Job Title: Quality Control Assistant (Fresher Jobs)
Organisation: De Heus Animal Nutrition
Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda
About Organisation:
De Heus Animal Nutrition is the fourth-generation family business that has proudly grown into a major global player with 10,000 employees. Explosive growth has brought the company to where it is today. We have been in the Top 10 of the largest Dutch family-owned businesses for years.
Job Summary: The Quality control Assistant is responsible for checking and maintaining the quality of fish feeds throughout the manufacturing process to ensure compliance with industry, legal and safety standards
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Quality Inspection
- Monitor the quality of ingredients prior to fish feed production.
- Conduct routine checks of products at start-up, in-process, and finished product stages.
- Enforce good housekeeping in the production area.
- Ensure compliance with hygiene standards and sanitation procedures within the factory.
- Ensure proper labelling of the product for traceability.
Quality Control
- Conduct routine laboratory in-process and finished product tests to ensure they meet set specifications.
- Carry out routine calibration and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
Process Control
- Monitor key process parameters to ensure that fish feed is produced within the defined quality parameters.
- Monitor production processes for adherence to standard operating procedures.
- Liaise with production staff to rectify any quality non-conformance that arises during production.
Regulatory Compliance and Support
- Ensure that all finished products comply with local and international standards.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards in all quality control activities.
Nonconformity Handling
- Identify root causes for quality non-conformities and provide corrective and preventive actions for product or process improvement.
Documentation and Reporting
- Maintain accurate records of inspection and laboratory testing on finished products and processes.
- Prepare quality control reports highlighting non-conformities and corrective actions taken.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelors of Fisheries and Aquaculture / Aquatic Sciences / BSc in Chemistry.
Experience
- Experience: 1–2 years.
- Raw material production process.
- Familiar with fish industry.
- Fresh graduates are encouraged to apply.
How to Apply:
Send your CV and supporting documents to [email protected] with the subject line Quality Control Assistant.
Deadline: 13th November 2025.
If you don’t hear from us within three weeks after the deadline, please consider your application unsuccessful this time.
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: no experience required