Health & Safety Manager – Catering / Central Kitchen

About the role

A Health & Safety Manager is needed to lead and manage all Health, Safety, Food Safety, Hygiene and QHSE activities across the central kitchen and catering operations. The role ensures compliance with Dubai Municipality requirements, UAE regulations, HACCP, ISO 22000 and applicable occupational health and safety standards. The package is listed as 13,000 to 15,000.

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 monitor HACCP, GMP and GHP procedures.
• Inspect production areas, kitchens, cold rooms, dry stores, dispatch areas and staff facilities regularly.
• Monitor critical controls such as cooking, cooling, reheating, storage temperatures and cold-chain management.
• Carry out risk assessments and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Investigate accidents, incidents, near misses and food-safety non-conformities.
• Run internal QHSE, hygiene and food-safety audits and coordinate external and 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 meet personal hygiene, PPE, medical fitness and safe-working requirements.
• Deliver food safety, hygiene and occupational safety training to kitchen and catering staff.
• Work with Production, Operations, Procurement, HR and Maintenance teams on risk mitigation.
• Lead emergency preparedness, fire-safety awareness and incident response.
• Monitor supplier compliance and track QHSE KPIs with periodic reports to senior management.

Required profile

• Ideally 7 to 10 years of total experience, with at least 5 years in relevant QHSE or food safety roles.
• At least 3 to 5 years in a managerial or supervisory position.
• Strong experience with Dubai Municipality inspections and audits.
• Experience in central kitchens, large-scale catering, food manufacturing, high-volume hotels and restaurants, or institutional catering.