Quality Assurance Specialist

Quality Assurance Specialist at Culinary Connections Limited

Culinary Connections Limited is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Quality Assurance Specialist

Location: Ibadan, Oyo

Employment Type: Full-time

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure and enforce strict adherence to the canteen and kitchen QA, food-safety and safety-control programme.

• Ensure controlled SOPs, work instructions, checklists and forms are available and understood by all staff.

• Verify critical food-safety controls including receiving, storage, preparation, cooking, holding and service temperatures.

• Review temperature logs, goods-received records, stock/storage controls and incident records.

• Monitor food quality, presentation, portion consistency and customer complaints.

• Monitor personal hygiene, PPE, handwashing, cleaning and sanitation compliance.

• Conduct scheduled and spot inspections of the canteen, kitchen, store, service and support areas.

• Verify cleaning schedules and corrective actions.

• Identify non-conformities, assign corrective actions and follow through to closure.

• Escalate serious food-safety, hygiene or workplace-safety risks immediately.

• Coordinate food-safety, hygiene, emergency and safety training for all canteen staff.

• Supervise QA/Safety Officers or designated hygiene/safety representatives, where provided.

• Support incident investigation and root-cause analysis.

• Maintain audit readiness and coordinate responses to client or regulatory inspections.

• Trend complaints, incidents, non-conformities, wastage and recurring quality failures, and recommend preventive actions.

• Work with Procurement and Store teams on supplier quality, specifications and rejected deliveries.

• Work with the Head Chef and Kitchen Production Manager to address recipe, quality and process deviations.

• Conduct opening/shift compliance checks for all staff.

• Inspect hygiene/PPE and review critical logs.

• Observe food handling and conduct spot checks.

• Record deviations and verify corrective actions.

• Escalate urgent risks without delay.

• Maintain an accurate QA/Safety Inspection Checklist.

• Maintain proper documentation of Temperature Logs, Cleaning Verification, Incident Reports, Corrective Action Log, Training Records, Supplier/Delivery Quality Checks, Complaint Trend Report, and Audit/Inspection Reports.

• Minimum Qualifications / Experience

• Minimum of 1–3 years' relevant experience in food safety, quality assurance or hygiene management

• Degree/HND in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, Environmental Health, Safety or a related field.

• Relevant food-safety/HSE training (e.g., HACCP, ISO 22000) is a major advantage.

• Practical catering/industrial canteen experience is highly preferred.

• Experience in a high-standard client environment (e.g., multinational factory) is an advantage.

Core Competencies Required:

• Food-safety awareness
• Risk assessment
• Inspection and auditing
• Root-cause analysis
• Documentation & reporting
• Training/coaching skills
• Escalation & communication
• Attention to detail and integrity
• Computer literacy (MS Office/digital logging tools).

Application Closing Date

31st October, 2026.