Quality Assurance Manager at Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company Limited (ELDOWAS)

Job Description

Qualifications

• Have a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, analytical chemistry, biochemistry or microbiology or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Have a minimum of eight (8) years relevant experience in mid-level management.

Responsibilities:

• Preparing sectional annual budget proposals.
• Overall supervision of quality assurance staff. Preparing sectional annual budget proposals.
• Ensuring that all quality assurance staff have adequate resources to perform all aspects of work as required.
• Ensuring that all quality assurance staff are adequately trained to safely perform all job functions as required and that competency records are maintained.
• Ensuring compliance with all corporate policy procedures in the laboratory.
• Reviewing local laboratory operations for all aspects of the continuous improvement process.
• Compiling and analyzing test information to determine operating efficiency of processes and equipment as well as to diagnosing problems and malfunctions.
• Recommending measures to improve testing procedures, use of equipment, and needs for new equipment.
• Conducting research to develop custom procedures as needed.
• Ensuring the dispensation of the right dosage of treatment chemicals at optimal costs without unduly affecting water quality standards.
• Overseeing the procurement and maintenance of equipment as well as procurement of consumables.
• Ensuring wholesome quality and portability of water delivered to the consumer service lines.
• Monitoring the quality of trade effluent discharged into the company’s sewer system.
• Monitoring sewage effluent disposed into the environment and ensuring that it meets the required national and international quality standards.
• Ensuring that water produced meets the required national and international quality standards.
• Ensuring treatment chemicals are of the right quality.
• Prepare and submit periodic reports to the head of department.
• Ensuring samples of water and waste water are taken for inter laboratory tests.
• Training and supervising of staff on the best methods of laboratory tests.
• Interpretation of test results.
• Verification of compliance with trade effluent by-laws, national environmental management authority (NEMA) guidelines, trade effluent discharge agreements as well as laws and regulations of trade effluent discharge.
• Liaising with water and sewerage managers on water and waste water quality requirements.
• Advising on pre-treatment and the effects of trade effluents on treatment processes.
• Liaison between the company, the district environment office and any other authority with interest in trade effluent
• Preparing and submitting monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the head of department as well as convening regular departmental meetings.