Floor Opening's Trainer
Area / Floating role
Start an exciting new chapter in your hospitality career at Hickory's Smokehouse - We are thrilled to have been recently crowned the ‘Best Pub Employer’ for 2025 at The Publican Awards!
Join us as a Openings Trainer and we can offer you a generous package of up to £36,000 per year including Tip Jar and car allowance!
As an Openings Trainer, you report to the Openings training manager for your department and Openings operations manager. While being a member of the openings team, you also remain part of the wider training community. You will be a key point of communication between openings, training and the restaurant teams. As our new restaurants take their first step on their Hickory’s journey - you play a vital role in the training and development of our new teams. You are responsible for training all new starters and supporting new openings from recruitment to classroom, to 1-1 training, to succession meetings and handovers and delivering a fully certified team.
As the fastest growing, Southern style Smokehouse group in the UK with an award-winning Hickory’s Training Academy, we can offer you amazing opportunities as we expand. And, we have a company culture that really cares & embraces work-life-balance. So, apply now & we can tell you all about it.
Thank Yous & Benefits:
1. An Openings Trainer package of up to £36,000 per year including Tip Jar and car allowance!
2. Excellent training & progression opportunities – through our award-winning Hickory’s Training Academy.
3. Qualification opportunities as you working (up to A-Level & Degree level equivalent).
4. Birthday reward meal on us for you & your friends - every year.
5. Free smokin’ BBQ on shift – team food & drinks menu.
6. Christmas Day off work - every year.
7. Moments that matter - Paid occasions days off (Wedding day, kid’s first day at school, moving into first home & more).
8. Team Player card – 25% discount for you & 5 friends in all Hickory’s (rising to 50% for loyal service).
9. Road trips to the Southern States, Europe & UK and stacks of enrichment opportunities.
10. Wellbeing support & 24-hour access to our wellness programme.
11. Our pledge to a work-life balance – monitoring & managing through our Red Zone.
12. A packed team social & engagement calendar & annual team party.
13. A chance to ‘give a bit back’ with fundraising activities for Cash For Kids
14. Up to £1000 for you – through the refer a friend scheme
If that sounds good or you want to find out more? Click ‘apply’ now and you could be our next Openings Trainer!