Quality Control Manager
Employer: Microhaem Scientifics and Medical Supplies Limited
Position: Quality Control Manager
Number of vacancies: One (1)
Department: Quality Management Systems
Reports to: QMS Director
Supervises: Quality Control Scientists
Duty station: Kampala, Uganda
Contract: Fixed-term
Employment type: Full-time
Experience: At least seven years
Qualification: Master’s degree in a biomedical field
Salary: Not disclosed
Deadline: Friday, 18 September 2026 at 5:00 PM EAT
Jobspace Uganda vacancy summary
Microhaem Scientifics is recruiting a Quality Control Manager to oversee the systems used to confirm the safety, consistency and regulatory compliance of its medical-device products and manufacturing processes. The position covers laboratory testing, product-release decisions, stability programmes, analytical-method validation, equipment control, supplier quality and investigations into defects or non-conforming materials.
This senior role is best suited to a biomedical quality-control professional with extensive hands-on laboratory experience and a strong understanding of ISO 17025, ISO 13485, World Health Organization requirements and other medical-device regulatory frameworks. The successful candidate will supervise Quality Control Scientists and work closely with production, procurement, quality assurance and external testing laboratories.
Who should apply?
This opportunity may suit candidates who:
- Hold a master’s degree in a biomedical or closely related field.
- Have at least seven years of medical-device quality-control experience.
- Possess substantial hands-on laboratory testing experience.
- Understand ISO 17025 and ISO 13485-aligned quality systems.
- Have supported WHO or other global medical-device regulatory requirements.
- Can supervise scientists and coordinate work with internal and external laboratories.
- Have experience with analytical methods, equipment qualification and data integrity.
Purpose of the role
The Quality Control Manager will ensure that Microhaem Scientifics’ products and processes meet established safety, performance and quality requirements. The officer will manage testing and inspection systems, release and stability programmes, external laboratory activities, corrective actions and the continuous improvement of quality-control operations.
Key responsibilities
Quality-control systems
- Establish and maintain a comprehensive quality-control system aligned with organizational and regulatory requirements.
- Implement consistent processes for inspecting, testing and evaluating products, components and services.
- Maintain quality-control policies, procedures, specifications, protocols and technical reports.
- Keep internal procedures current with relevant industry standards and regulatory changes.
Testing, inspection and product release
- Develop testing and inspection protocols for identifying deviations from quality requirements.
- Review and approve development, release and stability-testing data.
- Coordinate testing, method transfers and validation work conducted by external laboratories.
- Serve as the primary quality-control contact for contracted testing organizations.
- Ensure testing and release activities meet approved schedules, budgets and quality requirements.
- Plan for the installation, qualification, maintenance and calibration of laboratory equipment.
Defect and non-conformance management
- Investigate product defects, deviations and non-conforming materials.
- Lead root-cause analysis for significant quality problems.
- Develop and monitor corrective and preventive actions.
- Ensure affected departments receive timely information about identified quality problems.
- Confirm that corrective measures address underlying causes and prevent recurrence.
Process and supplier monitoring
- Monitor key quality indicators during manufacturing and service delivery.
- Apply statistical process-control methods to improve consistency and predictability.
- Support the qualification of laboratories, suppliers, materials and device components.
- Participate in supplier assessments and audits.
- Work with procurement and supply-chain teams to monitor supplier compliance.
- Track supplier quality results and recommend appropriate performance measures.
Training, reporting and improvement
- Train employees on quality-control procedures and regulatory expectations.
- Promote quality awareness throughout the organization.
- Establish key performance indicators for quality-control operations.
- Prepare regular quality reports and present findings to senior management.
- Analyse customer complaints and feedback to identify improvement opportunities.
- Promote continuous improvement across testing and quality-control processes.
Compliance and validation
- Ensure quality-control activities comply with relevant medical-device regulations.
- Prepare for and support external quality and regulatory audits.
- Ensure analytical methods are validated according to approved procedures.
- Confirm that laboratory equipment is qualified and calibrated before use.
- Maintain appropriate data-integrity and analytical-method lifecycle controls.
Qualifications and experience
- Master’s degree in a biomedical field.
- At least seven years of medical-device quality-control experience.
- Demonstrated hands-on laboratory experience.
- Experience working within ISO 17025 and ISO 13485-aligned quality systems.
- Experience supporting WHO or other global medical-device regulatory requirements.
- Background in medical-device development and product evaluation.
- Knowledge of data-integrity requirements and analytical-method lifecycle management.
Preferred competencies
- Strong leadership and team-supervision abilities.
- Knowledge of medical-device test methods and laboratory equipment.
- Ability to interpret national and international testing standards.
- Strong analytical, investigation and decision-making skills.
- Effective collaboration with laboratory, production and regulatory teams.
- Clear technical writing, reporting and presentation skills.
- Commitment to accuracy, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement.
Documents required
- An application letter.
- A detailed and current curriculum vitae.
- Certified copies of academic transcripts and certificates.
- Relevant professional and supporting documents.
- A daytime telephone contact.
- Addresses and contact details for two referees, including the current employer where applicable.
Application procedure
Combine the application letter, CV, certified academic documents and all supporting documents into one PDF file.
Email the single PDF to:
Use Quality Control Manager as the email subject.
Address the application to:
The Director, Human Resource
Microhaem Scientifics and Medical Supplies Limited
Plot 16 A–C, Martyrs Way, Ntinda
P.O. Box 73496
Kampala, Uganda
Deadline: Friday, 18 September 2026 at 5:00 PM EAT.
Important: Physical applications will not be accepted. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Official vacancy: View the Quality Control Manager advert
Official careers page: Microhaem Scientifics careers
Important application checks
- Combine every required document into one PDF attachment.
- Use the exact position title as the email subject.
- Include a working daytime telephone contact.
- Provide complete details for two referees.
- Make sure all certified academic documents are clear and readable.
- Check that the PDF opens correctly before sending it.
- Submit before 5:00 PM EAT on the closing date.
- Do not deliver a physical application.
Date posted: 27 August 2026
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