Quality Control Officer
Work mode: On-site · Location: Kiambu, Kenya · Schedule: Full Time.
Minimum Experience
1 year
Application Deadline
📅 31 Dec 2026
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Job Description
𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: Quality Control Officer 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆: Poultry Production | FMCG | Food Processing | Hospitality 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Thika 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲: Full-Time (Onsite with Field Visits) 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆: KES 80,000 – 100,000 Gross 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗼: General Manager / Operations Manager
𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄
The role is responsible for ensuring consistent product quality, protecting brand reputation, and maintaining compliance with food safety standards across all operations.
𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
• Conduct quality inspections across farms, production units, kitchens, outlets, and operational sites. • Monitor food preparation, processing, packaging, storage, and dispatch activities. • Ensure compliance with food safety regulations, hygiene standards, and SOPs. • Oversee quality control of products, raw materials, packaging, and finished goods. • Conduct routine outlet inspections to assess hygiene, customer service, branding, and operational standards. • Ensure proper storage temperatures, stock rotation (FIFO), and contamination prevention practices. • Monitor expiry dates, waste management procedures, and pest control systems. • Train staff on quality standards, food safety procedures, hygiene, and operational compliance. • Conduct quality audits and prepare daily, weekly, and monthly compliance reports. • Investigate customer complaints relating to food quality and implement corrective actions. • Recommend process improvements to strengthen operational efficiency and product consistency. • Escalate serious quality risks and non-compliance issues to management promptly.
𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
• Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Quality Assurance, Public Health, Food Production, Hospitality, or related field. • Minimum 3 years’ experience in Quality Control, Food Safety, or Operations Management. • Experience within poultry production, FMCG, food manufacturing, restaurant operations, or hospitality industry is highly preferred. • Knowledge of food safety standards, HACCP, quality systems, and compliance requirements is an added advantage. • Experience conducting audits, inspections, and compliance reporting preferred.
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications now. 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 20 May 2026
𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥.
𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄
The role is responsible for ensuring consistent product quality, protecting brand reputation, and maintaining compliance with food safety standards across all operations.
𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀
• Conduct quality inspections across farms, production units, kitchens, outlets, and operational sites. • Monitor food preparation, processing, packaging, storage, and dispatch activities. • Ensure compliance with food safety regulations, hygiene standards, and SOPs. • Oversee quality control of products, raw materials, packaging, and finished goods. • Conduct routine outlet inspections to assess hygiene, customer service, branding, and operational standards. • Ensure proper storage temperatures, stock rotation (FIFO), and contamination prevention practices. • Monitor expiry dates, waste management procedures, and pest control systems. • Train staff on quality standards, food safety procedures, hygiene, and operational compliance. • Conduct quality audits and prepare daily, weekly, and monthly compliance reports. • Investigate customer complaints relating to food quality and implement corrective actions. • Recommend process improvements to strengthen operational efficiency and product consistency. • Escalate serious quality risks and non-compliance issues to management promptly.
𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
• Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Quality Assurance, Public Health, Food Production, Hospitality, or related field. • Minimum 3 years’ experience in Quality Control, Food Safety, or Operations Management. • Experience within poultry production, FMCG, food manufacturing, restaurant operations, or hospitality industry is highly preferred. • Knowledge of food safety standards, HACCP, quality systems, and compliance requirements is an added advantage. • Experience conducting audits, inspections, and compliance reporting preferred.
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications now. 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 20 May 2026
𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥.
About the Company
Human Capital Outsourcing Limited publishes its vacancies in Kenya through Saplic. Profile created automatically.