Restaurant Hygiene Officer

**General Responsibilities**:

- **Responsible for managing the Restaurant’s hygiene, sanitation and food safety operations, including developing qualified departmental trainers for each kitchen section, stores, purchase and**

**receiving departments.**
- **Ensure that all food & beverage employees have an adequate knowledge of food safety.**
- **Follows immaculate grooming standards and is the custodian of the restaurant’s grooming policy.**
- **Responsible for overseeing the maintenance of the staff accommodations assigned for you.**
- **Ensuring timely completion of maintenance requests in the restaurants by coordinating with the Maintenance in charge. Specific Responsibilities**:

- **Propose and maintain minimum standards in all work areas, stores, receiving and disposal areas**

**to adhere at all times to required hygiene standards.**
- **Responsible for effective and efficient maintenance of records related to the restaurant’s sanitation and hygiene efforts/program**
- **Continually liaises with external agencies (laboratory, government bureau, health practitioners,**

**etc.) on sanitary matters.**
- **Spot check on receiving area for food hygiene and vendor product quality to ensure the restaurant’s criteria is met.**
- **Organize monthly food safety meetings and training, distributes and keeps accurate records of**

**the same.**
- **Follow up with all related teams that trainings are understood and actions implemented.**
- **Create a monthly report of the operational hygiene gaps and develop a plan of action ensuring**
- **compliance.**
- **Ensure daily routine checks are done in liaison with the Stewarding manager in all food &**
- **beverage areas.**
- **Ensure daily checks of freezers and fridges in the kitchen and bar areas.**
- **To ensure that all data is recorded properly by the respecting kitchen staff and filed correctly for**

**future reference.**
- **Check on a daily basis pastry counters, buffets and displays for the restaurants and banquets.**
- **Attend any visit of the governmental body in terms of food hygiene and encourage a positive**
- **working relation.**
- **Contribute sourcing new suppliers and ensure all suppliers are visited regularly to evaluate their**

**production in terms of hygiene.**
- **Inspects the deliveries of food and beverage for potential risks and informs the suppliers**

**accordingly**
- **Is involved actively in monitoring the overall safety measures at the restaurant, conducts self-audits and provide recommendation for compliance**
- **Maintains the following records**:

- **Laboratory test results**
- **Monthly hygiene meeting minutes**
- **Maintenance log book for the accommodations under your charge.**
- **Food handlers Immunization records**
- **Custodian of the hygiene manual for the restaurant**
- **Communication correspondence on hygiene matters**
- **Develop a pest control programme with the Stewarding department to ensure prevention.**
- **Responsible for creating the incident report for any food poisoning incident in the restaurant.**
- **Familiar with current culinary trends and methods**
- **Comprehensive knowledge of kitchen hygiene practices and occupational health and safety**
- **standards certifications**

**JOB SPECIFICATION**
- **Knowledge & Skills Disposition /Personality**
- **Strong communication and organizational skills Determined and enthusiastic**
- **MS Office proficient Process driven and results oriented**
- **Self-starter Quick Learner and self-motivated**
- **Capable of handling multi-faceted projects and of working under pressure**
- **Possesses excellent attention to detail**
- **Extremely organized with strong administrative and communication skills**
- **Able to work independently, takes ownership and initiative**
- **Strong leadership skills and ability to build rapport with employees, and mentor them**
- **Excellent active listening and presentation skills**
- **We expect all our associates to work in harmony and cohesion with other departments as well as**
- **colleagues from other group companies.**
- **The organization shall reserve the right to depute your services between departments and between group companies. The Human Resource's team shall at all points be sensitive towards your aspirations and endeavor to manage your skills and aptitude in accordance to them**

Pay: QAR3,000.00 - QAR3,500.00 per month