Hygiene Officer (Saudi National)

Role Overview

Hygiene Officer position at InterContinental Hotels & Resorts in Saudi Arabia. This role is restricted to Saudi National candidates.

Company Overview

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is the world's first and most global luxury hotel brand, operating since the 1940s. The company combines international expertise with local cultural insight to create sophisticated and inspiring experiences for guests. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides a culture of trust, support, and acceptance, with inclusive teams that celebrate differences.

Role Purpose

The Hygiene Officer supports the hotel in maintaining the highest standards of hygiene, sanitation, and food safety. Working closely with Culinary, Food and Beverage, Stewarding, Housekeeping, Engineering, Purchasing, and other operational departments, you will protect the wellbeing of guests and colleagues while ensuring compliance with IHG brand standards and applicable regulations.

Key Responsibilities

Monitoring & Inspection

• Monitor hygiene, sanitation, and food-safety standards across the hotel.
• Conduct routine inspections of kitchens, receiving areas, food-storage areas, restaurants, bars, colleague facilities, equipment, and operational workspaces.
• Monitor cleaning schedules, sanitation programmes, pest-control activities, and hygiene checklists.
• Monitor food receiving, storage, preparation, production, service, waste handling, and disposal practices.

Risk Identification & Corrective Action

• Identify hygiene risks and non-compliance, documenting findings and following up on corrective actions.
• Support investigations into hygiene-related incidents, food-safety concerns, suspected contamination, and guest complaints.
• Maintain high attention to detail and follow up consistently on corrective actions.

Systems & Standards

• Support the implementation and maintenance of the hotel's HACCP and food-safety management systems.
• Ensure compliance with IHG brand standards, local health regulations, HACCP requirements, and other applicable food-safety standards.
• Check that cleaning chemicals, equipment, and personal protective equipment are correctly labelled, stored, maintained, and available.

Training & Culture

• Conduct hygiene, food-safety, allergen-awareness, and personal-hygiene training for colleagues.
• Promote a strong culture of hygiene, accountability, and continuous improvement throughout the hotel.
• Address non-compliance professionally and diplomatically.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain accurate records of hygiene inspections, temperature checks, cleaning logs, pest-control reports, training, incidents, and corrective actions.
• Prepare regular hygiene and food-safety reports and escalate significant risks to the relevant department leaders.
• Maintain proficiency in digital and manual record-keeping.

Coordination & Audits

• Coordinate food, water, ice, and surface sampling with approved laboratories when required.
• Assist during internal and external audits, government inspections, and certification processes.

Qualifications & Experience

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Environmental Health, Microbiology, Public Health, Hospitality, or a related discipline.
• Minimum two years of relevant experience in hygiene, sanitation, food safety, or quality control, preferably within a hotel, resort, restaurant, healthcare, or food-production environment.
• Food Safety, HACCP, ISO 22000, or occupational health and safety certification would be an advantage.

Skills & Competencies

• Good knowledge of HACCP principles, food-safety controls, sanitation procedures, cleaning chemicals, pest control, and personal-hygiene standards.
• Understanding of food allergens, cross-contamination risks, temperature controls, and safe food-storage practices.
• Strong observation, inspection, documentation, and reporting skills.
• Good communication and training skills.
• Good command of written and spoken English. Arabic language skills would be an advantage.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Flexibility to work across kitchens, production areas, receiving areas, and other hotel operations as required.
• Ability to work around cleaning chemicals, noise, and temperature variations while wearing required personal protective equipment.

Additional Information

• Competitive salary and a wide range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing.
• IHG Hotels & Resorts welcomes everyone and creates inclusive teams where differences are celebrated.