Hygiene Manager 

A Hotel and Hospitality Group in Dubai UAE is looking for a Hygiene Manager with the following:

Job Responsibilities

• Implement food safety management strategy and plans, including resource and systems to integrate within the property’s long-term strategy.
• Develop, direct & implement the designed food safety & hygiene standard.
• To ensure food safety & hygiene compliance objectives are met.
• To measure performance against established standards by regular hygiene walks / audits.
• To verify and filing all the documentation related to food safety standards so that they are compliant to set objectives.
• Update necessary changes in standards (internally and externally initiated) and on performance against standards.
• Participate to ensure the layouts of new outlets to ensure compliance with the food safety standard & the law.
• Develops, directs SOPs of food safety & hygiene standard for operation.
• Responsible for HACCP and other system certification.
• Liaise with Dubai Food Control Authorities & other regulatory bodies to ensure legal compliance.

• Liaise with third party laboratories to ensure microbiological sampling from the kitchen facilities.
• Liaises and co-operate with quality management and standards certification bodies.
• Investigate, analyze guest related food poisoning complaints and recommend corrective actions.
• To analyze the nature of cause of errors / complaints to identify areas needing improvement in process & system.
• Develop Supplier Quality Assurance program in liaison with purchasing department.
• To perform Supplier Audits, reporting non-conformance & upgrade the status to ensure the quality of the products entering the distribution, process & system.
• Approves the new supplier after conducting audit & subsequent assessment.
• Certified & approved trainer from Food Control Department to conduct in-house training.
• To conduct Basic Food Hygiene Training & refresher training to staff.

• To develop & implement retention sample procedures.
• Liaise with other departments to establish and implement necessary communication strategy for the improvement and awareness of food safety issues.
• Developing and implementing environmental strategies and action plans.
• Coordinating aspects of waste management, recycling and conservation.
• Leading the implementation of environmental policies and practices.
• Liaising with relevant bodies such as local authorities, public bodies and competent bodies.
• Auditing, analyzing and reporting environmental performance to internal and external stakeholders and regulatory bodies.
• Promoting and raising awareness, at all levels of the impact of emerging environmental issues.
• Developing and implementing environmental management systems to continually improve the impact of the hotel on the environment.
• Training staff at all levels in environmental issues and responsibilities.
• Participating in environmental education and research.

Job Qualifications

• Reading, writing and oral proficiency in the English language
• Masters in food science / Masters in related food science
• HACCP in Practice (Level 3 Award in Food Safety)
• Advanced Food Hygiene (Level 4 Award in Food Safety)
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Food Hygiene & Quality Management in food industry / retail food industry with exposure to online quality assurance.