Food & Beverage - Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator

We are currently seeking for passionate and dynamic Health and Safety professionals who pride themselves on their ability to deliver extraordinary levels of customer service and direct a team that remains in compliance with top quality food and beverage products through prompt, accurate and personalized service.

As an Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator, you will have to assist in driving and coordinating the implementation of EHS & HACCP programs whereby your role will include key responsibilities such as:

• Conduct daily inspections based on HACCP Standards in kitchens, outlets and relevant areas such as stores, receiving, engineering, garbage room and pest control

• Conduct a daily workplace and guest areas inspections based on the Environment, Health & Safety standards in all departments

• Follow up on the corrective actions implementation with other departments

• Conduct basic Food Safety training refreshers and schedule colleagues for related exams

• Coordinate EHS meetings and prepare the respective minutes

• Conduct induction training for contractors upon signing new contracts

• Conduct contractor’s inspection when working inside the premises

• Conduct EHS induction training for new joiners focusing on their departmental tasks and responsibilities

• Assist other departments on completing their departmental risk assessments, their incidents investigation and corrective actions completion

• Schedule and join the Environmental Health and Safety Manager during audits conducted for suppliers and contractors

• Review and maintain HACCP and EHS Records on a monthly basis

• Inspect the waste management practices and monitor the ‘Waste Manifests’ on a monthly basis

• Assist the Environmental Health and Safety Manager in preparing for external certification, regulatory inspections and audits

• Coordinate laboratory samples collection (as per the schedule)

• Conduct On-Job HACCP and EHS Trainings

• Develop safety and environmental awareness campaigns for hotel colleagues

• Collect information to monitor EHS KPIs and set targets

• Keep the EHS notice board dynamic and update regularly the information and hotel KPIs progress

• Review chemical registers in Engineering, Housekeeping, Laundry, Recreation and Stewarding departments on a quarterly basis

Education, Qualifications & Experiences

You must be a college / university degree graduate preferably in Health / Hygiene / Quality management with a minimum of one year experience in a similar role with preferable previous experience in the Middle East. You should be a computer literate with effective communication skills in both verbal and written English and Arabic will be an advantage.

Knowledge & Competencies

The ideal candidate will be customer driven and an extremely proactive and ‘switched on’ personality with an outgoing, charismatic and approachable character. You will work well under pressure in a fast paced environment and be a great team player, who thrives in working with a multi-cultural team and guests alike, while possessing following additional competencies:

Understanding Hotel Operations

Effective Communication

Planning for Business

Supervising People

Understanding Differences

Supervising Operations

Teamwork

Adaptability

Customer Focus

Drive for Results