A leading hotel and hospitality establishment in Dubai is seeking a Food Safety and Hygiene Officer to oversee food safety, hygiene, sanitation, and HACCP compliance across hotel kitchens and food and beverage (F&B) outlets.
The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting food safety inspections, monitoring food handling and storage practices, maintaining HACCP documentation, training employees, and ensuring compliance with applicable Dubai Municipality food safety regulations.
This opportunity is suitable for food technologists, microbiologists, and food safety professionals with experience in hotel kitchens, catering operations, or hospitality food service environments in the UAE.
Job Responsibilities
- Implement and monitor food safety, hygiene, sanitation, and HACCP procedures across hotel kitchens and F&B outlets.
- Ensure compliance with applicable Dubai Municipality food safety regulations and hospitality industry requirements.
- Conduct routine kitchen inspections, hygiene audits, and food safety assessments to identify non-conformities and recommend corrective actions.
- Monitor food receiving, storage, preparation, cooking, cooling, reheating, and serving practices.
- Perform regular temperature checks for refrigerators, freezers, food storage areas, and cooked food, maintaining appropriate temperature records.
- Verify that food products are received from approved suppliers and meet the required quality, safety, and storage conditions.
- Maintain HACCP plans, food safety records, cleaning schedules, sanitation checklists, and inspection reports.
- Coordinate pest control activities and maintain relevant pest control records and service reports.
- Arrange or coordinate microbiological sampling of food, water, and food-contact surfaces, where required.
- Train kitchen staff and food handlers on personal hygiene, safe food handling, cross-contamination prevention, allergen awareness, and sanitation practices.
- Investigate food safety incidents, customer complaints, and hygiene-related concerns, implementing appropriate corrective and preventive actions.
- Monitor cleaning and disinfection procedures, waste management, and the hygienic condition of food preparation areas and equipment.
- Follow up on audit findings and ensure timely closure of identified non-conformities.
- Support internal and external food safety inspections and maintain records for regulatory audits.
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, Environmental Health, or a related discipline.
- Proven experience as a Food Safety Officer, Food Hygiene Officer, or HACCP professional in the UAE hotel, hospitality, or catering sector.
- Valid Person in Charge (PIC) certification and HACCP certification, as applicable to the role and current regulatory requirements.
- Good knowledge of Dubai Municipality food safety requirements, HACCP principles, and food hygiene practices.
- Practical experience in kitchen inspections, food temperature monitoring, sanitation audits, and food safety documentation.
- Knowledge of pest control monitoring, microbiological sampling, corrective actions, and food handler training.
- Strong observation, communication, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with kitchen teams, food handlers, and hotel management.
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