QHSE Operative

QHSE OPERATIVE Requisition ID 65451 Position Type: Full-Time Permanent Workplace Arrangement: Onsite Location: Nairobi, Kenya Reporting to: QSHE Supervisor ABOUT SOKIFY AND THIS OPPORTUNITY Sokify is Kenya's leading online marketplace, and we're seeking a dedicated QHSE Operative to join our quality and safety operations team. In this role, you'll be instrumental in ensuring that all laboratory, quality, and food safety operations maintain the highest standards of compliance and excellence. You'll work to guarantee that raw materials, products, and processes consistently meet quality, GMP, and regulatory standards while driving continuous improvement across all operations. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES You will be responsible for understanding and strictly adhering to all company procedures, guiding the operations team in their compliance with established protocols and working instructions. Your duties will include conducting timely inspections and analysis of incoming raw materials and packaging to ensure they meet specified requirements and maintaining proper retention of reference samples. You'll oversee inline product control and testing to set parameters, ensuring products meet conformity standards. Personnel and premises checks will fall under your purview to verify adherence to GMP and GHP requirements. Maintaining exemplary cleanliness and organization of the laboratory and premises will be essential to your daily work. Coordination of external laboratory sample submissions and results documentation will be part of your responsibilities, along with maintaining all laboratory equipment and instrumentation through prescribed cleaning and monitoring procedures. You'll participate actively in internal and external audits, ensuring food handler medical records compliance for all personnel in the food production area in accordance with local authority requirements. Equipment calibration follow-up, investigation of non-conformances and customer complaints, and management of product retention sample inventory and database systems will require your attention. Accurate record-keeping for laboratory, raw materials, and product information is critical to this role. Safety coordination is a priority, ensuring all day-to-day activities are conducted safely without posing risk to operators. You'll train team members on safety requirements and ensure consistent adherence, reporting any safety concerns immediately to your line manager. Cross-departmental collaboration to develop team-based problem solutions is expected, and you may assume management responsibilities during your supervisor's absence. Environmental responsibility is integral to the position, including implementing procedures that minimize environmental impact through proper waste disposal, energy conservation, and pollution prevention. You'll promptly report environmental incidents, spills, or non-conformities and engage actively in EHS training, audits, and improvement initiatives. You'll comply with all company safety policies, report hazards and unsafe conditions immediately, and participate fully in safety training programs. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS You should preferably hold a diploma or degree in Food Science, Technology, Biotechnology, Analytical Chemistry, or a related food course. Experience in quality analysis within a food manufacturing environment is advantageous. Demonstrated knowledge of Food Safety, HACCP, GMP, and GHP standards is essential. Computer literacy is required for this position. You must be a team player with strong collaboration capabilities to maximize value from cross-functional working relationships. Self-awareness, openness to feedback, and receptiveness to ideas from colleagues are important qualities. Strong problem-solving abilities, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the capacity to work under pressure in fast-paced environments are necessary. Resilience, confidence, and flexibility are key traits. You should demonstrate adaptability and the capacity to navigate change and ambiguity with ease. A customer-focused mindset with demonstrated energy, drive, and commitment to excellence will set you apart. Audit experience and food safety certifications implementation are advantageous but not mandatory. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Please be aware that fraudulent recruitment schemes exist. Sokify employees will only contact you through official Sokify email addresses or phone numbers. We do not conduct interviews via video chat rooms such as Google Hangouts. Sokify will never ask you to provide payment to participate in our hiring process, including purchasing starter kits, investing in training, or similar requests. No money will be requested at any stage of the hiring process except for reimbursable travel expenses. Any payments from Sokify will come exclusively from official company accounts bearing the Sokify name. Recruiter #LI-PK1 Posting Type: LI