Quality Assurance Inspector - Butchery
Posted date [2026-05-25]
(ID: 45657)
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Talabat is the MENA region’s leading on-demand delivery platform, headquartered in Dubai and operating across eight markets. We leverage a tech-driven flywheel model to connect millions of users with food, groceries, and essential services. By bridging the gap between people and local businesses, we continue to scale our ecosystem and simplify everyday life through innovation. |
Job Description and Requirements
Quality Assurance Inspector - ButcheryJob Snapshot
Role: Quality Assurance Inspector - Butchery
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Grocery
Function: Quality Assurance
Experience: Relevant experience required
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Quality Assurance Inspector - Butchery in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Grocery industry opportunity focused on inspecting butchery and poultry products within a manufacturing facility to ensure food safety, product quality, regulatory compliance, and production consistency. This role is suitable for candidates with experience in quality inspection, meat processing, poultry handling, food safety, HACCP, GMP, and manufacturing quality control.
The position supports safe food production by checking raw materials, finished products, packaging quality, temperature control, product specifications, inspection data, and corrective action requirements across butchery and poultry operations.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Grocery
Function: Quality Assurance
Salary: 4000-7000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Quality Assurance Inspector will support product safety and quality standards inside a butchery and poultry manufacturing environment. The role requires careful inspection of raw materials and finished products, accurate use of measuring instruments, strong documentation habits, and a practical understanding of meat and poultry quality requirements.
This position directly contributes to customer safety, product consistency, operational compliance, and reduced quality risk. The successful candidate will work closely with production teams and managers to ensure that food safety protocols, inspection standards, and corrective actions are applied correctly throughout the manufacturing process.
Key Responsibilities
Read and understand standard operating procedures, product specifications, and quality expectations for butchery and poultry products.
Inspect raw materials, in-process items, and finished products to ensure they meet approved quality, safety, and production standards.
Select samples for quality checks using defined inspection methods and approved quality control procedures.
Check product weight, cutting specifications, temperature control, packaging integrity, appearance, freshness, and handling quality.
Use measuring tools such as thermometers, calibrated scales, pH meters, and moisture analyzers to complete accurate quality and food safety checks.
Calibrate and verify measuring instruments to ensure reliable inspection results and compliance with quality requirements.
Analyze inspection results, test readings, and quality data to identify deviations, non-conformities, and possible food safety risks.
Document inspection findings clearly and maintain accurate quality control records for audit and compliance purposes.
Report non-conformities to relevant teams and recommend corrective actions based on approved quality assurance procedures.
Follow HACCP, GMP, food safety, hygiene, and manufacturing quality protocols during all inspection activities.
Monitor butchery and poultry processing practices to ensure production teams follow required quality and safety standards.
Support investigations related to product quality issues, process deviations, packaging concerns, or handling errors.
Work with production employees, supervisors, and managers to promote quality awareness and compliance during daily operations.
Communicate inspection results and quality concerns clearly to cross-functional teams.
Support continuous improvement by identifying recurring quality issues and helping teams apply practical preventive measures.
Ideal Profile
The ideal candidate should have proven experience as a Quality Inspector, QA Inspector, QC Inspector, or similar role in a butchery, poultry, meat processing, food manufacturing, or fresh food production facility.
Experience in butchery operations or strong knowledge of meat cutting specifications, poultry handling, product grading, and processing standards will be highly preferred.
Food Safety Certification such as HACCP, GMP, or an equivalent qualification is essential.
The candidate should understand manufacturing quality control processes, food safety principles, QA/QC practices, product inspection methods, and regulatory requirements for meat and poultry products.
Strong familiarity with inspection tools such as thermometers, pH meters, calibrated scales, and related measuring instruments is required.
The role suits someone with strong attention to detail, accuracy, problem-solving ability, and confidence in identifying quality issues before they affect production or customers.
The successful candidate should be able to work independently, make practical quality decisions, and communicate clearly with production and quality teams.
Fluency in written and spoken English is required, while Arabic language knowledge will be an advantage.
Skills Set
Quality Assurance
Quality Control
Butchery Inspection
Poultry Inspection
Food Safety
HACCP
GMP
Meat Processing
Manufacturing Quality Control
Product Sampling
Raw Material Inspection
Finished Product Inspection
Temperature Control
Packaging Integrity Checks
Cut Specification Checks
Weight Verification
pH Meter Usage
Calibrated Scale Usage
Thermometer Usage
Moisture Analyzer Usage
Non-Conformity Reporting
Corrective Action Support
Inspection Documentation
QA/QC Principles
Food Hygiene
Regulatory Compliance
Problem Solving
Production Team Coordination
Why Join Us
This role offers the opportunity to work in a quality-focused grocery and food production environment in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is a strong fit for candidates who want to build deeper experience in butchery quality inspection, poultry safety, fresh food compliance, and manufacturing QA/QC standards.
As grocery, fresh food, and Q-commerce operations continue to grow, quality assurance professionals with strong food safety knowledge and inspection discipline remain essential for protecting customers, maintaining product standards, and supporting reliable supply chain performance.
About the Company
talabat is part of Delivery Hero Group and operates as a leading food delivery, grocery, Q-commerce, and everyday delivery platform across the region. The company supports customers, restaurants, retailers, local shops, suppliers, and riders through technology-led marketplace services focused on speed, convenience, product quality, and reliable customer experience.
