Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA) Specialist

About the role

A leading hospitality organization is looking for an experienced Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA) Specialist to drive the implementation, monitoring and continuous improvement of its Food Safety Management System across multiple luxury properties.

Key responsibilities

• Support the implementation, maintenance and continual improvement of the FSMS at assigned properties.
• Conduct HACCP internal audits, supplier audits, surveillance audits and routine food‑safety inspections.
• Identify risks, process gaps and improvement opportunities, and produce clear audit and inspection reports.
• Deliver HACCP and food‑safety training, coaching and awareness programmes to strengthen the safety culture.
• Monitor and verify temperature monitoring systems, ATP hygiene verification and other critical control points.
• Investigate food‑safety incidents, customer complaints and product recalls, performing root‑cause analysis and recommending corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain HACCP documentation, monitoring logs and verification records.
• Analyse quality trends, track property performance and support corrective‑action implementation.

Required profile

• 5–8 years of FSQA experience in five‑star or luxury hospitality operations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Food Science, Food Technology or a related discipline.
• Professional certifications in HACCP implementation, HACCP auditing and food hygiene.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, ISO 22000/FSSC 22000, and local food‑safety regulations (ADAFSA).
• Proven experience conducting inspections, audits, incident investigations and delivering training.

Required skills

• HACCP implementation
• HACCP auditing
• Food hygiene certification
• ISO 22000
• FSSC 22000
• Wireless temperature monitoring
• ATP hygiene verification
• Root‑cause analysis
• Food Safety Management System (FSMS)