Quality Control Operator

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct routine quality inspections and checks on equipment, materials, products, and operational activities.
• Monitor production and processing activities to ensure compliance with approved operating and quality standards.
• Collect samples of crude oil, refined products, chemicals, water, or other process materials as required.
• Perform or assist with laboratory and field testing in accordance with approved procedures.
• Verify that test results meet specified quality requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Identify, document, and report non-conformances, defects, contamination, or process deviations.
• Assist in investigating quality issues and identifying possible root causes.
• Ensure measuring and testing equipment is properly maintained, calibrated, and fit for purpose.
• Verify incoming materials, chemicals, spare parts, and equipment against required specifications and documentation.
• Inspect equipment and work activities to ensure compliance with approved procedures and quality requirements.
• Review and maintain quality control records, inspection reports, test results, certificates, and other documentation.
• Ensure traceability of samples, materials, products, and inspection activities.
• Assist with quality audits and inspections conducted by internal teams, clients, regulatory authorities, or third parties.
• Monitor corrective and preventive actions and provide follow-up on outstanding quality issues.
• Communicate quality concerns promptly to supervisors, operators, engineers, and other relevant personnel.
• Participate in toolbox talks, quality meetings, safety meetings, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure all quality control activities are performed in accordance with company policies and applicable industry standards.
• Sampling and testing petroleum products.
• Monitoring product specifications and quality parameters.
• Checking density, viscosity, water content, sulphur content, flash point, and other applicable properties.
• Conducting inspection of pipelines, tanks, valves, pumps, and process equipment.
• Verifying product transfer and loading activities.
• Monitoring storage conditions and product integrity.
• Checking documentation and certificates for materials and equipment.
• Supporting inspection and testing during maintenance, shutdowns, commissioning, and construction activities.
• Ensuring proper handling, identification, preservation, and storage of samples.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Grade 12 / secondary school certificate or equivalent.
• Certificate, Diploma, or Degree in Quality Control, Laboratory Technology, Chemical Engineering, Process Operations, Petroleum Engineering, or a related field is advantageous.
• Relevant quality control, inspection, laboratory, or oil and gas certification is an advantage.
• Knowledge of applicable industry standards such as ISO, API, ASTM, or other relevant standards is beneficial.

• Previous experience in quality control, quality assurance, laboratory operations, inspection, production, or process operations.
• Experience in the oil and gas, petrochemical, refinery, terminal, pipeline, or industrial processing environment is preferred.
• Experience with sampling, testing, inspection, documentation, and quality reporting is advantageous.

CLOSING DATE: 03 SEPTEMBER 2026