Quality Control Officer

📍 Kiambu, Kenya 💼 On-site ⏰ Full Time 📋 Permanent Contract 🏷️ Administration and Office

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.

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