Food Safety Officer

Hello Chef; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Six-day production schedule

Biannual performance reviews

26 days annual leave

Annual flight allowance

Relocation support to Dubai

Premium medical insurance

Hello Chef discount

Food tastings

Job summary

Hello Chef is building a world-class food operation focused on quality, safety, and consistency. We are hiring a Food Safety Officer to uphold high standards across our production, with emphasis on meat and fish processing.

This is a hands-on role for someone thorough, organized, and confident in identifying risks and ensuring standards are consistently followed. You'll work closely with our production teams, reporting to the Operations Manager.

Qualifications

• HACCP Level 4 certification is essential.
• Hands-on food-safety experience in meat or poultry processing, including raw-meat handling.
• Experience with food-safety inspections, environmental swabbing, microbiological testing and corrective actions.
• Strong attention to detail and good written/spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Food Safety Compliance: conduct inspections, verify hygiene and sanitation standards, coordinate tests, maintain records, and stop unsafe activities.
• Incident Prevention & Resolution: identify risks, investigate failed inspections and incidents, follow through on corrective actions, and verify problems are resolved.

Skills

HACCP Level 4

Meat/Poultry processing experience

Food safety inspections

Microbiological testing experience

Attention to detail

English proficiency (written/spoken)

Tools

Environmental swabbing

Microbiological testing procedures

Job description

Food Safety Officer

Hello Chef is building a world-class food operation focused on quality, safety, and consistency.

We're hiring a Food Safety Officer to uphold high standards of food safety across our production operations, with particular focus on meat and fish processing.

This is a hands-on role for someone who is thorough, organised, and confident identifying risks and ensuring standards are consistently followed.

You'll work closely with our production teams, reporting to the Operations Manager.

Your Core Accountabilities

• Food Safety Compliance: Conduct inspections, verify hygiene and sanitation standards, coordinate food-safety testing, maintain accurate records, and stop or escape unsafe activities.
• Incident Prevention & Resolution: Identify risks, investigate failed inspections and incidents, follow through on corrective actions, and verify that problems are resolved.

What We're Looking For

• HACCP Level 4 certification.
• Hands-on food-safety experience in meat or poultry processing and production, including raw-meat handling, sanitation and cross-contamination prevention.
• Experience with food-safety inspections, environmental swabbing, microbiological testing and corrective actions.
• Strong attention to detail, discipline and organisational skills.
• Confidence communicating concerns and following through with production teams.
• Good written and spoken English.

What We Offer

• An on-site, hands-on role aligned to a six-day production schedule
• Market-competitive compensation with biannual performance reviews
• 26 days annual leave, annual flight allowance, and relocation support if moving to Dubai
• Premium medical insurance (including dental and optical)
• 50% Hello Chef discount and regular food tastings
• A clean, structured workplace with clear standards, strong teamwork, and real accountability.