Quality Assurance Officer - Meat & Food Safety

About the role

The Quality Assurance Associate maintains and implements food safety and quality management systems across company facilities and warehouses, with a primary focus on ISO 22000:2018 compliance, GSO regulatory requirements, product label review, non-conformance management and quality team development. The role covers meat facility quality assurance, including halal compliance, cold chain monitoring and meat-specific inspection protocols.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and develop ISO 22000:2018 documentation, SOPs, records and workflow forms, and prepare for internal and external audits
• Review new product labels against GSO requirements before clearance submission through PAFN, and keep the GSO compliance file up to date
• Liaise with suppliers and procurement on label corrections
• Oversee daily inbound quality checks, raise, track and close Non-Conformity Reports, and manage market returns and stock destruction
• Apply the PDCA cycle to recurring quality issues
• Inspect fresh, chilled and frozen meat on receipt for temperature, shelf life, packaging integrity and halal compliance, and monitor cold chain compliance
• Ensure meat products comply with HACCP plans, halal standards and GCC food safety regulations, and support registrations and certification renewals with PAFN
• Follow up with the quality team, set improvement objectives and deliver training on food hazards, HACCP and meat handling hygiene

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Quality Management or a related field
• 3-5 years of QA or food safety experience in food manufacturing, warehouse or distribution
• Meat processing, packing or distribution experience, with knowledge of halal standards and cold chain management
• Hands-on ISO 22000:2018 experience and knowledge of GSO and PAFN requirements
• Familiarity with HACCP, NCR management, root cause analysis and the PDCA cycle