Oil Mill QA Lead: Food Safety & Process Quality

Maseholdings; Polillo; On-site; PHP 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Maseholdings is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to oversee daily QA in an oil mill, focusing on raw material grading and analysis to optimize oil yield while ensuring food safety compliance and target product grades.

You will conduct lab tests on copra, monitor FFA, moisture, color and odor, prepare QA reports, lead safety initiatives, and train plant personnel to close gaps in production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry or related field.
• At least 2 years of laboratory operations experience, preferably in coconut oil.
• PRC license as Registered Chemist/Technician preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform laboratory testing of incoming copra and inline processing to ensure safe production.
• Implement quality control across milling stages including storage, extraction, filtration, and dispatch per quality plan.
• Monitor critical oil metrics (FFA, moisture, color, odor, yield) to identify optimization opportunities.
• Generate QA reports tracking oil grade variances and advise corrective actions.
• Report deviations and quality issues to management.
• Lead food safety and quality initiatives at the plant.
• Conduct regular inspections to identify and resolve production gaps.
• Provide ongoing QA and food safety training for plant personnel.

Skills

Lab testing

Quality control

Food safety

Communication

QA reporting

Training

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science/Technology or related field

Job description

Maseholdings is seeking a Quality Assurance professional to oversee daily QA in an oil mill, focusing on raw material grading and analysis to optimize oil yield while ensuring food safety compliance and target product grades.

You will conduct lab tests on copra, monitor FFA, moisture, color and odor, prepare QA reports, lead safety initiatives, and train plant personnel to close gaps in production.