AGROPAL West Africa Limited Quality Control/Assurance Jobs in Eastern Region
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AGROPAL West Africa Limited (AGROPAL) is an agribusiness focused on processing and marketing fruits grown in West Africa for international markets. AGROPAL products are dried fruits (mainly mangoes, pineapples, coconuts, bananas, and papaya).
Our mission is to empower every actor in the agricultural value chain to ensure inclusive development of the sector. Our vision is to see a bubbling agricultural sector in Ghana and West Africa improving economies, providing incomes for people, and enhancing food security and health.
Opportunity
As a growing organization, AGROPAL is seeking talents to complement its existing team with its mission of empowering every actor in the agricultural value chain. Therefore, AGROPAL is seeking to hire a Quality Assurance Supervisor to work within its Quality Assurance Department.
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Duties and Responsibilities
The hired candidate will be responsible for the following:
- Ensure compliance to quality policy, procedures, work instructions, and documented quality systems. In addition, the hired candidate will ensure compliance to statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Carry out fruit quality inspection upon arrival of raw materials, 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 quality control sheet at the processing unit.
- Check the packing quality and complete quality control sheet at the packing unit.
- Conduct quality control on pallets in accordance to 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 standards.
- Report any non-compliance detected in relation to both quality and food safety management system to the Quality Assurance Manager.
- Report immediately any non-conformity on product quality detected to the Quality Assurance Manager.
- Report immediately any breakage, damage or malfunction of equipment to the Quality Assurance Manager.
- Ensure samples for analyses 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 effective cleaning of all production equipment, dryers and the factory premises.
- Ensure proper and prompt filing of records: maintain records organized and accessible 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.
Required Skills or Experience
Qualified applicants must possess the following as discussed under the following thematic areas:
Technical
- Bachelor’s degree /HND in Food Science is or a related field.
- At least four (4) years of professional or sector/industry experience.
- At least 3 years’ experience in similar role.
- Verifiable experience in IFS and BRC certification is an added advantage.
- Verifiable experience in organic certification is an added advantage.
- Ability to identify food safety bottlenecks and offer solutions.
- Knowledge of potentially hazardous materials.
- Knowledge of EPA safety requirements.
- Strong adaptability and ability to work with little or no supervision.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Applications.
- Fluency in English – excellent communications skills, both oral and written
- Applicants must be living around the factory location or be willing to relocate to Akuse (Eastern Region).
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Personality
- Assertive
- Good listener
- Critical thinker and taker of initiative
- Attention to details
- Good team player
- Self-motivated
- Supervisory
- Excellent decision maker
- Skillful at planning and organizing under complex conditions
- Excellent skills in managing/leading teams from different units
Work Location: Onsite at AGROPAL West Africa Limited, Akuse, Eastern Region.
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