Quality Control Supervisor – Thika, Kenya

The ideal candidate
must
have a minimum of 3 years proven experience as a quality control person in the automotive assembly industry. He/she will be required to define all quality procedures for local content products acceptance according to brand instructions, specifications and directives.
Key Responsibilities:
Support management in preparing, approving and updating a complete set of procedures.
Support management elaborating on a quality control plan suitable for automotive assembly.
Receiving complete sets of complete knocked down (CKD) orders and prepare inspection procedures.
Perform inspection to all complete knockdown (CKD) arrived in the assembly plant.
Define all quality procedures for local content products acceptance according to brand instructions.
Prepare the claim process concerning all incompliances detected in inspections.
Report incompliances on quality control aspects.
Make periodic tests and inspections of products specified in the quality control plan.
Use equipment in accordance with their instructions, clean up and maintain them.
Following the inspection on special tools in assembly line reporting all relevant incompliances.
Qualifications:
Must
have a bachelor’s degree in Quality Management/Engineering or a relevant field.
Must
have experience in the automotive assembly sector i.e. Heavy commercial Vehicles.
Must
have complementary knowledge and experience in an HSQE environment.
Proven experience and knowledge in advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Must
have a driving license BCE.
Must
be open to relocating to Thika.
Excellent communication skills, written and oral, in English.
Must
be organized, pro-active and autonomous and enjoy teamwork.
Must
have the capacity to lead a team.
Monthly Gross Salary:
Ksh.60,000 – 80,000/= (Approx. 600 – 800 USD) depending on individual skills and experience.
Career Level:
Lower Mid-Level.
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree.
Location:
Nairobi, Kenya.
Deadline:
19th March 2020.
We endeavour to make contact with all of our applicants, but unfortunately high volumes of applications make this unrealistic. If you do not hear from us within two weeks your application has not been successful on this occasion. This does not mean you will not be considered for future roles so please keep an eye on our job board and apply for positions that match your skills and experience.
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Our client, a global bus and truck Manufacturing Company in the Automotive sector is making its grand entrance in Kenya. They are seeking to recruit a quality control supervisor to join their team.