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Fresher Lab Technician Jobs – Nile Breweries
Job Title: Lab Technician
Organisation: Nile Breweries Limited
Duty Station: Mbarara, Uganda
About the Company:
Nile Breweries Limited is a leading beverage company in Uganda and a subsidiary of SABMiller, the second largest brewing group in the world. We aim to provide for a variety of career paths and patterns of working, a good work-life balance and comprehensive employee benefits.
Job Summary: The key purpose of this role is to provide laboratory support to the value chain by performing checks and verifications to ensure production of Highest Quality and safe products to our Consumers
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for meeting Quality KPIs
- Prevent quality non compliances
- Promote quality awareness
- Contribute to quality performance at the site
- Promotion of a quality culture
- Maintain housekeeping and 5S standards
- Maintain Equipment and Workplace:
- Maintain and calibrate equipment
- Maintain a safe and healthy environment
Analyse Samples:
- Prepare samples
- Conduct analyses
- Compliance to VPO Quality Pillar and other applicable VPO requirements:
- Execute VPO activities in accordance with the VPO work practices
- Execution of activities to ensure compliance to food safety and quality management systems
Process Control:
- Sampling is carried out as per procedure
- Samples are identified, verified and handled to retain integrity as per procedure
- Samples are prepared and dispatched, if necessary, as per procedure
- Relevant apparatus, equipment and reagents are prepared as per procedure
- Analysis is performed using fundamental laboratory techniques and practices
- Accurate results generated at specified times
- Results are recorded and reported as per Quality standard
- Non-conformance identified and escalated as per procedure
- Out of control procedure adhered to
- VPO compliance
Lab Equipment:
- Equipment is maintained and calibrated according to procedure
- Equipment and verification calibration frequencies are adhered to
- Calibration records available and update
Safety and healthy work environment:
- Adherence to PPE policy
- Unsafe conditions and work practices are identified and actioned
- Chemicals and reagents are handled as per manualized procedure
- Hazardous substances are stored, handled and disposed of as per procedures
- Adherence to documented lab safety rules, guides and practices
- Incidents are reported and actioned as per procedure
- House-keeping schedules are adhered to
Specialist Analysis:
- Carry out specialized and highly specialized quality analyses where required
- Record the results of analyses conducted on appropriate information systems and communicate results accordingly
- Conduct analysis of results to identify problems and improvement opportunities timeously
- Assist the plant in the execution of quality analysis, where required
- Conduct calibration of specialist equipment for which the labs are responsible
Problem Solving:
- Support the production teams in problem solving, providing specialist assistance and techniques
- Assist with coaching/mentoring of production teams on problem solving and correct use of problem-solving techniques as required
Training:
- Support the training of the production teams
- Assist with coaching/mentoring of production teams on quality analyses and correct use of analytical techniques
- Continuous Improvement
- Carry out specialised analyses in support of the evaluation of continuous improvement opportunities
- Determine additional analytical work required evaluating continuous improvement opportunities
- Take part in regional and divisional process optimisation initiatives as required
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Education:
- Minimum Bachelor of Science in Microbiology/ Biotechnology or equivalent.
- Min 3-12 months on the job training
- 2-3 Years Experience in Laboratory , Brewing or Packaging operations,
- Experience in the Food Industry or laboratory environment
Skills:
- Understanding of process control within a brewing/process environment
- Proactive
- Proven leadership ability
- Ability to utilise computer programmes
- Analytical ability
- Communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Problem solving skills
- Precision and accuracy, attention to detail
- Numeracy
- Work in teams:
- Communicate effectively in the work place
- Contribute to self and team development
How to Apply:
All interested candidates who meet the above specifications should apply at the link below.
Deadline: 15th November 2024
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Date Posted | 2024-11-07T16:02 |
Valid Through | 2024-11-16T00:00 |
Employment Type | FULL_TIME |
Hiring Organization | Nile Breweries |
Job Location | Mbarara, Mbarara, Mbarara, 0256, Uganda |
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