Quality Controller

Job Details

The Quality Controller ensures that high quality food standards are maintained at Newrest Uganda. The role involves monitoring food production, ensuring compliance with HACCP and SOP standards, auditing suppliers, and training staff on hygiene requirements.

Location: Kampala, Uganda Employment Type: Full Time Work Mode: On-site

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures that high quality food standard is maintained.
• Train staff on hygiene basics and related HACCP standards that should be maintained.
• Ensures that hygiene samples are sent on time to hygiene auditors and airline clients.
• Ensures that suppliers are visited regularly and audited.
• Receives incoming goods and verifies quality and also checks for expiry dates to ensure food safety.
• Monitors projects to ensure that Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) are followed.
• Ensures that all items stored are to the required safety standards.
• Monitoring of food production by checking temperatures and time records.
• Ensures that all meals are weighed and documents are available.
• Ensures that all staff are knowledgeable about hygiene requirements and ensures that it is implemented.
• Monitors chlorination of water and works closely with maintenance department.
• Monitoring operational procedures i.e. temperature controls.
• Ensures that FEFO and stock rotation is followed.
• Ensures that all first aid boxes are fully stocked to ensure proper usage.
• Ensures that critical control points are clean and are up to standard.
• Ensures that airlines specifications are strictly observed by kitchen staff.

Qualifications, Skills and Requirements

• Previous experience on quality control operations.
• Associate degree or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in quality control.
• Able to work long hours.
• Quick decision maker.
• Able to work independently yet excellent team player.
• Good communication skills.
• Good command of English language, both written and spoken.
• Results oriented.
• Pays attention to detail.
• Experience in report writing.
• Computer literate.
• Leadership and delegation skills.
• Committed and loyal to the company.
• Honest and reliable.
• Mature and professional attitude and personality.
• Open to suggestions, able and willing to adapt or learn.