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Location: Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £12.95 per hour
Working Hours: 40 per week, 5 days a week (board school operates 7 days)
A co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, catering for just under 400 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of Breakfast, Lunch and Supper with some high‑end hospitality and summer lets. As a boarding school it operates 7 days a week so working patterns would be 5 out of 7 days. There is free parking available at the school.
Kitchen Porter – Join our established and friendly team at our prestigious location in Perth.
Key Responsibilities
* Keep the kitchen hygienic, safe, and up to high standards of cleanliness.
* Assist chefs with food preparation when needed.
* Clean and maintain all kitchen equipment, including heavy catering equipment with air filter and extraction systems.
* Operate the industrial dishwasher.
Key Skills & Qualifications
* Experience in pot wash duties is an advantage.
* Excellent customer service skills.
* Great team player with a can‑do attitude.
* Organisation skills.
* Ability to demonstrate reasonable written and spoken English.
* Experience in a customer or food preparation environment preferred.
* Willingness to work flexible hours including shifts and weekend coverage.
* Knowledge of food safety & hygiene regulations.
Benefits & Perks
* Free meals on duty.
* Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
* Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Recommend a friend bonus.
* Unrivalled individual training and development.
* Well‑established apprenticeship programme.
* Team & company social events.
* Employee assistance programme.
* Workplace pension.
* Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.
About Us
Thomas Franks is a founder‑led fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.
Legal & Disclosures
All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role. An enhanced PVG, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the PVG Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed.
Meta Information
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Management and Manufacturing
* Industries: Hospitality
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