Health & Safety Manager – Catering / Central Kitchen ID - 35707
This position is no longer accepting applications(closed Aug 27, 2026).
Job Summary:
Key Responsibilities:
Requirements:
To lead and manage all Health, Safety, Food Safety, Hygiene and QHSE activities across the central kitchen and catering operations, ensuring compliance with Dubai Municipality requirements, UAE regulations, HACCP, ISO 22000 and applicable occupational health & safety standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, implement and maintain the company's QHSE and Food Safety Management Systems.
- Ensure compliance with Dubai Municipality food-safety regulations, UAE legislation and company standards.
- Implement and continuously monitor HACCP, GMP and GHP procedures.
- Conduct regular inspections of production areas, kitchens, cold rooms, dry stores, dispatch areas and staff facilities.
- Monitor critical food-safety controls including cooking, cooling, reheating, storage temperatures and cold-chain management.
- Conduct risk assessments and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Investigate accidents, incidents, near misses and food-safety non-conformities.
- Conduct internal QHSE, hygiene and food-safety audits and coordinate external/regulatory audits.
- Maintain documentation, inspection reports, CAPA records, training records and compliance registers.
- Manage pest-control, cleaning, sanitation, waste-management and hygiene programmes.
- Ensure food handlers comply with personal hygiene, PPE, medical fitness and safe-working requirements.
- Develop and deliver regular food safety, hygiene and occupational safety training for kitchen and catering employees.
- Work closely with Production, Operations, Procurement, HR and Maintenance teams to identify and mitigate risks.
- Lead emergency preparedness, fire-safety awareness and incident-response procedures.
- Monitor supplier compliance and food/raw-material safety requirements.
- Track QHSE KPIs and prepare periodic reports for senior management.
- Drive continuous improvement and develop a strong food-safety and safety culture across the organization.
Requirements:
- Ideally 7–10 years total experience.
- Minimum 5 years relevant QHSE/Food Safety experience.
- Strong UAE/Dubai experience in:
- Central kitchens
- Large-scale catering
- Food manufacturing
- Hotels/restaurants with high-volume production
- Institutional/industrial catering
- At least 3-5 years in a managerial/supervisory position.
- Strong experience dealing with Dubai Municipality inspections and audits.