Food Safety & Quality Specialist

About the role

A Food Safety Specialist / Food Quality Specialist is responsible for monitoring food safety and quality standards, conducting inspections and audits, and ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and company requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor food safety and quality standards across production and operations.
• Conduct inspections, quality checks, and food safety assessments.
• Implement and maintain HACCP, GMP, and food safety procedures.
• Monitor raw materials, ingredients, packaging, production, and finished products.
• Identify food safety, quality, hygiene, and contamination risks.
• Investigate quality issues, non‑conformities, and customer complaints.
• Conduct root cause analysis and support corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain quality specifications, inspection records, reports, and documentation.
• Support internal and external audits and regulatory inspections.
• Coordinate with production, procurement, warehouse, and operations teams.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Food Safety, Quality Management, or a related field.
• Relevant experience in food safety, quality assurance, or food manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, GMP, food safety, and quality control.
• Experience with inspections, audits, testing, and non‑conformance management.
• Good understanding of food safety regulations and industry requirements.
• HACCP or ISO 22000 certification is advantageous.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and risk‑assessment skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and documentation accuracy.

Required skills

• HACCP
• GMP
• ISO 22000
• CAPA
• Microsoft Office
• Quality Management Systems