To analyze and inspect all incoming raw materials, utilities, in-process product, and final products, according to set procedures while always ensuring Good Laboratory Practices.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
• Ensure that all operations are carried out as per ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System at Distillery to achieve the quality standards.
• Conducts all designated activities in line with providing an efficient service to the Production, Stores and SHEQ departments.
• Participates in internal auditing exercises on various departments, ensuring that the processes are compliant with the relevant standard operating procedures.
• Uphold the company’s safety, health, environmental and quality policies and procedures and to ensure compliance of all applicable legislation.
• If any situation that is non-conforming to required standards, unsafe or unhealthy or anything that threatens to impact on the environment comes to your attention, report this to manager using the existing incident report system.
• Performs instrumental and chemical analysis on raw materials, in-process and final products and all relevant utilities.
• Perform inspections, as may be required, on final product that is being dispatched.
• Prepares and issues quality control reports and communicates this to the wider distillery team.
• Captures analytical data on the laboratory information databases and maintain such databases in a manner to facilitate the easy auditing thereof.
• Calibration of all analytical instruments in the laboratory.
• Prepare reference standards used for analysis.
• Assist in the validation of laboratory equipment and test procedures.
Job Requirements:
• Diploma in Science and Lab Technology, Diploma in Chemistry, Microbiology, Food Technology, or another related field.
• Degree in Science and Laboratory Technology will be an added advantage.
• 2 years of work experience.
• Computer literacy Self-motivated.
• Report writing.
• Creative, innovative and team working skills.
Terms Of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on Permanent Contract.
