Food Safety Assistant Full Time NEW

Joining Emirates Flight Catering in Dubai as a Food Safety Assistant offers an impactful role focused on food safety compliance, HACCP management systems, and ISO food safety standards. This position ensures proper sanitation protocols, conducts quality control inspections, and supports food production monitoring—ideal for professionals aiming for growth in Dubai’s food safety sector.

Key Result Areas:

• Verify or Verify CCPs, OPRPs, and PRPs established as per the Hazard Control Plan to ensure compliance with food safety standards. This includes all relevant areas such as receiving, chilled storage, cooking, blast chilling, portioning, tray setup, and final meal dispatch for airline and commercial clients.
• Conduct Food Safety inspection and prepare food safety spot check reports for any deviations and observations.
• Conduct Toolbox Talks (TBTs) focused on Critical Control Points (CCPs), OPRPs, Prerequisite Programs (PRPs), and relevant food safety practices.
• Food sample collection for microbiology analysis as per the plan given.
• Verification of potential source of foreign object, investigate and mitigate inhouse foreign object incidents
• Take part in staff camp inspection monthly
• Support in thermometer calibration weekly and monthly
• Support in food safety data gathering, customer complaint investigation and document collection during traceability
• Conduct Personal hygiene verification of Food Handlers, Supplier and contract staff and report any deviations to the established personal hygiene policy.
• Support Food Safety Management whenever required to do other operational requirements

Job Context:

• The job holder is responsible for undertaking scheduled inspections and verification for maintaining high standards of food safety at EKFC to ensure that the food produced at the facility meets set standards and is safe.
• The standards being adhered to in maintaining food safety are based on EKFC*s pre-established Food Safety Standards, GFSI bench marked FSMS standards, Local Government Regulations and Airline Customers requirements.

Knowledge, Skills & Minimum Experience:

Education Qualification:

Level 2 Food Safety Training (must have)

Food Safety Level 3 (Preferred)

Bachelor*s Degree preferably with a background in science (preferred)

Work Experience:

• Years of Experience: Minimum 3 years general experience in a similar position.
• Area of Experience: Food production or related field

Skills:

Should have good communication skills and fluent in English Language.

Should be able to work effectively as part of a team and able to organize own work.

A career as a Food Safety Assistant at Emirates Flight Catering in Dubai offers exposure to HACCP management systems, risk assessment solutions, and quality control inspections.