Quality Control Officer

• PositionQuality Control Officer
• CompanyExquisite Solution (for a client in the oil and gas sector)
• LocationCentral Region, Uganda
• Job TypeFull-Time
• CategoryEngineering Jobs in Uganda
• IndustryOil & Gas
• DepartmentFuel Quality Control
• DeadlineMonday, 26 October 2026

Exquisite Solution Limited is a Ugandan business process outsourcing and HR firm founded in 2006. It provides recruitment and selection, manpower services, executive search, payroll management, HR compliance audits, training and outsourced call centre services to organisations in Uganda and the region.

The company’s head office is at Plot 670 Namanve Industrial & Business Park, with a second office in Kigali, Rwanda. It places candidates in permanent, contract and interim roles and recruits on behalf of client companies whose names are often kept confidential until later in the process.

This vacancy is for a client in the oil and gas sector that stores and dispatches JET A-1 aviation fuel, where quality failures carry serious safety consequences.

The Quality Control Officer is responsible for the quality and safety of the JET A-1 fuel that passes through the client’s facility. You will run and document daily, weekly and monthly quality checks, control how fuel is received, stored, filtered and dispatched, and sign off Release Certificates and Certificates of Analysis for tanks and fuel trucks.

The role also leads on risk and improvement. You will monitor filtration systems and filter changes, investigate contamination and quality deviations, run fuel quality risk assessments and annual facility self-assessments, support audits, train terminal staff and produce quality reports and trend analyses for management.

• Conduct JET A-1 quality testing in line with EI/JIG, AFQRJOS, ASTM, ISO and applicable standards.
• Control fuel receipt, storage, filtration and dispatch to prevent contamination and preserve product quality.
• Perform and document daily, weekly and monthly quality control checks and tests.
• Issue Release Certificates (RCs) and Certificates of Analysis (COAs) for tanks and fuel trucks as required.
• Monitor filtration systems and ensure timely inspection, maintenance and filter replacement.
• Investigate and report quality deviations, contamination and safety incidents, and implement corrective actions.
• Conduct fuel quality risk assessments and maintain effective quality control procedures.
• Perform annual facility self-assessments, support audits and inspections, and ensure timely closure of findings.
• Train terminal personnel on fuel quality, handling, safety and environmental requirements.
• Prepare quality reports and trend analyses for management and recommend corrective and continual improvement actions.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Petroleum Engineering or a related field.

Work Experience

• 5 years of experience in fuel quality control, preferably in aviation fuel operations.

Additional Requirements

• Knowledge of aviation fuel specifications, sampling and testing standards, including ASTM D1655, ICAO and EI/JIG.
• Practical knowledge of fuel storage, filtration, handling and contamination control.
• Competence with laboratory equipment and fuel quality testing.
• Ability to work in a regulated, safety-critical operational environment.

Technical Skills

• JET A-1 testing: Applying EI/JIG, AFQRJOS, ASTM D1655 and ISO methods.
• Fuel certification: Issuing RCs and COAs.
• Contamination control: Filtration monitoring and storage best practice.
• Quality risk management: Risk assessments, self-assessments and audits.
• Trend reporting: Analysing results and recommending improvements.

Soft Skills

• Attention to detail: Zero tolerance for errors in a safety-critical role.
• Analytical thinking: Finding root causes of deviations.
• Report writing: Clear technical communication.
• Training: Coaching terminal staff on fuel quality.
• Integrity: Signing off only fuel that meets specification.

Salary and benefits are not stated. The role offers senior quality control responsibility in aviation fuel, a niche, well-regarded field within Uganda’s growing oil and gas sector.

• A senior role in aviation fuel quality, a rare specialisation in Uganda.
• Apply international standards: EI/JIG, AFQRJOS, ASTM and ISO.
• Lead audits, risk assessments and staff training.
• Build your career in Uganda’s growing oil and gas sector.
• Recruited by an established HR firm.
• Never pay to apply: the recruiter says recruitment is free.

Apply online through the official Exquisite Solution job portal: open the advert and click the “Apply” button in the upper right corner of the job. The application deadline is Monday, 26 October 2026. Exquisite Solution is an equal opportunities employer and reminds candidates never to pay for a job at any stage of recruitment. Browse more engineering jobs in Uganda.

• Show 5 years of fuel QC clearly, and highlight aviation fuel work.
• List the standards you have applied, such as ASTM D1655, EI/JIG 1530 or AFQRJOS.
• Mention any JIG or EI training certificates.
• Give examples of contamination incidents you investigated and fixed.
• Describe audits you supported and how findings were closed.
• Apply by Monday 26 October.