Quality & Food Safety Lead — CCP/HACCP

Client of Hire Fellows; Eastern Province; On-site; SAR 167,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of Hire Fellows in Saudi Arabia seeks a Quality Control Supervisor to lead QHSE across the production facility, ensuring food safety, regulatory compliance, and the ability to stop production when risks arise.

The role focuses on developing QHSE policies, supervising CCP monitoring, conducting audits, investigations, and training kitchen and production teams to uphold HACCP standards in a fast-growing operation.

Qualifications

• Saudi national.
• 5-6 years of experience in QHSE, food safety, quality assurance, or a similar role.
• HACCP certified.
• Proven experience independently managing CCP monitoring and food-safety controls.
• Experience supporting or establishing QHSE processes within a new or commissioning facility is preferred.
• Previous experience working in a bakery, food production, or similar manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Strong understanding of HACCP, food-safety standards, QHSE systems, audits, and risk assessments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to conduct thorough incident investigations.
• Confident in making independent decisions and taking ownership of food-safety issues under production pressure.
• Comfortable exercising authority to hold or release production when required.
• Strong understanding of local food-safety regulations and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong documentation skills.
• Strong communication and training skills, with the ability to influence operational teams.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple audits, certifications, investigations, and compliance requirements.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, growing production environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain QHSE policies, procedures, and programs in line with applicable local, national, and international standards.
• Own and independently conduct CCP monitoring across the facility.
• Support CCP monitoring during facility commissioning and ensure food-safety controls are established from the start.
• Conduct regular QHSE audits, inspections, and risk assessments to identify hazards, non-compliance, and areas for improvement.
• Recommend and implement corrective and preventive actions to address identified risks and issues.
• Have the authority to halt or hold production when food-safety standards are at risk and make the final call on resuming production.
• Lead food-safety and quality incident investigations, identifying root causes and implementing corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure incidents are documented, reported, and escalated appropriately including to regulatory bodies where required.
• Develop and maintain the facility's HACCP plan and continuously update it as products, equipment, processes, or production volumes change.
• Own the facility's internal supplier, third-party, and regulatory audit and certification calendar.
• Ensure the facility remains prepared for inspections and external audits at all times.
• Conduct QHSE audits of suppliers and contractors and ensure external partners meet required standards.
• Deliver QHSE and food-safety training to kitchen and production teams.
• Monitor QHSE performance metrics and report trends, risks, and findings to management.
• Stay up to date with relevant regulations, certifications, food-safety standards and industry best practices.
• Recommend improvements to policies, processes, and controls to continuously strengthen QHSE performance.
• Work closely with operations and kitchen leadership to embed food safety and quality into daily production.
• Act as the independent QHSE voice in operational, facility, and expansion-related decisions.

Skills

QHSE management

Food safety

HACCP certified

CCP monitoring

Audits & compliance

Incident investigations

Training delivery

Documentation

Regulatory knowledge

Decision making

Education

HACCP certification

Job description

Client of Hire Fellows in Saudi Arabia seeks a Quality Control Supervisor to lead QHSE across the production facility, ensuring food safety, regulatory compliance, and the ability to stop production when risks arise.

The role focuses on developing QHSE policies, supervising CCP monitoring, conducting audits, investigations, and training kitchen and production teams to uphold HACCP standards in a fast-growing operation.