Background

Dalilang Foods & Beverages is a Ugandan FMCG manufacturer producing packaged snacks, including potato crisps, gonja chips, coated peanuts and peanut butter, alongside spring water, fruit nectars and energy drinks.

Job Description

Inspects incoming agricultural raw materials, including potatoes, plantains, and peanuts, prior to acceptance into factory production or storage. Protects factory quality and food safety standards by verifying delivery conditions, sampling shipments, and enforcing purchasing specifications at the receiving dock.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Verify delivery documentation, supplier identity, commodity type, volume, and transport vehicle hygiene upon arrival.
• Draw representative samples across entire delivery loads rather than relying on surface level commodities.
• Perform physical grading assessments for size, maturity, colour, firmness, cleanliness, cuts, bruising, mould, and foreign matter.
• Carry out moisture testing and standard quality measurements using approved testing tools and meters.
• Evaluate crop specific processing attributes, including soil contamination and size consistency on tubers, as well as kernel damage and mould risk on peanuts.
• Record all receiving data and findings accurately in physical logbooks and electronic inventory systems.
• Segregate accepted, conditionally accepted, held, or rejected loads, immediately escalating out of specification results to quality and procurement supervisors.
• Operate, clean, and properly store sampling equipment, moisture meters, inspection tables, and testing tools.
• Maintain receiving dock hygiene, adhere to personal protective equipment standards, and report safety risks such as vehicle leaks or pest infestations.

Skills

• Agricultural crop grading and defect identification
• Representative sampling and moisture measurement
• Accurate data entry and quality documentation
• Attention to detail and objective reporting
• Basic computer and mobile tablet operation

Education Qualifications & Experience

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, Diploma, Higher Diploma, National Diploma, or Ordinary Diploma in Agriculture, Crop Science, Agricultural Production, Agribusiness, Agricultural Extension, Food Science, Food Technology, Food Processing, Horticulture, Post Harvest Technology, Agricultural Engineering, Biological Sciences, Applied Sciences, Laboratory Technology, Quality Management, or related fields.
• National Certificate, technical certificate, or vocational qualification in Agriculture, Food Processing, Laboratory Technology, Quality Management, or related disciplines.
• Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE), particularly with passes in Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, or Mathematics.
• Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) considered for structured trainee entry for applicants with strong literacy, numeracy, and practical aptitude.

Experience

• No prior work experience required.
• Includes a one month onboarding period covering crop specifications, sampling methods, grading standards, moisture testing, rejection procedures, and food safety practices.

• Verify delivery documentation, supplier identity, commodity type, volume, and transport vehicle hygiene upon arrival.
• Draw representative samples across entire delivery loads rather than relying on surface level commodities.
• Perform physical grading assessments for size, maturity, colour, firmness, cleanliness, cuts, bruising, mould, and foreign matter.
• Carry out moisture testing and standard quality measurements using approved testing tools and meters.
• Evaluate crop specific processing attributes, including soil contamination and size consistency on tubers, as well as kernel damage and mould risk on peanuts.
• Record all receiving data and findings accurately in physical logbooks and electronic inventory systems.
• Segregate accepted, conditionally accepted, held, or rejected loads, immediately escalating out of specification results to quality and procurement supervisors.
• Operate, clean, and properly store sampling equipment, moisture meters, inspection tables, and testing tools.
• Maintain receiving dock hygiene, adhere to personal protective equipment standards, and report safety risks such as vehicle leaks or pest infestations.

• Agricultural crop grading and defect identification
• Representative sampling and moisture measurement
• Accurate data entry and quality documentation
• Attention to detail and objective reporting
• Basic computer and mobile tablet operation

• Bachelor’s Degree, Diploma, Higher Diploma, National Diploma, or Ordinary Diploma in Agriculture, Crop Science, Agricultural Production, Agribusiness, Agricultural Extension, Food Science, Food Technology, Food Processing, Horticulture, Post Harvest Technology, Agricultural Engineering, Biological Sciences, Applied Sciences, Laboratory Technology, Quality Management, or related fields.
• National Certificate, technical certificate, or vocational qualification in Agriculture, Food Processing, Laboratory Technology, Quality Management, or related disciplines.
• Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE), particularly with passes in Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, or Mathematics.
• Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) considered for structured trainee entry for applicants with strong literacy, numeracy, and practical aptitude.