Al Mukhtar Bakery — a well-established UAE bakery brand — is hiring an experienced and food-safety-focused Quality Controller (QC) for its Basta Sales / Sharjah Branch location. In this essential role, you will ensure that every bakery product leaving the production line meets the company’s quality, food safety, and hygiene standards — from raw material inspection through production monitoring, finished product checks, HACCP and GMP compliance, staff hygiene supervision, documentation, CAPA management, and employee food safety training. If you have 3 to 5 years of hands-on bakery or food manufacturing QC experience and a solid foundation in UAE food safety regulations including Dubai Municipality and ADAFSA requirements, Al Mukhtar Bakery is looking for you.
How to Apply: Send your updated CV to hradmin@almukhtarbakery.com
Subject Line: Please write “QC – Sharjah Branch” in your email subject line.
About Al Mukhtar Bakery — UAE Bakery Quality Standards
Company: Al Mukhtar Bakery — an established UAE bakery producing a range of products including bread, pastries, cakes, and confectionery across multiple UAE branches
Branch: Sharjah Branch (Basta Sales) — this Quality Controller role is specifically for the Sharjah production and sales facility
Regulatory Framework: Dubai Municipality, ADAFSA (Abu Dhabi Agriculture & Food Safety Authority), UAE food safety regulations — full compliance is central to this role’s mandate
Standards Required: HACCP, GMP, GHP — applied across raw material receiving, production monitoring, storage, hygiene, and finished product dispatch
Products: Bread, pastries, cakes, confectionery — experience specifically with bakery product quality inspection is strongly preferred
Why Work as Quality Controller at Al Mukhtar Bakery in UAE?
Tax-Free UAE Income: Competitive salary in the UAE’s zero-income-tax environment — every dirham you earn is yours to keep
Bakery-Specific Career Building: Develop specialized QC expertise in the bakery and confectionery sector — one of the UAE’s most active and growing food production industries
Full Regulatory Exposure: Gain hands-on experience with Dubai Municipality and ADAFSA compliance, HACCP, and GMP in a real UAE production environment
Quality Leadership Opportunity: Lead food safety training, internal audits, and corrective action programmes — building the supervisory and leadership credentials for senior QA roles in the GCC
Position Overview
This Quality Controller (QC) role at Al Mukhtar Bakery’s Sharjah Branch is a full-time, on-site position responsible for ensuring that all bakery products consistently meet the company’s quality, food safety, and hygiene standards across every stage of production and dispatch. You will inspect raw materials on receipt, monitor the production process for consistency, conduct finished product quality checks covering taste, texture, appearance, weight, and packaging, ensure full compliance with HACCP, GMP, and GHP standards, supervise staff hygiene and PPE compliance, conduct daily hygiene inspections, maintain comprehensive QC documentation, record non-conformances and corrective/preventive actions, and train production staff on quality and hygiene procedures. The role also involves supporting municipality and food safety audits, ensuring product labelling and expiry date compliance, investigating customer complaints, and contributing to continuous process improvement initiatives. With 3 to 5 years of bakery or food manufacturing QC experience, a Food Safety Level 2 or 3 certification, and ideally a HACCP certification, this is one of the UAE’s most well-defined and professionally rewarding bakery quality control opportunities available in 2026.
Why This Role Matters: As Quality Controller at Al Mukhtar Bakery Sharjah, you are the quality guardian for every loaf of bread, pastry, cake, and confectionery item that leaves the production line and reaches consumers across the UAE — your inspections, your hygiene monitoring, and your corrective actions directly protect public health and the company’s reputation, you build specialized quality control expertise in the bakery sector — a highly specific and valuable credential in the UAE’s fast-growing food manufacturing and food retail industry where bakery quality standards are taken seriously by regulators and consumers alike, you gain direct operational experience with Dubai Municipality and ADAFSA compliance frameworks — two of the most practically valuable regulatory credentials for food quality professionals building careers across the GCC’s food safety sector, and your training delivery, CAPA management, and audit support experience positions you for advancement into senior QA roles in UAE food manufacturing — a career trajectory with strong demand and clear professional progression across the Emirates and the wider Gulf region.
Key Responsibilities
Quality Control — Production & Finished Product
- Inspect raw materials upon receiving — verifying quality specifications, freshness, labelling accuracy, and supplier compliance before any materials enter the production process
- Monitor bakery production processes continuously to ensure product consistency — checking mixing, baking, cooling, and packaging stages to maintain defined quality standards throughout each production run
- Conduct quality checks on all finished bakery products before dispatch — evaluating taste, texture, appearance, weight, and packaging integrity against established specifications
- Identify and report product quality issues, specification deviations, and non-conformances — recommending and tracking corrective actions to prevent recurrence and protect product quality consistency
Food Safety, Hygiene & GMP Compliance
- Ensure full, documented compliance with HACCP, GMP, and GHP standards across all production and storage areas — maintaining the food safety framework that protects products and consumers at all times
- Monitor production staff hygiene practices and PPE compliance on a daily basis — coaching, correcting, and documenting hygiene observations to maintain the highest standards of personal food safety conduct
- Conduct daily hygiene inspections across production, storage, and dispatch areas — documenting findings, identifying risks, and ensuring cleaning and sanitation procedures are followed correctly and on schedule
- Monitor product storage temperatures, cold chain compliance, and shelf-life management — ensuring all bakery products are stored, rotated, and dispatched in full compliance with food safety requirements
Documentation, CAPA & Compliance Reporting
- Maintain complete, accurate, and up-to-date QC inspection reports, quality records, and daily monitoring logs — ensuring all documentation is traceable, retrievable, and audit-ready at all times
- Record all non-conformances and complete Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) documentation — tracking each action from identification through implementation and closure verification
- Ensure compliance with Dubai Municipality, ADAFSA, and applicable UAE food safety regulations — preparing the documentation and operational evidence needed to demonstrate ongoing regulatory compliance
- Support the company during municipality inspections, food safety authority audits, and internal quality reviews — coordinating documentation access and operational readiness across the production team
Staff Training & Continuous Improvement
- Train production staff on quality standards, hygiene practices, GMP requirements, and food safety awareness — delivering toolbox talks, onboarding training, and refresher sessions as required
- Promote a genuine food safety and quality culture across the bakery team — ensuring that every production employee understands their personal responsibility for the safety and quality of the products they handle
- Investigate customer complaints related to product quality — conducting structured root cause analyses, identifying process gaps, and implementing corrective actions that prevent quality issues from reaching consumers
- Recommend and support process improvements that reduce waste, improve production consistency, and strengthen the overall quality management system across the Sharjah branch
Qualifications & Requirements
Educational Requirements
- Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, Quality Assurance, or a closely related scientific field — BSc is preferred and required by the job poster
- HACCP Certification is preferred and will strengthen your application significantly
- Food Safety Level 2 or Level 3 Certification is required — demonstrating a recognized foundation in food safety management applicable to UAE production environments
- Knowledge of GMP, GHP, and ISO 22000 is a meaningful advantage and will be seen positively during the selection process
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience as a Quality Controller in a bakery, food manufacturing, or FMCG company — direct production floor QC experience is essential
- Experience with bakery products such as bread, pastries, cakes, and confectionery is strongly preferred — understanding the specific quality and shelf-life challenges of these product categories
- Experience with UAE food safety regulations including Dubai Municipality and ADAFSA requirements is a meaningful and practically important advantage for this role
About Al Mukhtar Bakery — Quality Baking Across the UAE
Al Mukhtar Bakery is an established UAE bakery brand producing a diverse range of quality bakery products — including bread, pastries, cakes, and confectionery — for consumers across the Emirates. With a commitment to food safety, product consistency, and customer satisfaction that meets and exceeds UAE regulatory standards, Al Mukhtar Bakery is building a professional quality control team that ensures every product bearing its name delivers on the promise of quality and safety. The Sharjah Branch quality controller role is a hands-on, operationally central position for a food safety professional who takes pride in the quality of the products they protect — and who understands that great bakery begins with great quality control.
Who Should Apply?
- Bakery QC Professionals: With 3–5 years of quality control experience specifically in bakery, pastry, or confectionery food production environments in the UAE or GCC
- HACCP & Food Safety Certified Candidates: With Food Safety Level 2 or 3 certification and hands-on experience implementing HACCP, GMP, and GHP standards in a food production setting
- UAE Food Regulation-Savvy QC Officers: Familiar with Dubai Municipality and ADAFSA compliance requirements and experienced at maintaining production readiness for regulatory inspections
- Food Science Graduates: With a relevant Diploma or BSc and 3+ years of practical bakery or food manufacturing QC experience ready to grow their UAE food quality career
- Sharjah-Based or UAE-Resident Candidates: Able to work on-site at the Al Mukhtar Bakery Sharjah Branch full-time and ready to join a professional, quality-committed bakery team
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