Quality Control Officer -Healthy Meal Plan Dubai

A rapidly growing healthy meal plan company in Dubai is hiring a Quality Control Officer (QA/QC Officer) to join the central kitchen operations team. producing high-quality, nutrition-focused meal plans designed to support health, fitness, weight management, and specialised dietary requirements.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in maintaining food safety standards, quality assurance systems, kitchen hygiene compliance, and production coordination activities. This position requires a hands-on professional who can effectively monitor daily operations, conduct inspections and audits, maintain documentation, and support production planning to ensure meals are prepared safely, consistently, and efficiently.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for food safety professionals seeking career growth within the healthy food, catering, and meal preparation industry.

Job Responsibilities

Food Safety, Quality Assurance & HACCP Compliance

• Monitor daily compliance with HACCP, Dubai Municipality food safety regulations, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), and food hygiene requirements.
• Conduct routine food safety inspections throughout production, preparation, packing, and dispatch operations.
• Perform regular kitchen hygiene audits and identify areas requiring corrective action.
• Verify temperature monitoring records for cooking, cooling, cold storage, freezers, and transportation units.
• Ensure food safety documentation, records, and monitoring forms are accurately completed and maintained.
• Monitor implementation of cleaning and sanitation schedules across all production areas.
• Verify compliance with personal hygiene requirements, including handwashing, PPE usage, grooming standards, and safe food handling practices.

• Conduct quality inspections on incoming raw materials, ingredients, semi-finished products, and finished meals.
• Ensure product specifications, portion control, labeling requirements, and packaging standards are consistently achieved.
• Investigate customer complaints, quality deviations, and food safety incidents while implementing effective corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Assist in preparing the facility for municipality inspections, HACCP audits, ISO audits, and internal quality assessments.
• Maintain food safety management system documentation and ensure records remain audit-ready.

Production Planning & Operational Coordination

• Prepare, review, and distribute daily production plans and manufacturing schedules.
• Print and organize recipe cards, batch sheets, and production instructions for kitchen teams.
• Verify production quantities against customer orders and daily meal plan requirements.
• Monitor ingredient availability and coordinate with procurement and inventory teams to avoid production disruptions.
• Prepare purchase requisitions and ingredient requirement forecasts based on production plans.
• Track production progress and communicate delays, shortages, equipment issues, or operational concerns to management.
• Monitor production performance indicators including wastage, shortages, rework, and product non-conformities.
• Maintain accurate daily production records and operational reports.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at increasing kitchen productivity and operational efficiency.

Kitchen Hygiene & Sanitation Control

• Conduct daily opening and closing inspections of production and storage areas.
• Ensure cleanliness and sanitation standards are maintained across all kitchen sections.
• Monitor cleaning and disinfection procedures for food-contact surfaces, utensils, equipment, and production areas.
• Verify that sanitation chemicals are used safely and according to approved procedures.
• Follow up on corrective actions with kitchen supervisors and department heads.
• Ensure all non-conformance reports are documented, investigated, and closed within established timelines.
• Promote a strong food safety culture and hygiene awareness among all employees.

Documentation, Reporting & Audit Management

• Maintain accurate QA/QC reports, inspection records, audit findings, and corrective action reports.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly food safety and quality performance reports.
• Analyze quality trends and provide recommendations for process improvements.
• Support management during internal audits, customer audits, and regulatory inspections.
• Ensure document control procedures are properly followed.
• Assist in implementing quality improvement projects and food safety initiatives.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Technology, Food Science, Microbiology, Nutrition, Quality Assurance, or a related discipline.
• HACCP Certification or equivalent food safety qualification.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a meal plan company, catering company, central kitchen, food manufacturing facility, airline catering, healthcare catering, or large-scale food production environment.
• Strong understanding of HACCP principles, food safety systems, and hygiene regulations.
• Experience conducting food safety inspections, internal audits, and quality control activities.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and reporting tools.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume food production environment.

Food Quality Controller – Skills

• ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System experience.
• Internal Auditor certification for HACCP or ISO 22000.
• Experience supporting production planning and kitchen operations.
• Knowledge of inventory management, stock control, and ingredient forecasting.
• Familiarity with Dubai Municipality food safety requirements.
• Previous experience within healthy meal preparation, nutrition-focused food production, cloud kitchens, or central kitchen operations.
• Experience using ERP systems or food production management software.

Key Traininings

• Quality Assurance (QA)
• Quality Control (QC)
• HACCP Implementation
• Food Safety Management
• GMP Compliance
• Kitchen Hygiene Audits
• Food Production Monitoring
• Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
• Root Cause Analysis
• Documentation Control
• Production Planning Support
• Inventory Coordination
• Internal Auditing
• ISO 22000

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