Assistant Food Safety & Hygiene Manager

Application Deadline: 15 September 2026

Department: Food & Beverage

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Egypt - Cairo

Compensation: EGP0 / month

Description

Key Responsibilities

•  Set an example by reporting to duty punctually wearing business attire according to the hotels dress code & Kempinski grooming standards, maintaining a high standard of personal appearance and hygiene at all times.
•  Ensure that all Food & Beverage employees have an adequate knowledge of food safety.
•  Organize Food safety meetings and training s and keep accurate records of all trainings and meetings held.
• Follow up with all related teams that trainings are understood and actions implemented.
• Develop food safety committees for the hotel to ensure all actions are communicated towards the operations.
•   Have a thorough knowledge and understanding of all food and beverage items offered.
•   Attend the daily Food & Beverage meeting.
•   Develop a monthly report of the operational hygiene gaps and develop an action plan.
•  Develop on the job trainings for all kitchen, service and stewarding staff
•   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
• Prepare and compile monthly, weekly F&B reports.
•    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 site visits for potential outside caterings.
•   Attend operations and set-up during outside caterings to evaluate eventual hygiene gaps.
•    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.
•    Develop a regular pest control programme with the Stewarding department to ensure prevention.
•   Conduct regular meetings with third party hygiene consultants to discuss critical points.
• To collect food samples from events and outside caterings for future reference.
•    Spot check on receiving area for food hygiene and vendor product quality to ensure the hotel’s criteria is met.
•     Be flexible to assist the operation when and as required during operational peaks or seasonal festivities.
•    Ensure to withhold and not to disclose any details or administrative communications, personal information or overheard conversations in the office to others.
• Promote a Fun, Professional and Disciplined work environment.
• Responsible for HACCP/Pre-requisite Program implementation through monitoring, coordination, assessment, verification and follow-up.
• Monitor, evaluate and review existing, new and upcoming Health and Safety legislation and ensure that the College has systems and procedures in place to meet legal compliance.
• Assists the Commercial, Engineering, Stewarding and Operations Department in their dealings with Clients in all issues concerned with Health and Safety at work. 
• Perform internal audits and reports and follow-up to ensure compliance for all F&B areas including the staff canteen.
• Undertake the planning and implementation of fire drills and other evacuation procedures, e.g. in the case of a bomb threat and as part of the College’s Emergency Plan and Business Continuity teams
• Develops policies, plans and procedures to minimize risk to the public and employees.

About Kempinski