the local fruit value chain, produce, package, and distribute locally made snacks that could sit on any shelf in the world!

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Quality Assurance Officer

Location: Abeokuta, Ogun
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The ideal candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation and compliance to all product and process specifications, as well as food and environmental safety.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance to quality policy, procedures, work instructions, and documented quality systems. In addition, ensure compliance to statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Carry out inspection upon arrival of raw materials, packaging materials and inputs against specifications and submit reports after inspection.
• Ensure all quality procedures for fruit washing and storage are observed.
• Check the peeling and cutting quality, and complete the quality control sheet at Processing.
• Check the packing quality and complete the quality control sheet at Packing.
• Conduct quality control on pallets in accordance to the finished goods control procedure.
• Ensure daily calibration and verification of all measuring equipment in the laboratory and in the factory.
• Monitor and control all storage areas and conditions.
• Continuous training and coaching of factory employees on Food safety and quality issues.
• Fulfillment of housekeeping and environmental standards.
• Report any non-compliance detected in relation to both the Quality and Food safety management system to the Quality manager.
• Report immediately any non-conformity on product quality detected to the QA manager.
• Report immediately any breakage, damage or malfunction of equipment to the QA manager.
• Ensure samples for analysis are properly taken for each batch.
• Manage and maintain all tools and equipment for carrying out quality control checks in the laboratory and in the factory.
• Ensure proper and prompt filing of records: maintain organized and accessible records for analysis and reference.
• Ensure correct traceability of products and records.
• Supporting process improvements throughout the testing and quality assurance processes
• Adhere to all health and safety guidelines in the factory.

Supervisory duties:

• Appraise the performance of immediate team members, identify their training needs and organize or recommend appropriate training for them.
• Administer disciplinary measures of immediate team members in accordance with the company’s disciplinary procedures
• Interpret policies and procedures to immediate team members and, where necessary, consult a superior or appropriate departments.

Educational Qualifications, Experience & Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree / HND or higher in Food Science, Agribusiness or a related field.
• At least two (2) years of professional or sector/industry experience.
• Flexibility based on the factory production schedule.
• Knowledge of the use of measuring equipment.
• Knowledge of GMPs
• Knowledge of the HACCP system
• Excellent planning, analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to work with little or no supervision.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Applications.
• Integrity and accountability
• Fluency in English – excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

Application Closing Date
30th April, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online