Full-time
Emirates Flight Catering in Dubai, UAE is hiring a Food Technologist with the following:
Responsibilities
- Research current consumer markets and latest technologies to develop new product concepts to ensure adoption of technology and products that improve the quality, shelf life and value for money.
- Conduct trials of new menu developments and coordinate menu launch to show case new items and concepts to customers.
- Maintain, collate and summarise experimental data for review and document for future referencing.
- Develop processes that ensure product consistency in order to ensure food safety and customer satisfaction.
- Propose recommendations in the design of new production processes; modify current equipment or methods for quality and regulatory compliance and customer satisfaction.
- Evaluate products’ characteristics and shelf life for implications on quality and regulatory compliance.
- Conduct research for formulating improved and new food processing techniques, guiding the processing and preservation of food products, maintaining a library of findings for quality audits and training purposes.
- Check quality, hygiene and safety standards at all stages of the production process to strive for compliance with the established standard, continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.
- Introduce new and innovative concepts by keeping abreast of industry and food trends across the food and airline industry.
Qualification
- Bachelor of Science in either Food Science, Food Engineering, Nutrition and Health or related qualification
- Industry Certification and accreditation with a recognised board will be an added advantage.
- Minimum 8 years’ experience in large-scale food production facility with at least 3 years in a similar capacity.
- Aviation Catering, hospitality experience will be an added advantage.
