QUALITY CONTROL ANALYST AT LAFARGE AFRICA PLC | QUALITY CONTROL JOBS IN OGUN

About Company:

Lafarge Africa Plc is a member of the LafargeHolcim Group – the biggest building and concrete solutions company in the world. It is a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and serves Nigeria with a wide range of building and construction solutions designed to meet housing and construction needs from small projects like individual home buildings to major construction and infrastructure projects.

Job Description:

• The objective of Quality Control Analyst is to work with other members of the quality  team to maximize operational efficiency in an environment of continuous improvement; to provide timely and accurate process control information, to ensure that all testing equipment is operating properly, and to certify that the completed product meets intended specifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures that the work area in the Laboratory is safe, by identifying, reporting and rectifying all safety deviations through use of near miss reporting, Audits and Planned Tasks Observations methods.
• Ensures that end products comply with the plant specifications and statutory requirements during in process and before being dispatched.
• Ensures that fuse beads and pellets for in process and finished product are properly prepared and used in XRF analyses.
• Ensures prompt control of in-process and finished products.
• Conducts chemical analyses, Ash Content, Calorific Value and Moisture of in-coming materials (gypsum, coal, AF etc) using the available testing instruments as applicable.
• Interprets all the test results produced and take corrective action for deviation in conjunction through usage of Statistical Process Control Incident plotting and reporting.
• Makes sure that the standards for the standardization are available.
• Follows Lafarge Quality Technical Standard (LQTS) in all laboratory tests
• Adheres to, sample preparation, analysis/testing, sample retention work instructions, always.
• Informs/consults his superior of any technical difficulties and faults beyond scope immediately.
• Ensures that the laboratory records are kept up-to-date and allow product traceability.
• Ensures that the laboratory and other measuring equipment is maintained, serviced, calibrated and in good working condition.
• Manages the Lab reagents, glassware, equipment/accessories and other equipment spares stocks.
• Manages testing programs daily.
• Any other job that may be assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree/ HND in Chemistry, Laboratory Technology, or Chemical Engineering
• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in a process industry
• Good knowledge of cement manufacturing processes: raw meal preparation, burning, air flow, combustion and grinding.
• Good knowledge of physico-chemical characteristics of products, of parameters and standards applied to cement manufacturing.
• Good knowledge of the major clients’ uses of the products and of the controlling parameters
• In-depth knowledge of quality control methods and instruments
• Good knowledge of process controls, statistical methods and of experimental design
• Good knowledge of control tools and instruments (operation logic, regulation methods and systems)
• Good knowledge of current regulations and of specific environmental constraints
• Good knowledge of project management methods
• Good knowledge of safety laws and regulations
• Computer literate (Word, excel, MS project, lotus note).
• Good knowledge of quality management systems (ISO 9001)
• Good planning skills

Salary

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