DETAILED DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Company Name: Hempel Marine Paints

                               ( Kingdom of Saudi Arabia )W.L.L.

                Position: Quality Assurance Supervisor

1. GENERAL

• TAKE CHARGE OF THE OVERALL OPERATIONS OF THE QUALITY ASSURANCE LABORATORY.
• REPORT TO THE CHIEF CHEMIST REGARDING FORMULA PROBLEMS, FORMULAS FOR REFORMULATIONS, RAW MATERIAL REPLACEMENTS AND MAJOR PAINT PROBLEMS.
• COORDINATE WITH THE PRODUCTION MANAGER AS WELL AS WITH THE PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS REGARDING PRODUCTION PROBLEMS.
• LIASE WITH TECHNICAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND SALES REGARDING SAMPLE REQUESTS, PREPARATIONS AND COMPLAINT VERIFICATIONS.

2. SPECIFIC

A. SUPERVISORY

• EXERCISE DIRECT SUPERVISION OVER DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES OF THE QUALITY CONTROL CHEMISTS AND ASSISTANTS.
• INDIRECT SUPERVISION OF THE PRODUCTION TINTERS.

B. TECHNICAL

• QUALITY CONTROL/CHECKING OF ONGOING PRODUCTION BATCHES, TESTS CARRIED OUT BASED ON ASTM, BS, DIN, FEDERAL, SASO, ISO 9001 AND OTHERS ACCORDING TO CUSTOMER’S REQUIREMENTS.
• CARRY OUT LABORATORY TRIALS ON PAINT PROBLEMS/INFORMING CHIEF CHEMIST OF THE RESULT FOR APPROVAL.
• GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON SOLUTION TO PAINT PROBLEMS AND FAILURES.
• QUALITY CONTROL AUDIT AND EVALUATION OF OLD AND RETURNED STOCKS PRIOR TO DELIVERY OR REPROCESSING.
• DO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PAINT FORMULATIONS.
• HANDLES QUALITY CONTROL OF RAW MATERIAL FROM TIME TO TIME WHENEVER R.M.QUALITY CONTROL IS ON LEAVE.

C. OTHERS

• MAINTAIN QAS LAB FILES AND REPORTS ON DAILY APPROVED BATCHES, CUSTOMER’S COMPLAINTS,QA AUDIT, BATCH CERTIFICATES, LABORATORY TEST REPORTS, ETC.
• ASSIST RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY WHEN THE CHIEF CHEMIST IS ON LEAVE.

SPECIAL FUNCTIONS

• ESTABLISH CALIBRATION PROCEDURES FOR RELEVANT EQUIPMENT IN PAINT MANUFACTURE.
• HEADS AND SCHEDULES THE CALIBRATION OF LABORATORY AND FACTORY’S EQUIPMENTS AND APPARATUSES AS PER ISO 9001.
• RESPONSIBLE IN ESTABLISHING FILES, RECORDS IN THE CALIBRATION OF EQUIPMENTS AND APPARATUSES IN PAINT MANUFACTURE.
• RESPONSIBLE IN MONITORING FACTORY’S CLEANLINESS WITH RESPECT TO BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL INFECTION WITH THE USE OF CULTURE MEDIUMS AND SCHEDULES CLEANING OF TANKS IF NECESSARY.
• SET UP COMPUTERIZED DATA MANAGEMENT OF APPROVED PRODUCTION BATCHES.

SOME SPECIFIC RESULTS

• COORDINATE WITH PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT TO ACHIEVE IT’S MARK OF PRODUCING 2 MILLION LITERS OF PAINT PER MONTH WITH OUT SACRIFICING QUALITY.
• MAINTAINED CONSISTENCY OF PRODUCTS BEING PRODUCED.
• STREAMLINED COMPLAINT FROM CUSTOMER DUE TO DEFECTIVE BATCHES.
• RECEIVED NO COLOR REJECTION FROM CUSTOMER DUE TO EFFECTIVE COLOR CHECKING/VISUAL TECHNIQUE.
• ESTABLISHED SENSIBLE, EFFICIENT AND COST REDUCING MANUFACTURING PROCEDURES.
• COMMENDED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER IN HIS COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT FOR BEING CONSISTENT.

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