Food Safety Officer at Ascentech Services Limited

Salary: ₦300,000 to ₦350,000

Job Summary

To ensure compliance with food safety standards and company requirements by monitoring the Food Safety Management System, hygiene, GMP, and product quality across the processing facility.

Responsibilities

• Implement and monitor HACCP, FSMS, GMP, GHP, and FSSC/ISO 22000 requirements.
• Conduct routine hygiene, production, warehouse, and food safety inspections.
• Monitor CCPs, OPRPs, raw materials, in-process activities, and finished products.
• Maintain food safety records, SOPs, reports, and audit documentation.
• Support internal, customer, certification, and regulatory audits.
• Investigate non-conformities and complaints and implement corrective actions.
• Coordinate fumigation, shelf-life monitoring, sampling, and proper product storage.
• Ensure compliant loading, ALP treatment, and dispatch documentation.
• Conduct food safety/hygiene training and promote food safety awareness.
• Submit daily quality and consumable reports and perform QC activities when required.

Requirements

• B.Sc. / Msc in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, or related field.
• 1–5 years’ experience in food safety/QA within a food processing or manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, GMP, GHP, FSMS, and food safety regulations.
• HACCP/Food Safety Level 3 or 4 certification preferred; FSSC/ISO 22000 is an advantage.
• Strong inspection, auditing, documentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to work Sundays/public holidays when required.