As a Hygiene Officer, you'll be the champion of cleanliness and food safety across our operations. Your role is critical in supervising and coordinating all activities to ensure strict compliance with hygiene and food safety standards. You'll be the expert, advising on proper food handling, training new hires, identifying risks, and implementing preemptive actions to uphold the highest levels of safety and quality for our guests and employees.
Your Responsibilities
Hygiene & Food Safety Oversight:
- Supervise and coordinate operations to ensure full compliance with all hygiene and food safety standards.
- Advise on proper food handling practices and deliver comprehensive food hygiene training for all new hires and trainees.
- Identify key areas of risk in various food operations and implement preemptive remedial actions to prevent issues.
- Provide technical advice on product labeling issues to ensure fulfillment of all government requirements.
- Ensure adherence to quality expectations and standards across all relevant areas.
Team Support & Professionalism:
- Assist management in hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating, counseling, disciplining, motivating, and coaching employees.
- Follow all company and safety/security policies and procedures; report maintenance needs, accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions to your manager; and complete all required safety training and certifications.
- Ensure uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional; maintain confidentiality of proprietary information; and protect company assets.
- Address guests service needs indirectly by ensuring the highest hygiene standards.
- Speak with others using clear and professional language.
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues; support your team to reach common goals; and listen and respond appropriately to the concerns of other employees.
Physical Requirements
- Stand, sit, or walk for an extended period of time.
- Reach overhead and below the knees, including bending, twisting, pulling, and stooping.
- Move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 25 pounds without assistance.
- Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Supervisors.
Preferred Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in Environmental Health or Culinary Arts.
- Related Work Experience: 2 to 4 years of related work experience.
- Supervisory Experience: At least 1 year of supervisory experience.
- License or Certification: None.
