Husk Power Systems (“Husk”) is an award-winning clean energy company serving rural India and Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2023, it was named “World’s Best Challenger Brand” in the energy industry and is a 3-time Global Cleantech 100 company. The company’s AI-powered rural energy platform provides 24/7 renewable power to rural households, commercial customers, institutions, and small factories. It also delivers a range of other products and services, including e-commerce and credit financing of branded appliances for home and commercial use, as well as community-based solutions for e-mobility and the agricultural value chain. Husk’s mission is to supercharge economic growth and social well-being in rural communities that are unserved and underserved.

Husk Values

Honesty and Integrity; Act with discipline and integral to your job; Respect each other; Respect Human rights within our responsibility and contractual obligations. Frugal Innovation, Quality and Reliability; Respect for environment, health, and safety. Excellence as an attitude; We shall align perception to a common understanding of performance rating and measures., We > I, Fail Fast and Learn Faster Continuous Learning.

Husk is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, or religion. Husk is committed to improving gender balance within its teams in Nigeria and globally. Female candidates are therefore highly encouraged to apply even if not all requirements are met.

Benefits

Husk offers flexible working conditions with employee benefits that are in line with global best practices. These include clear career growth planning, transparent annual review processes that are gender inclusive, maternity, and paternity leave, gender-inclusive workplace conditions, family health insurance, and frequent training to assist the employees to grow in and to the next roles. Husk does not believe in micromanagement and encourages its employees to have a healthy work-life balance hence giving them the freedom to manage their workload to be compatible with their life.

Position Name:          QA Executive

Division / Function:   QHSSE

Location of the Job: Nasarawa with 70% travel across Husk Minigrids

Reports to:                Quality Manager

Role Summary

Husk is looking to hire an experienced Quality Assurance (QA) Executive who will be responsible for conducting daily quality inspections, ensuring that all materials and work on-site meet project specifications and standards, maintaining quality documentation, assisting in testing and and ensure all new HMG meets all project requirement  and specification before HOTO, and promptly reporting and supporting the resolution of any quality issues during project execution. This role reports to the QHSSE Manager and will work in conjunction with the quality and safety procedures of the organization.

Key responsibilities

• Execute daily QA/QC checks for Hybrid Mini-Grid (HMG) and related rural electrification projects.
• Maintain inspection checklists, quality documentation, and reports
• Support in material receipt inspections at the warehouse and ensure compliance with specifications.
• Assist in testing, commissioning, and documentation for site acceptance Before (HOTO)
• Escalate quality issues and support resolution under guidance of QA manager
• Ensure compliance with internal QA processes and safety protocols

Required Skills & Attributes

• 2 - 5 years’ QA/QC experience, preferably in solar or renewable energy projects.
• Bachelors degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Required certifications such as NEMSA HSSE certificate are desirable
• Working knowledge of solar PV system components and installations.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, IEC standards, and construction QA/QC procedures.
• Strong attention to detail, reporting, documentation, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with other departments, to promote best practices, and to develop solutions to business challenges
• Experience in construction, tech, solar or similar industries preferred

Location and Travel

This role is based in Nasarawa, Nigeria.

Salary

Negotiable based on experience

Women candidates are encouraged to apply.

DISCLAIMER:

This description indicates the general nature and level of the qualifications and duties required of employees in this job classification, as well as the essential functions a person must be able to perform to do this job. It is not designed to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Husk Power Systems and its subsidiaries are equal-opportunity employers and make employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. We hire without consideration of race, colour, religion, citizenship, political activity or affiliation, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex or gender, or any other basis protected by law.