Cold Store jobs in UAE

PIC LEVEL 3 CERTIFICATION IS A MUST

About NRTC Group:

· Glorious legacy of over 50 years in the U.A.E

· Growth from humble beginnings to an industry pioneer

· Leading importer and exporter of fruits and vegetables.

· A dynamic group of 3000 associates and growing!!

· Modern storage facilities compliant with ISO standards.

· Fleet of 300+ vehicles.

QHSE Supervisor – Fruits & Vegetables Cold Store

Department: Quality / QHSE / Warehouse Operations
Reports To: Operations Manager
Location: UAE
Certification: PIC Level 3 Certification – Mandatory

Job Purpose

To supervise and ensure compliance with Quality, Health, Safety, Environment, Food Safety and inventory-control requirements across the fruits and vegetables cold-store operation.

The role is responsible for maintaining high standards of fresh-produce quality, cold-chain compliance, hygiene, workplace safety and inventory accuracy through systematic inspections, product-quality checks, cycle counts, audits, associate training and corrective-action follow-up.

The QHSE Supervisor will also act as a subject-matter specialist for fresh-produce quality and food-safety practices, providing guidance and training to warehouse, receiving, QC, inventory and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

1. Quality Control – Fruits & Vegetables

• Supervise quality-control activities across inbound, storage, processing, cross-dock and outbound operations.
• Conduct and supervise dock-level sampling and receiving quality inspections.
• Inspect fresh fruits and vegetables for grading, freshness, and overall quality compliance.
• Establish and maintain grading and product-acceptance standards.
• Ensure proper segregation of:
• Prime stock
• Reject stock
• Damaged stock
• Expired stock
• Ensure expired products are blocked from entering the cross-dock or dispatch process.
• Conduct destructive sampling and internal-quality analysis for products prone to internal defects.
• Record, photograph and report quality findings.
• Verify products against approved product images, specifications and scanner/system information.
• Provide quality guidance to receiving, warehouse and QC associates on product acceptability.
• Identify and escalate recurring quality issues for supplier/vendor corrective action.
• Conduct regular vendor quality reviews where applicable.
• Track inbound rejection rates, dock rejections and internal quality rejections.

2. Food Safety & Hygiene

• Ensure compliance with UAE food-safety regulations and internal food-safety standards.
• Ensure timely and accurate updates of Dubai Municipality Foodwatch / DM Checked requirements, where applicable.
• Monitor compliance across:
• Inbound receiving
• Storage
• Cross-docking
• Processing
• Dispatch
• GMP requirements
• Conduct routine hygiene and GMP inspections.
• Ensure correct cold-room and product-storage temperatures are maintained.
• Review and verify temperature-monitoring records.
• Ensure proper segregation of sensitive and odor producing products.
• Monitor FIFO and FEFO compliance.
• Ensure food-contact areas and equipment meet hygiene requirements.
• Monitor pest-control compliance and escalate observations immediately.
• Investigate product contamination, spoilage and food-safety incidents.
• Maintain food-safety and hygiene inspection records for audit purposes.

3. Health & Safety

• Conduct regular workplace safety inspections across warehouse, cold-store, loading and unloading areas.
• Identify unsafe conditions, unsafe acts and operational risks.
• Ensure employees comply with PPE requirements.
• Monitor forklift and pedestrian segregation.
• Ensure loading bays, aisles, emergency exits and access routes remain clear.
• Ensure firefighting and emergency equipment remains accessible.
• Conduct toolbox talks and safety briefings.
• Investigate:
• Accidents
• Incidents
• Near misses
• Property damage
• Conduct root-cause analysis and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Track closure of safety observations and corrective actions.
• Support emergency evacuation and safety drills.
• Promote a strong safety culture across warehouse operations.

4. Inventory Control & Physical Verification

• Supervise daily cycle-counting activities.
• Conduct physical stock verification against system inventory.
• Investigate physical-versus-system inventory variances.
• Coordinate recounts before inventory adjustments.
• Ensure no stock adjustment is processed without proper investigation and authorization.
• Maintain complete cycle-count and variance-investigation records.
• Support monthly, quarterly and annual stock counts.
• Identify recurring inventory discrepancies and recommend corrective action.
• Verify correct product location and traceability within the warehouse.

5. Outbound & Dispatch Quality Audits

• Conduct random quality audits for inbound and outbound.
• Inspect: Product quality, Product temperature, Pre-cooling compliance, Pallet condition, Palletization, Packaging, Labelling, Quantity accuracy
• Ensure damaged, expired or unacceptable products are not accepted inbound or dispatched.
• Verify FIFO/FEFO compliance during dispatch.
• Escalate quality deviations before vehicle departure.
• Maintain outbound audit records.

6. Equipment Calibration & Compliance

• Conduct or coordinate internal calibration checks for:
• Weighing scales
• Thermometers
• Temperature probes
• Other quality-monitoring devices
• Maintain calibration schedules and logbooks.
• Ensure devices are calibrated according to SOP requirements.
• Remove defective or out-of-calibration equipment from use.
• Coordinate external calibration where required.

7. Training & Development

• Conduct shift-start quality and safety briefings.
• Deliver training to employees on:
• Fresh-produce handling
• Product grading
• Quality standards
• Hygiene
• GMP
• FIFO/FEFO
• Cold-chain requirements
• Food safety
• PPE
• Workplace safety
• Act as a specialist L&D resource for fresh fruits and vegetables handling.
• Coach receiving, QC and warehouse associates on product-quality standards.
• Maintain training attendance and competency records.
• Identify recurring operational errors and provide refresher training.

8. Audits, Reporting & Documentation

• Maintain accurate QHSE, QC and inventory documentation.
• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly quality and safety reports.
• Maintain evidence required for internal and external audits.
• Document product, PO and supplier discrepancies with relevant timestamps and user details.
• Track:
• Product rejection rates
• Quality complaints
• Inventory variances
• Temperature deviations
• Safety incidents
• Near misses
• Audit findings
• Corrective actions
• Conduct internal compliance audits.
• Support customer, regulatory and certification audits.
• Escalate significant quality, food-safety, safety or inventory risks immediately to management.

Education & Certification

Mandatory

• PIC Level 3 Certification is mandatory.
• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in one of the following is preferred:
• Food Science
• Food Technology
• Occupational Health & Safety

Preferred Certifications

• HACCP Certification
• Food Safety Certification
• ISO 22000 / Food Safety Management System exposure
• ISO 9001 Quality Management exposure
• Occupational Health & Safety certification such as IOSH or NEBOSH
• Internal Auditor Certification

Experience Required

• Minimum 2–3 years of relevant experience in quality, food safety, QHSE, inventory control or warehouse operations.
• Hands-on experience in Fruits & Vegetables / fresh produce is strongly preferred.
• Experience within any of the following industries is preferred:
• Fruits & Vegetables
• 3PL
• Cold Store
• Food Processing
• Strong experience with fresh-produce receiving, grading, handling and quality standards.
• Experience working in temperature-controlled or cold-store environments.
• Experience conducting inventory cycle counts and variance investigations.
• UAE food-industry or cold-store experience is mandatory.
• Knowledge of Dubai Municipality / Foodwatch requirements is a must.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Medical Insurance
• Friendly and supportive working environment
• Career growth opportunities within the company
• Visa provided by the company

Pay: AED6,000.00 - AED6,500.00 per month

Application Question(s):

• Are you available to join immediately?
• What is your expected monthly salary in AED?

Experience:

• UAE QHSE: 2 years (Preferred)
• UAE Cold Store: 2 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• PIC 3 Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person