Job Title: Production Officer (4 Job Vacancies)
Organisation: Quality Chemical Industries Limited
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation;
Quality Chemical Industries Limited is a publicly listed pharmaceutical manufacturing company, established in Uganda by Ugandans in 2005. The Company is committed to advancing wellness and is the largest producer of WHO pre-qualified HIV/AIDS and Malaria treatments in the region.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure that all established cGMP schedules and systems are maintained, documented as per ALCOA + and are adhered to
- Ensure that equipment is cleaned, maintained and calibrated, and that Production Area/Facility cleaning and housekeeping are performed as per SOP
- Undertake and supervise the execution of manufacturing activities as per BMR and in accordance with the approved SOPs, EHS and regulatory guidelines
- Maintain inventory of required tools, spares and PPM, equipment reviews on manufacturing equipment to ensure that down time is minimized
- Support initiatives for data integrity and normalization by developing structures to monitor and check on data collected against set standards
- Keep abreast of current data development and management trends within manufacturing systems and technology to maintain personal skills/knowledge base to deliver leading-edge solutions to the various departments needs
- Analyse and present Operational Excellence reports such as OEE, Cycle times, Performance & Utilization (Capacity, Area & Direct Labouré Utilization) at the different assigned manufacturing areas, Yield/Output Management, Breakdown Management
- Perform DILO studies, track and execute recommendations to ensure continuous improvement
- Carry out investigations to establish root causes and effective CAPA to enable adherence to the established Quality Management Systems
- Any other assignments allocated by Line Manager
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, or Science Technology, or any other pharmaceutical science related field
- Minimum of 1 year’s experience in the manufacturing sections of Compression or Coating within a Pharmaceutical Industry
- Knowledge in Data Science, Operation Excellence Principles (such as Lean 6-sigma, continuous improvement and related tools)
- Good teamwork, interpersonal skills and adherence to cGMP and Quality Management Systems
- Self-starter, flexible and able to work well under pressure at work
- Proficiency in Excel and its basic formulae, and in PowerPoint presentations
- Familiar with the various analytical tools like the Pareto Chart, Waterfall, Pie Charts, Bar Charts and Line Charts
- Be observant, creative and innovative in line with the business needs
- Able to work Shifts program as per business needs
How to Apply:
Email your application, detailed CV and copies of academic certificates, contacts of three (03) professional referees and a day-time telephone number a PDF file to; [email protected]
Deadline: 13th June 2025, at 5:00 pm.
NB: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Qcil is an equal opportunity employer and therefore lobbying for the above position will lead to automatic disqualification.
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