A premium gourmet food manufacturer in Dubai is seeking a Quality Control Specialist to support quality assurance, food safety, and product consistency across its food production operations. The organization specializes in high-quality gourmet products, including premium dates, date-based confectionery, chocolates, pastries, jams, and other specialty food products.
This role is suitable for candidates with experience in food quality control, food manufacturing, confectionery production, or the FMCG industry. The successful candidate will be responsible for inspecting raw materials, monitoring production processes, verifying finished product quality, maintaining quality documentation, and supporting compliance with food safety standards and applicable UAE regulations.
The Quality Control Specialist will work closely with production, quality assurance, and operations teams to identify quality issues, investigate non-conformities, implement corrective actions, and maintain consistent product standards throughout the manufacturing process.
Job Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Category: Quality Control / Food Safety / Food Manufacturing
Employment Type: Full-time, on-site
Job Responsibilities
- Conduct routine quality inspections of incoming raw materials, packaging materials, work-in-progress products, and finished food products.
- Monitor food production processes to ensure compliance with established product specifications, quality standards, and approved manufacturing procedures.
- Perform quality checks on gourmet food products, including dates, chocolates, confectionery, pastries, jams, and other specialty food items.
- Verify product characteristics such as appearance, colour, texture, weight, dimensions, packaging integrity, labelling accuracy, and overall product consistency.
- Support food safety monitoring activities and verify compliance with HACCP-based procedures, good manufacturing practices (GMP), and applicable food hygiene requirements.
- Inspect production areas, processing equipment, storage facilities, and handling practices to identify potential quality and food safety risks.
- Collect samples and perform routine quality tests using appropriate inspection methods, testing equipment, and approved procedures.
- Review product specifications, quality parameters, inspection records, and testing results to determine whether products meet the required acceptance criteria.
- Identify non-conforming raw materials, in-process products, packaging materials, and finished goods, and ensure that affected products are appropriately documented and controlled.
- Investigate quality deviations, recurring product defects, customer complaints, and production-related non-conformities in coordination with relevant departments.
- Assist in implementing corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to address identified issues and prevent their recurrence.
- Maintain accurate quality control records, inspection reports, test results, production monitoring sheets, and other relevant quality documentation.
- Support traceability activities, batch record verification, product identification, and documentation required for internal quality reviews and regulatory inspections.
- Participate in internal audits, hygiene inspections, GMP assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Monitor compliance with approved standard operating procedures (SOPs), quality management systems, and relevant food safety requirements.
- Communicate quality concerns and inspection findings to production supervisors, quality assurance personnel, and management.
- Assist in reviewing existing quality procedures and recommending improvements to reduce product defects, minimise wastage, and improve manufacturing efficiency.
- Support employee awareness and training activities related to food hygiene, product handling, quality control procedures, and food safety practices.
- Ensure that quality control activities are performed in accordance with company policies, operational requirements, and applicable UAE food safety regulations.
Job Qualifications
- A diploma or bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Food Engineering, Quality Management, or a related discipline.
- Previous experience in quality control or quality assurance within food manufacturing, FMCG, confectionery, bakery, or gourmet food production is preferred.
- Good knowledge of food safety principles, HACCP, good manufacturing practices (GMP), good hygiene practices (GHP), and quality management systems.
- Familiarity with relevant food safety standards, such as ISO 22000, and other applicable quality management requirements.
- Understanding of food manufacturing processes, raw material inspection, in-process quality monitoring, finished product evaluation, and packaging quality checks.
- Experience in maintaining quality documentation, preparing inspection reports, recording non-conformities, and supporting corrective and preventive actions.
- Ability to identify product defects, analyse quality data, recognise recurring issues, and recommend practical improvements.
- Familiarity with basic laboratory equipment, food quality testing methods, sampling procedures, and inspection instruments.
- Good organisational skills and strong attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple quality control activities in a fast-paced production environment.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills to coordinate with production, warehouse, quality assurance, and operations teams.
- Basic computer skills and the ability to use spreadsheets, digital documentation systems, and quality management software.
- Knowledge of food traceability, batch coding, product specifications, stock identification, and quality record management is an advantage.
- Experience in chocolate manufacturing, premium confectionery, bakery products, date processing, or other specialty food categories will be an added advantage.
- Willingness to work on-site in Dubai and follow established workplace, hygiene, and operational safety requirements.
Recommended Certifications
Candidates seeking to strengthen their profile for food manufacturing quality control positions in Dubai may consider the following training:
- HACCP Certification
- ISO 22000 Food Safety Management Systems
- Internal Auditor Training for ISO 22000 or relevant food safety management standards
- GMP and Food Hygiene Training
- Root Cause Analysis and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) Training
Career Opportunities
This position can provide relevant experience for professionals pursuing career progression in food manufacturing quality assurance, food safety management, and production quality systems. With additional experience and relevant training, candidates may progress to positions such as Senior Quality Control Specialist, Quality Assurance Executive, Food Safety Officer, QA/QC Supervisor, or Quality Assurance Manager.
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