Food Quality Internal Auditor – Food and Beverages

A growing food and beverage brand in Dubai is looking to hire an experienced Food Quality Control Officer and Internal Auditor with a strong background in the restaurant and café industry. The selected candidate will play a key role in maintaining food safety, quality standards, and operational compliance across all café branches. This role involves conducting internal audits, monitoring SOP implementation, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives in line with UAE food safety regulations.

Job Responsibilities

• Conduct regular and surprise quality inspections across all Sophia Café branches to ensure compliance with company and regulatory standards.
• Ensure full adherence to food safety, hygiene, and sanitation standards, including HACCP and local authority requirements.
• Monitor and verify the effective implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in food preparation, storage, service, and cleaning activities.
• Perform internal audits and prepare detailed audit reports, highlighting non-conformities, root causes, and corrective action recommendations.

• Follow up on corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) with the operations and outlet management teams to ensure timely closure.
• Review and validate critical quality and food safety records such as temperature monitoring logs, cleaning and sanitation schedules, waste management records, and equipment calibration reports.
• Provide on-the-job guidance and basic training to kitchen and service staff on food safety, hygiene, and quality best practices as required.
• Coordinate closely with the operations and management teams to support continuous improvement, risk reduction, and compliance enhancement initiatives.
• Identify potential food safety risks and operational gaps and proactively recommend improvements to maintain brand standards and customer safety.

Job Qualifications

• Minimum 2–3 years of hands-on experience in Quality Control or Food Safety roles within restaurants, cafés, or the food service industry.
• Strong working knowledge of food safety regulations, HACCP principles, and hygiene standards applicable in the UAE.
• Proven experience in conducting internal audits, inspections, and preparing professional audit reports.
• Ability to work in the field and travel between multiple café locations across Dubai.
• Excellent communication and reporting skills in English; knowledge of Arabic is an added advantage.
• Food Safety, HACCP, or Quality Audit certification is highly preferred.

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