Misfer Al Hawash, Senior Food Specialist

Misfer Al Hawash

Senior Food Specialist

Saudi Food and Drug Authority

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Experience
13 years, 3 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 3 months

Senior Food Specialist at Saudi Food and Drug Authority
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since October 2017

Inspect Local markets( Food Factories, warehouses and hyper markets) to ensure adherence to Food safety and health regulations established by SFDA.

Co-ordinate with other local authorities when carrying an unannounced inspection to ensure full support and efficiency.

Applying knowledge of HACCP and other Food quality systems when inspecting Food factories.

Responding to complaints raised by citizens and residents, as well as investigating the complaints to verify the claims.

Other tasks as necessary.

Food Specialist at Saudi Food and Drug Authority
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2014 to October 2017

Inspect Local markets to ensure adherence to Food safety and health regulations established by SFDA.

Co-ordinate with other local authorities when carrying an unannounced inspection to ensure full support and efficiency.

Applying knowledge of HACCP and other Food quality systems when inspecting Food factories.

Responding to complaints raised by citizens and residents, as well as investigating the complaints to verify the claims.

Other tasks as necessary.

Student Ambassador at Heriot-Watt Uni - Recruitment Office
  • United Kingdom
  • September 2013 to September 2014

- To lead, encourage and support students during on-campus activities.
2. To assist with the upholding of any rules at on-campus events.
3. To promote the Heriot-Watt Uni to prospective students, parents, teachers and careers advisors.
4. To encourage students to explore HE as a viable option for their future.

Treasurer at Heriot-Watt Uni - Muslim Student Society
  • United Kingdom
  • October 2011 to May 2013

Performing a key role, making decisions on all situations faced by the Society.
Participate in all activities run by the HWUMS which are held on regular basis.
Work closely with event team to organise all activities. E.g. fund raising, religious seminars.
Supporting new students to HWU and help them become involved in the society’s activities. E.g. Fresher’s week activities.
Assisting in identifying, developing and making significant contributions towards the development and implementation of new financial plans that leads to the Society being financially stable and have minimised the chances of any financial crisis. This has kept the society on a steady level.
Performing accounting duties in the preparation of financial documents and records.

Supervisor at Saudi Students Clubs in the UK & Ireland
  • United Kingdom
  • September 2010 to September 2011

To provide the best possible support to all new Arab (in particular Saudi Arabian) students coming to study in the UK.
- To assist in dealing with all the issues raised by students (A weekly meeting is held).
- To handle the majority of welfare issues, some of which may involve serious outcomes (advice, guidance and assistance are provided).
-To communicate with other members in the club, sharing experiences with the goal of benefiting each other.
-To organise events and manage regular leisure and social activities.
-To work at the front line, dealing with representatives of some universities and schools.
- To ensure that the values of Saudi Arabia and the UK are clearly expressed and evident.
- To work in association with other Saudi Clubs in the UK to ensure that any valuable experience is shared nationally.
- To be aware of those issues that affect all international students when studying abroad; assisting them in achieving a better understanding of British culture in particular.
- To help students overcome culture shock, as this can have a serious detrimental effect on the student and their family.
- To hold introductory seminars for all new students with the purpose of: explaining regulations, identifying cultural differences and offering examples of situations that they are likely to face in daily life and suggesting how best to deal with them.
- To take part in a training programme.
- To respect the privacy of the student by protecting personal information and maintaining the security of students.
- To protect sensitive and confidential information relating to students.
- Be active in incident management.

Education

Master's degree, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
  • at King Abdulaziz University
  • October 2019
Bachelor's degree, Biological Sciences
  • at Heriot-Watt University
  • June 2014

I hold a BSc(Hons) 2:1 in Biological Sciences - Food Science.

High school or equivalent, Biology, Chemistry
  • at Heriot-Watt University
  • January 2010

Specialties & Skills

Food Quality
Food Safety
Protein Analysis
Food Science
ACCOUNTING
CHROMATOGRAPHY
CONFIDENT
CRISIS MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
BACTERIA

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

HOW TO PUBLISH WITH WILY (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2018
Valid Until:
March 2018
Working with Difficult People (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2018
Project Management Foundations: Ethics (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2018
Office 365: Learning Outlook (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2018
Agreements for Success in Global Projects (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2018
Inspection Techniques Module (Training)
Training Institute:
Division of Food Safety - University of Birmingham
Date Attended:
February 2015
Duration:
40 hours
Train the trainer (Training)
Training Institute:
Edinburgh Academy For Advanced Training
Date Attended:
February 2010
Duration:
72 hours

Hobbies

  • Football
    Heriot-Watt University 5-A-side league- First position with Jaguars Team - 2010-2011 Heriot-Watt University 5-A-side league- First position with Jaguars Team - 2011-2012