A premium halal meat processing and food manufacturing operation in Sharjah is seeking a QHSE Officer to support quality, food safety, hygiene, and operational compliance across production, processing, cold storage, and warehouse activities.
Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Premium Halal Meat Processing & Food Manufacturing
Experience: 2–4 Years
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Microbiology, or a related field
Nationality: Any Nationality
Gender: Any
Vacancy: 1
The role is suitable for a food safety, quality control, or QHSE professional with 2–4 years of experience in food manufacturing, frozen food, meat processing, FMCG, or related food production environments. The successful candidate will help maintain HACCP-based food safety systems, GMP requirements, hygiene standards, traceability, product quality, and QHSE procedures.
Experience in halal food production, meat processing, chilled or frozen food operations, and cold-chain management will be an advantage.
Job Responsibilities
- Conduct routine quality, food safety, hygiene, and QHSE inspections across production, processing, packaging, and warehouse areas.
- Perform raw material, in-process, packaging, and finished-product inspections and sampling.
- Monitor compliance with HACCP, GMP, SOPs, food hygiene, sanitation, and quality control procedures.
- Ensure production and warehouse activities comply with established food safety and quality requirements.
- Monitor hygiene practices of employees, production areas, equipment, utensils, and food-contact surfaces.
- Monitor FIFO and FEFO practices, expiry dates, batch identification, product handling, and storage conditions.
- Verify appropriate temperature control and storage conditions for chilled and frozen meat products.
- Support monitoring of cold-chain requirements throughout processing, storage, and internal product movement.
- Check product specifications, labelling, packaging integrity, batch codes, and traceability information.
- Maintain accurate quality records, inspection reports, traceability documentation, checklists, and compliance records.
- Identify and report non-conformities, food safety hazards, quality deviations, hygiene concerns, and operational risks.
- Follow up on corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) and verify their effective implementation.
- Support internal audits, external inspections, customer audits, and regulatory compliance activities.
- Assist with customer complaint investigations, root-cause analysis, product evaluations, and corrective actions.
- Coordinate with Production, Factory, Warehouse, Procurement, Logistics, and Supply Chain teams regarding quality and food safety requirements.
- Support laboratory activities, product sampling, testing coordination, and evaluation of food products where required.
- Assist in monitoring sanitation and cleaning verification programs.
- Support the implementation and maintenance of food safety and QHSE procedures.
- Assist with food safety documentation, risk assessments, inspection findings, and compliance reporting.
- Monitor operational practices to ensure products are handled safely throughout processing and storage.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives related to food quality, hygiene, food safety, and QHSE performance.
- Ensure deviations and quality issues are communicated promptly to the relevant departments and management.
- Maintain confidentiality and accuracy of quality and food safety records.
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Microbiology, or a related discipline.
- 2–4 years of relevant experience in food manufacturing, food quality, food safety, or QHSE operations.
- Experience in meat processing, frozen food, chilled food, FMCG, or food manufacturing is preferred.
- Experience in a halal food or meat-processing environment will be an advantage.
- Good knowledge of HACCP, GMP, food hygiene, SOPs, and quality management systems.
- Understanding of applicable ISO food safety and quality standards.
- Knowledge of food safety inspection, sampling, traceability, documentation, and corrective action procedures.
- Understanding of temperature-controlled and frozen food storage requirements.
- Familiarity with FIFO/FEFO, batch control, expiry monitoring, and product traceability.
- HACCP, Food Safety, ISO 22000, or other relevant certification is preferred.
- Strong inspection, documentation, reporting, and analytical skills.
- Good attention to detail with the ability to identify food safety and quality risks.
- Strong problem-solving and follow-up abilities.
- Good communication and coordination skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
- Working knowledge of SAP or other ERP systems is preferred.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.
Key Skills
QHSE | Food Safety | Quality Control | HACCP | GMP | ISO 22000 | Food Hygiene | Meat Processing | Halal Food | Frozen Food | FMCG | Cold Chain | Food Manufacturing | Traceability | FIFO | FEFO | CAPA | Internal Audits | Product Inspection | Sampling | Quality Documentation | SAP
Preferred Certifications
Candidates with any of the following certifications will have an advantage:
- HACCP Certification
- Food Safety Certification
- ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System
- Internal Auditor – ISO 22000
- GMP and Food Hygiene Training
- Halal Food Safety or Halal Assurance training
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