Confectionery Food Technologist

Employment: Full-Time
Industry: Confectionery & Sweet Manufacturing Location – Dubai

A leading state-of-the-art confectionery manufacturing company in , Dubai is seeking a skilled and innovative Food Technologist to join its production and R&D team. This role is ideal for professionals with strong experience in bakery and confectionery manufacturing, product development, and food safety compliance within the UAE food industry.

The successful candidate will play a key role in developing high-quality cookies, wafers, chocolates, and confectionery products, while ensuring compliance with HACCP, ISO 22000, HALAL, and Kosher standards.

Responsibilities – Confectionery Food Technologist

• Develop, formulate, and test new recipes for cookies, wafers, chocolates, fillings, and coated confectionery products.
• Optimize ingredient formulations using sugars, cocoa derivatives, fats, emulsifiers, stabilizers, flavors, and leavening agents.
• Improve product quality, shelf life, texture, taste, and cost efficiency.
• Oversee baking, chocolate casting, enrobing, glazing, cooling, and packaging processes.

• Prepare and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and process control documents.
• Ensure compliance with Dubai Municipality food safety regulations and international food safety standards.
• Support allergen management programs, traceability systems, and microbiological risk assessments.
• Collaborate with production, procurement, and quality assurance teams for continuous improvement.
• Monitor raw material specifications and supplier quality compliance.
• Assist in internal and external food safety audits.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Food Technology, Food Science, Food Engineering, or Microbiology.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in bakery or confectionery manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, ISO 22000, GMP, and food safety management systems.
• Certifications in HACCP, HALAL, or Kosher are highly preferred.
• Hands-on experience in confectionery processing equipment and production lines.
• Understanding of allergen control, labeling regulations, and food traceability systems.
• Knowledge of microbiological quality control and shelf-life studies.
• Excellent documentation and technical reporting skills.