Chief Quality Assurance Officer at Kenya Ordnance Factories Corporation

Chief Quality Control Officer is responsible to the Quality Control, Research and Development Manager for supervision and effective Management of Quality Assurance Division.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and implement KOFC policies regarding standards, procedures and quality management in compliance with National and International quality standards and management systems within the agreed budget and timescales.
• Manage, control and coordinate all aspects of KOFC quality programs and activities including documentation, controls, inspections, testing measuring calibration as well as modifications in compliance with Corporation’s quality policy and standards, and within the agreed budget and timescales. This will entail close liaison with production Department to ensure continuous quality control services at every stage of production process.
• Develop and maintain quality control systems to measure performance against established standards, including NATO Mil standards, Non – NATO standards, ISO standards, Kenya Bureaus of standards, FN standards and procedures and general ammunition industry standards within the agreed budget and timescales.
• Formulate, implement and maintain quality standards for all products manufactured by KOFC and devise mechanisms for ensuring feedback on whether the standards are adhered to or not and taking corrective action in conformance with the Corporation quality policy, procedures and timescales.
• Monitor standards created and maintained by external bodies, and integrate within the internal quality management systems in compliance with KOFC quality policy and procedures and within the agreed budget and timescales.
• Monitor and report as necessary, changes in standards both internally and externally initiated for performance improvement of KOFC products.
• Liaise and cooperate with quality management and standards bodies (e.g BSI, KBS, NATO Mil standards, Non-NATO mil standards, ISO, Government Departments, and other Quality Management Institutions).
• Formulate review and implement KOFC Research & Development programs and activities including continuous product research and development, product improvement, new product development, new production design within KOFC set budget and time scales.Prepare negotiate and sign performance contract with the Quality Assurance Research and Development Manager and Cascade to employees within the Quality Assurance Division.
• Training, Appraisal, motivation and resolving of personnel grievances within Quality Assurance Division.

Qualifications

• B Sc. degree in Chemical, Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical engineering from a recognized institution.
• Served satisfactorily for a minimum of Three (3) years in the grade of Senior Production/Quality Control
• Officer or comparable senior position in a busy Production/Engineering Organization.
• Must be a registered member of Engineers Registration Board of Kenya.
• Must be corporate member of the Institution of Professional Engineers of Kenya or be a Corporate Member of a professional engineering body recognized by this institution.
• Meet the provision of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya.

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

The candidate must possess the following skills and competencies;

• Excellent communication and report writing skills.
• Proven Technical, leadership and management skills
• Sense of urgency to manage work within tight time scales.
• Demonstrated a high degree of professional competence, administrative capability required for effective
• planning, direction, control and coordination of Quality Assurance Division.

Terms of Service and Remuneration

Terms of Service: Permanent, subject to a maximum Probation period of 12 months, effective performance and delivery of set targets.