Job Opportunity: Sous Chef (Nights)
Location: Amazon LBA5, LS9 0DZ
Pay: £15.50 – £16.00 per hour (based on experience)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week – 7:30pm to 3:30am
Working pattern: 5 nights over 7 (including weekends)
Operation: 24/7 site
We’re looking for a Sous Chef for the day‑to‑day running of a busy kitchen within a 24/7 operation. This is a great opportunity for a motivated and reliable chef ready to take the next step in their culinary career.
Key Responsibilities
* Assist in the smooth running of daily kitchen operations
* Maintain high standards of food preparation and hygiene
* Support with stock control, ordering, and kitchen organisation
* Lead and inspire junior kitchen staff when required
What We’re Looking For
* Proven experience as a CDP or Senior CDP in a high‑volume environment
* Strong organisational and time management skills
* A team player with a positive attitude and passion for food
* Flexibility to work weekends as part of a 5 over 7 schedule
Job Description
* Lead, inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards.
* Build positive, credible, and collaborative relationships & communication methods with clients and other key stakeholders in the business.
* Continually look to develop your team through mentoring, training, recognition, and empowerment.
* Create a culture of excellence with your team, continually striving to push the boundaries of brilliance through natural caring service, obsessive food standards, and innovation.
* Achieve business critical KPIs including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.
Qualifications
* Proven experience working as a Chef's
* Have an obsession for food and creating experiences
* You can demonstrate that managing, training, and supporting a team has been an important part of your career to date
* Financially astute, you are very analytical and know how to create and maintain budgets and drive commercial performance
* Excellent coaching, delegation, and influencing skills
* Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast‑paced, multi‑faced, creative environment and able to thrive under pressure
* Meticulous organisational abilities and a high attention to detail
* Empathetic, clear, and highly effective verbal and written communication
* Ability to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution‑oriented perspective
* Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills
* Works according to the BaxterStorey core values
Benefits
* 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
* Birthday off
* 3 volunteering days
* 3 days grandparent leave
* 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave
* Secondary career leave
* Wedding/commitment day leave
* Free meals on shift
* Bespoke development training
* Pension and life insurance
* Discounts available from HAPI app, from high street shops to holidays & cinema
* Wellbeing hub
* Access to employee assistance programme
* Cycle to work scheme
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