Job Description

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Job Title: Quality Assurance Officer

Company: Coconut Products

Department: Quality Control

Reports to: Mill Operations Manager

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Primary objective of the job:

This position is responsible for guaranteeing the quality of products meet established standards by ensuring
careful inspections and the enforcement of quality standards.

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Main Duties and Responsibilities:

        1. Testing & Control

• Monitor to ensure compliance of quality standards are maintained

• Testing oil samples for FFA/Color

• Test total residual oil in cake (meal)

• Test Moisture for cake (meal)

• Discuss ways to improve production quality through control measures

• Mini-extraction of random copra to establish oil ratio to estimate oil tonnage

 

        2. Mill Production Update

• Update all production detail and quality.

• Calculate total metric tonne in storage shore tanks

• Calculate daily production total metric tonne in storage shore tanks

• Provide the following reports;

• Daily Production Reports

• Quality Production Report

• Machinery Breakdown/Maintenance report

• Machinery Performance Reports- loads, temperature

• Handle good housekeeping and safety of quality control office;

 

        3. Loading (CCNO) Ensure hygiene and avoid risk of non-conformities.

• Clean loading area

• Inspect containers & Flexitank for damage or hazards (nails, rust, pest, contaminants).

• Dress containers

• Load containers

• Record and calculate flowmeter readings.

• Provide updates on stock loaded out and the current stock.

• Provide and pack samples for export upon request.

 

         4. Others

• Do monthly inventory of laboratory supplies and equipment and maintain par stock level.

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Academic qualifications and experience required for job:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Food Technology or Chemistry

• With 1 to 2 years work experience

• Experience in quality inspection, auditing, and testing.

• Strong computer skills and knowledge of QA databases and applications.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Meticulous attention to detail.

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Functional Skills:

• Communication skills

• Computer literacy

• Database management

• The ability to consistently identify mistakes across thousands of inspections

• The ability to closely follow quality standards

• Decision-making skills

• Time Management Skills

• Be a Team Player