Food Safety Specialist /Food Quality Specialist

Role DescriptionA Food Safety Specialist / Food Quality Specialist is responsible for monitoring and maintaining food safety, hygiene, and quality standards across food production, processing, storage, and distribution. The role ensures products meet regulatory requirements, company standards, and customer expectations.Key ResponsibilitiesMonitor food safety and quality standards across daily operations.Conduct inspections, quality checks, sampling, audits, and product evaluations.Inspect raw materials, ingredients, packaging, production processes, and finished products.Identify food safety hazards, contamination risks, quality issues, and non-conformities.Ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP, ISO 22000, and applicable food regulations.Investigate customer complaints, product defects, quality deviations, and food safety incidents.Implement corrective and preventive actions to resolve identified issues.Monitor sanitation, hygiene, temperature control, storage, and food-handling conditions.Maintain food safety plans, quality records, inspection reports, and compliance documentation.Support internal, external, supplier, and regulatory audits.Train employees on food hygiene, food safety, quality procedures, and GMP requirements.Coordinate with production, warehouse, procurement, laboratory, and operations teams.Support supplier quality assessments and raw-material inspections.Prepare quality reports, audit findings, KPI updates, and management summaries.Identify opportunities to improve food safety, product quality, compliance, consistency, and operational efficiency.QualificationsBachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Food Safety, Quality Management, or a related field.Previous experience in food safety, food quality, QA/QC, food manufacturing, or related industries.Strong knowledge of HACCP, GMP, ISO 22000, food hygiene, and quality-control procedures.Good understanding of food safety regulations and quality standards.Experience in inspections, audits, sampling, investigations, and corrective actions.Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and organizational skills.Good communication and teamwork abilities.Proficiency in Microsoft Office and quality-management systems.HACCP, ISO 22000, Food Safety, or Quality Management certification is advantageous.Excellent attention to detail and commitment to food safety and quality.Professional, responsible, proactive, organized, and quality-focused.