Quality Assurance Manager
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Terya Building and Construction Limited is hiring a Quality Assurance Manager in Kampala, Uganda. The role involves maintaining and improving the ISO 9001:2015 quality management system across civil, electrical, energy, automation, and testing disciplines. Candidates need a diploma, at least two years of experience, and strong English skills. This is a full-time, permanent position reporting to the Lab Manager.
- Owns day-to-day operation of the ISO 9001:2015 quality management system
- Works across civil, electrical, energy, automation, and calibration services
- Diploma required with at least two years of experience
- Full-time permanent role based in Kampala, Uganda
- Career path toward Senior Quality Engineer, QHSE Manager, or Lead Auditor
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- Quality Assurance Manager (ISO Certifications Required)
- TERYA
- Quality Control & Assurance
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- Job summary
- This role exists because Terya's clients, consultants and regulators require documented, verifiable evidence that work meets specification, and because the company is committed to certified standards rather than informal practice. You will translate ISO 9001
Requirements
- Regulatory, national standards and client specification compliance
- Quality manual, procedure and work instruction authorship
- Document, record and revision control
- Internal auditing and audit programme management
- Lead auditor methodology and objective evidence gathering
- Process, product and supplier audits
- Inspection and Test Plans, hold points and witness points
- Nonconformance management and CAPA close-out
- Supplier and subcontractor qualification and evaluation
- Root cause analysis (5 Whys, fishbone, 8D)
- Risk assessment and risk register management
- Statistical analysis, quality KPIs and trend reporting
- Cost of poor quality analysis
- Continuous improvement, Kaizen and process optimisation
- Engineering documentation review and as-built verification
- Advanced spreadsheet and quality reporting tools
- Uncompromising attention to detail
- Integrity and moral courage to hold a position under pressure
- Analytical and evidence-based thinking
- Clear, precise technical writing
- Diplomacy and influencing without authority
- Stakeholder management across departments
- Training and facilitation ability
- Organisation and systematic record keeping
- Objectivity and impartiality
- Problem-solving and decision-making
- Resilience and professional composure
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Continuous learning mindset
Experience
Level:
Mid level
Length:
2 years
Language Requirement:
English
Working Hours:
Full Time - 8 to 5
Applicant
Location:
Uganda
Job descriptions &
• Two to five (2–5) years of
in quality assurance or quality control within construction, engineering, energy, manufacturing or a testing and calibration environment is preferred.
• Demonstrable
conducting internal audits and managing nonconformances is essential.
• Candidates with fewer years of
but strong ISO certification and clear audit competence will be considered on merit.
• Exceptional recent graduates holding a valid ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor certificate are encouraged to apply.
Why Join Terya
Terya Building and Construction Limited offers engineering professionals something that is genuinely difficult to find in one place - breadth. Our people work across construction, electrical systems, renewable energy, automation, telecommunications and calibration services, often within the same year.
• Exposure to diverse engineering projects - building, civil, electrical, renewable energy, automation, telecommunications and industrial infrastructure across Uganda.
• A genuinely multidisciplinary environment - daily collaboration with civil, electrical, mechatronics, quality and project management professionals.
• Professional mentorship - structured guidance from experienced senior engineers rather than being left to work things out alone.
• Continuous learning - on-the-job technical development, internal knowledge sharing and support towards relevant professional certification and registration.
• Career progression on merit - clear technical and supervisory pathways for professionals who deliver consistently.
• Engineering excellence and technical precision - work performed to recognised standards with documented quality procedures.
• A safety-first workplace - safety is treated as a condition of work, not an afterthought.
• A collaborative professional culture - built on integrity, teamwork, reliability and respect for competence.
• Meaningful national impact - infrastructure and energy systems that serve real communities, businesses and institutions.
If you are technically capable, professionally serious and looking to build a long-term engineering career rather than simply hold a job, we would like to hear from you.
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Responsibilities
- Maintain, implement and continuously improve the ISO 9001:2015 quality management system across all operating disciplines.
- Draft, review, issue and control quality manuals, procedures, work instructions, forms and inspection checklists.
- Administer document and record control so that only current revisions are in use on site, in the workshop and in the office.
- Prepare Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs), quality control plans and method statements for projects.
- Plan, schedule and conduct internal quality audits against ISO 9001 and applicable statutory, client and contractual requirements.
- Conduct process, product and supplier audits, recording objective evidence and grading findings consistently.
- Coordinate external certification, surveillance and client audits, and manage the response to all findings raised.
- Verify that executed works comply with drawings, specifications, national standards and regulatory requirements.
- Perform and witness inspections at defined hold and witness points, releasing work only when acceptance criteria are met.
- Review material test certificates, calibration certificates and supplier documentation before acceptance.
- Support the testing and calibration function in maintaining measurement traceability and ISO/IEC 17025-aligned practice.
- Monitor concrete, structural, electrical and commissioning test results, and escalate deviations without delay.
- Raise, track and close nonconformance reports (NCRs) and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) within agreed timelines.
- Lead root cause analysis using structured methods such as 5 Whys, cause-and-effect analysis and 8D.
- Analyse quality data and cost of poor quality, and report trends, KPIs and improvement opportunities to management.
- Facilitate risk assessments and maintain the risk and opportunity register required by the standard.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives and lead lessons-learned reviews at project close-out.
- Deliver quality induction and toolbox training to site teams, technicians and subcontractors.
- Evaluate, qualify and monitor the performance of suppliers and subcontractors against defined criteria.
- Support client, consultant and regulator engagement on quality matters, including handover dossiers and as-built documentation.
- Work closely with HSE and engineering teams to promote an integrated quality- and safety-first culture.
Education
- Diploma in Quality Management, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
- Diploma holders with strong ISO credentials and demonstrable audit competence are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Industrial Engineering or a related field.
- ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor certification from a recognised training provider. This certification is a mandatory requirement for this position.
- Documented evidence of formal training in quality management systems must accompany the application.
- ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor certification (IRCA, Exemplar Global or equivalent recognised body).
- ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
- ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems.
- ISO/IEC 17025 competence for testing and calibration laboratories.
- Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent process improvement certification.
- Registration with the Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers (UIPE) or a recognised quality professional body.
- ISO 9001:2015 quality management systems
- ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 awareness and integration
- ISO/IEC 17025 testing and calibration