Restaurant Food Safety Manager
Overview
The Restaurant Food Safety Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving food safety, cleanliness and hygiene standards across all restaurant locations. The role ensures full compliance with local, national, and international food safety regulations, protects customers and the brand from food safety risks, and embeds a culture of food safety across operations.
Requirements
- 5+ years' experience in food safety, quality assurance, or environmental health, preferably in a multi-site restaurant or hospitality environment.
- Proven experience developing and implementing HACCP-based food safety management systems.
- Experience conducting food safety audits, inspections, and managing corrective action programmes.
- Track record of leading food safety incidents and outbreak investigations.
- Experience delivering food safety training and building food safety culture across teams.
- Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, or related field.
- Own vehicle and a valid driver's license.
- Willing to travel to various sites as part of the role.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and enforce food safety policies, standards, and HACCP-based procedures across all restaurant locations.
- Plan and oversee food safety audits and inspections; document findings and drive timely corrective and preventive actions.
- Monitor regulatory changes and ensure ongoing compliance with health codes, ISO 22000, and licensing requirements.
- Design and deliver food safety, cleanliness and hygiene training programmes.
- Investigate food safety incidents, complaints, and outbreaks; lead root-cause analysis and manage recalls.
- Partner with Operations and Store Managers to embed food safety practices and drive a strong food safety culture.
- Manage relationships with regulators, suppliers, and third-party auditors; oversee supplier food safety approval.
- Track, analyse, and report food safety KPIs and performance dashboards to senior leadership.
- Lead internal and external auditors to deliver results.
How to apply
Verify before you apply
SpanSam summarises opportunities for easier discovery. Always confirm the closing date, eligibility requirements and submission instructions on the original source before sending personal information or documents.
About this listing: SpanSam is an opportunity discovery service and is not the hiring employer unless explicitly stated. Application decisions and source-listing changes are controlled by the employer or institution.