Company Overview

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 Summary

Direct shift laboratory technicians and oversee real time quality control operations to guarantee beverage integrity and safety. Verify critical processing parameters including Brix, carbonation, and dissolved air levels to authorize production line start ups and batch releases. Drive adherence to operational specifications, safety regulations, and compliance standards through rigorous testing and documentation.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Supervise shift laboratory technicians by allocating daily testing tasks, monitoring performance, and executing structured shift handovers.
• Verify Brix, carbonation, air levels, and other physical chemical parameters against established quality specifications.
• Authorize packaging line start ups and release finished batches only after verifying compliance with all required standards.
• Identify, record, and log non conformances, supporting swift root cause analysis and the implementation of corrective actions.
• Enforce approved standard operating procedures, hygiene standards, and safety protocols, preventing informal process shortcuts.
• Maintain accurate, legible, and traceable laboratory records, logs, and shift reports ready for audits and management reviews.
• Coordinate with production, maintenance, and utility teams to resolve quality deviations and operational bottlenecks efficiently.
• Escalate suspected product contamination, severe quality deviations, or major safety hazards immediately through formal reporting channels.

Skills

• Batch release authorization and lab analysis verification
• Non conformance logging and root cause problem solving
• Shift team supervision and work allocation
• Beverage quality testing and precision measurement
• Digital record keeping and laboratory documentation
• Food safety, hygiene, and compliance enforcement

Education Qualifications & Experience

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Industrial Biochemistry, Food Science and Technology, Quality Management, Industrial or Production Engineering, Environmental Health, Agriculture, or a directly related technical field.
• Higher Diploma or Ordinary Diploma in a relevant science, laboratory, or technical discipline combined with practical supervisory experience.
• Recognized TVET, UBTEB, or professional certifications in quality assurance, laboratory technology, food safety, or supervisory management, including equivalent accredited international qualifications.

Experience

• At least 3 years of experience supervising laboratory quality control in liquid processing.

• Supervise shift laboratory technicians by allocating daily testing tasks, monitoring performance, and executing structured shift handovers.
• Verify Brix, carbonation, air levels, and other physical chemical parameters against established quality specifications.
• Authorize packaging line start ups and release finished batches only after verifying compliance with all required standards.
• Identify, record, and log non conformances, supporting swift root cause analysis and the implementation of corrective actions.
• Enforce approved standard operating procedures, hygiene standards, and safety protocols, preventing informal process shortcuts.
• Maintain accurate, legible, and traceable laboratory records, logs, and shift reports ready for audits and management reviews.
• Coordinate with production, maintenance, and utility teams to resolve quality deviations and operational bottlenecks efficiently.
• Escalate suspected product contamination, severe quality deviations, or major safety hazards immediately through formal reporting channels.

• Batch release authorization and lab analysis verification
• Non conformance logging and root cause problem solving
• Shift team supervision and work allocation
• Beverage quality testing and precision measurement
• Digital record keeping and laboratory documentation
• Food safety, hygiene, and compliance enforcement

• Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Industrial Biochemistry, Food Science and Technology, Quality Management, Industrial or Production Engineering, Environmental Health, Agriculture, or a directly related technical field.
• Higher Diploma or Ordinary Diploma in a relevant science, laboratory, or technical discipline combined with practical supervisory experience.
• Recognized TVET, UBTEB, or professional certifications in quality assurance, laboratory technology, food safety, or supervisory management, including equivalent accredited international qualifications.