About this role
The role is for a Quality Assurance Manager at Green Baskit Limited, a Lagos-based food production company. It involves enforcing quality and safety standards on the production floor, supervising bottling and packaging processes, and monitoring roasting and other production steps. The company handles familiar local snacks and peanut products and aims to ensure products meet regulatory and quality expectations. The position targets individuals with experience in food or beverage QA who can oversee quality systems and help maintain product safety and compliance. The company operates from Isolo, Lagos, and seeks a full-time QA Manager to support production quality control and regulatory readiness.
What you would do
- Enforce GMP, GHP, HACCP and personal hygiene standards on the production floor
- Supervise bottling and packaging operations including fill levels, seal integrity, labeling, batch coding and expiry dates
- Monitor groundnut roasting processes for temperature, time and consistency
- Support NAFDAC and other regulatory inspections and audits
- Investigate quality deviations and customer complaints and recommend corrective and preventive actions
- Inspect and approve incoming raw groundnuts for moisture, foreign matter, aflatoxin risk, sorting and grading
- Conduct routine sanitation checks and line clearance inspections
- Train production staff on quality and food safety practices
- Carry out sampling and testing of products and maintain quality records and batch documentation
- Oversee peanut butter production processes including grinding, blending, texture and taste checks
What they are asking for
- 2-3 years’ experience in quality assurance in food or beverage manufacturing
- Strong attention to detail, good record-keeping and communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet production timelines
- Hands-on knowledge of groundnut roasting, bottling and peanut butter production
- Knowledge of aflatoxin control and allergen management
- BSc/HND in Food Science and Technology, Biochemistry, Microbiology or related field
- Understanding of HACCP, GMP and food safety management systems; ISO 22000/FSSC 22000 is an added advantage
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