Low Calories — a fast-growing and purpose-driven healthy food brand expanding across the UAE — is now hiring an experienced, detail-oriented, and food-safety-committed Quality Control Specialist to join their expanding quality team. This full-time role is for a passionate food quality professional with 3 to 5 years of proven QC or QA experience in the food industry — someone who brings strong knowledge of food safety standards, hygiene protocols, and compliance requirements, and who shares the company’s mission of making healthy eating accessible and genuinely high quality for consumers across the UAE. If you believe that great quality control is what separates a good food brand from a trusted one — this role was built for you.
About Low Calories — UAE’s Expanding Healthy Food Brand
Brand: Low Calories — a UAE-based healthy food company committed to making nutritious, high-quality, and delicious food accessible to consumers across the Emirates
Growth Stage: Actively expanding — this Quality Control Specialist hire is part of a deliberate team growth strategy driven by the brand’s increasing production scale and consumer demand
Mission: Making healthy eating accessible and high quality — a consumer-first food brand where quality control is not just a compliance function but a core brand value
Industry: Healthy food / FMCG — operating in one of the UAE’s fastest-growing and most consumer-demand-driven food market segments
Culture: A collaborative, passion-driven team that genuinely cares about food quality, food safety, and the wellbeing of the consumers they serve every day
How to Apply — Quality Control Specialist UAE
Send CV to: recruitment@lowcalories.ae
Subject Line: Quality Control Specialist — UAE (include this in your email subject for faster processing)
Include: Updated CV clearly highlighting 3–5 years of QC/QA experience in food industry, food safety knowledge, and any relevant certifications or training
Eligibility: Candidates currently based in UAE with food industry QC experience are strongly preferred — apply today as this expanding brand is actively reviewing applications
Position Overview
The Quality Control Specialist at Low Calories UAE is a hands-on, detail-first, and consumer-protection-focused food quality role within one of the UAE’s most energetic and fast-growing healthy food brands. This professional is the guardian of Low Calories’ product quality and food safety standards — ensuring that every product leaving the facility meets the high quality expectations that consumers trust, the food safety standards that regulations demand, and the hygiene protocols that a growing food brand must consistently maintain to protect both its customers and its reputation. With 3 to 5 years of proven food industry QC or QA experience, a keen eye for non-conformances, and genuine passion for food safety excellence, the successful candidate will play a directly significant role in the company’s quality culture as it scales across the UAE. If you are a food quality professional currently in the UAE searching for Quality Control Specialist jobs in 2026 — with the right food industry background and a passion for making high-quality healthy food the norm — this is your opportunity to join a brand that puts quality at the heart of everything it does. Apply now at recruitment@lowcalories.ae.
Why This Role Matters: As Quality Control Specialist at Low Calories UAE, you are the direct protector of every consumer’s trust in the brand — ensuring that every healthy meal, every nutritious product, and every food item carrying the Low Calories name meets the quality standards that the brand has built its reputation on, apply your food safety knowledge, hygiene compliance expertise, and product quality inspection skills in a genuinely mission-driven food company where quality control is not an afterthought but a core organizational priority embedded in every stage of food production, join a UAE healthy food brand that is actively expanding — where your work as QC Specialist directly supports sustainable growth, regulatory compliance, and the consistent delivery of high-quality products that help UAE consumers make better food choices every day, build a significant food quality career credential in one of the UAE’s most exciting and fast-growing healthy food segments — gaining experience that directly enhances your professional profile and career advancement potential within the UAE’s active food manufacturing and FMCG sector, and work alongside a passionate, consumer-focused, and quality-committed team that genuinely believes healthy eating should be both accessible and excellent — and looks to you as the QC Specialist to make that belief a daily operational reality.
Key Responsibilities
Product Quality Inspection & Standards Enforcement
- Conduct systematic and thorough quality inspections of raw materials, in-process production outputs, and finished food products — ensuring every item meets Low Calories’ established quality specifications, food safety standards, and consumer expectation benchmarks
- Identify, document, and escalate all quality deviations, non-conformances, and product defects identified during inspection activities — ensuring prompt corrective action is taken and that root causes are investigated and effectively resolved
- Monitor and enforce product quality parameters across all stages of food production — including appearance, texture, weight, flavour profile, packaging integrity, and labelling accuracy — maintaining consistent high-quality outputs at every production stage
- Apply a keen, systematic, and uncompromising eye for quality detail across all inspection activities — understanding that as QC Specialist, your attention to detail is the last line of defence between a production non-conformance and a consumer quality complaint
Food Safety Standards & Hygiene Protocol Compliance
- Monitor and enforce compliance with all applicable UAE food safety standards, hygiene regulations, and health authority requirements — ensuring the food production facility and all production activities remain fully compliant at all times
- Implement and maintain hygiene protocols across food production areas — including cleaning and sanitization schedules, pest control monitoring, temperature control verification, and personal hygiene compliance for all food handling personnel
- Conduct regular hygiene and food safety inspections of production areas, storage facilities, and equipment — documenting findings, identifying gaps, and supporting the implementation of corrective actions to maintain full compliance
- Support the development and maintenance of HACCP plans, food safety management documentation, and related compliance records — ensuring all food safety systems are properly documented, actively implemented, and regularly reviewed
Quality Documentation, Reporting & Data Management
- Maintain comprehensive, accurate, and well-organized quality control records — including inspection logs, non-conformance reports, corrective action records, supplier quality assessments, and all other quality documentation required by the company’s QMS
- Prepare clear and analytical quality performance reports for management — providing actionable insights on product quality trends, inspection outcomes, recurring non-conformances, and improvement opportunities across all food production activities
- Track and manage quality KPIs — including defect rates, non-conformance frequency, corrective action closure rates, and supplier quality performance — to support data-driven quality improvement decision-making
- Ensure all quality documentation is maintained in full compliance with UAE food safety regulatory requirements — supporting audit readiness and regulatory inspection preparedness at all times
Continuous Improvement & Team Collaboration
- Identify and propose quality improvement opportunities across production processes, supplier materials, packaging, storage, and distribution activities — contributing to the continuous elevation of Low Calories’ product quality and food safety standards
- Collaborate closely with production, procurement, and operations teams — providing clear and constructive quality guidance that enables all departments to contribute effectively to the company’s high-quality product delivery commitment
- Support training and awareness activities for food handlers and production staff on food safety practices, hygiene standards, and quality expectations — building a strong quality and food safety culture throughout the organization
- Participate actively in supplier quality assessments — helping to verify that all incoming raw materials and packaging meet Low Calories’ quality specifications before entering production, preventing quality issues at source
Qualifications & Requirements
Experience Requirements
- 3 to 5 years of proven experience in Quality Control or Quality Assurance — with food industry experience strongly preferred. Candidates with food manufacturing, healthy food, FMCG, or food service QC backgrounds are most relevant for this UAE role
- Demonstrated hands-on experience in food safety standards implementation, hygiene protocol enforcement, and product quality inspection — with evidence of systematic, thorough, and effective quality control work throughout the career to date
Technical Knowledge
- Strong working knowledge of food safety standards applicable to UAE food manufacturing — including HACCP, GMP, UAE food safety regulations, and applicable health authority requirements for food production operations
- Solid understanding of hygiene protocols, cleaning and sanitization procedures, temperature control management, pest control monitoring, and personal hygiene standards relevant to food production environments in the UAE
- Detail-oriented approach to product quality inspection — with the systematic thinking, observation skills, and professional discipline to consistently identify quality deviations before they become consumer-facing issues
Personal Attributes
- Genuine passion for food safety and product quality excellence — a non-negotiable personal attribute for anyone joining Low Calories’ quality team as QC Specialist in the UAE
- Strong commitment to maintaining product excellence at every stage — the personal ownership and professional pride in quality outcomes that makes the difference between adequate and outstanding QC performance
- A collaborative team player with good communication skills — able to work effectively with production, procurement, and operations colleagues to maintain quality standards across all parts of the food production operation
UAE Healthy Food Market & Quality Control Careers — A Growing Opportunity
Market Growth: The UAE healthy food and wellness-focused FMCG sector is one of the fastest-growing food market segments in the GCC — creating sustained and increasing demand for experienced Quality Control Specialists with food industry backgrounds
Brand Mission: Low Calories is expanding — joining an actively growing healthy food brand as QC Specialist provides rare early-stage career access to a scaling UAE food company where your quality expertise directly shapes the brand’s standards and trajectory
Career Path: Quality Control Specialist roles in UAE food companies provide a clear advancement pathway to Senior QC Specialist, Quality Assurance Manager, and Head of Quality positions within the UAE’s active food manufacturing and healthy food sector
Consumer Demand: UAE consumers’ growing preference for high-quality, nutritionally transparent, and food-safety-assured healthy food products makes skilled QC Specialists among the most genuinely valued professionals in the Emirates’ food industry in 2026
About Low Calories — Healthy Food, High Standards
Low Calories is a UAE-based healthy food brand on an active and exciting growth trajectory — driven by a clear and consumer-resonant mission: making healthy eating accessible and genuinely high quality for people across the Emirates. The company’s commitment to product quality and food safety is not just a regulatory requirement — it is a fundamental expression of the brand’s values and the promise it makes to every consumer who chooses Low Calories for their healthy eating journey. The Quality Control Specialist joining this expanding team will play a central and highly visible role in maintaining the food safety standards, hygiene compliance, and product quality excellence that underpin this promise every single day.
Apply Today: Send your updated CV to recruitment@lowcalories.ae with the subject line: Quality Control Specialist — UAE. Applications from food industry QC professionals currently based in the UAE are strongly encouraged to apply without delay as the brand is actively reviewing candidates.
Who Should Apply?
- Experienced Food Industry QC Professionals: With 3–5 years of Quality Control or Quality Assurance experience in UAE food manufacturing, healthy food, FMCG, or food service — passionate about food safety and product quality excellence
- Food Safety Compliance Specialists: With strong HACCP, GMP, and UAE food safety regulation knowledge and a track record of hygiene protocol implementation and product quality inspection in food production environments
- Detail-Driven Quality Inspectors: Who bring systematic inspection methodology, non-conformance documentation experience, and corrective action management skills to a growing and mission-driven UAE healthy food brand
- Healthy Food Enthusiasts in QC: Who genuinely connect with Low Calories’ mission of making healthy eating accessible and high quality — and want their QC career to align with a food brand they believe in
- UAE-Based Food Quality Professionals: Currently in the UAE with relevant food industry QC experience, available to join an actively expanding healthy food brand, and ready to make an immediate and meaningful quality impact
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