Job Description

Job title: Senior Food Safety Officer

Sector/entity: Environment, Health and Safety

Department: Food Safety Department

Grade: 11

Role Summary

Inspect large food businesses and food shipments, record findings, and ensure compliance with food-safety standards.



Duties

• Plan inspections of large food businesses using location details and previous inspection results.
• Inspect food establishments, food handling and transport, staff hygiene, and compliance with food-safety rules.
• Review required documents and records, such as pest-control contracts, food-safety certificates, temperature logs, and staff health cards.
• Enter establishment details and inspection findings into the relevant electronic systems.
• Register and classify packaged food products handled by assigned establishments.
• Inspect imported and exported food shipments at ports and free zones.
• Follow up on rejected or detained shipments, recommend actions, and ensure cases are closed appropriately.
• Coordinate the safe disposal of food that does not meet required standards.
• Record inspection violations and fines in the electronic system.
• Receive and investigate complaints about assigned food establishments, escalating them as needed.
• Prepare daily reports on completed inspections, obstacles, and proposed solutions.
• Follow information-security and data-confidentiality requirements; report security incidents.
• Carry out other related duties as directed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Food Safety, Food Science, Food Processing, Public Health, or Environmental Health.
• Experience: 3 years
• Working knowledge of local and federal food-safety laws, food standards and quality requirements, and food-safety systems such as HACCP and ISO 22000.
• Ability to assess food-safety risks and prepare inspection reports.
• Effective communication, innovation, and a service-oriented approach.
• Willingness to conduct field-based inspections and coordinate with food businesses and relevant authorities.