Company Description
Kitchen Assistant Position (Maternity Leave Cover)
Dear Candidate’s
We are excited to announce a temporary opportunity for a Kitchen Assistant to cover a team member on maternity leave. Below are the details:
1. Contract Duration: One year
2. 3. Working Hours: 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
4. School Term Time
Duties : Assisting the Head Chef kitchen related tasks like vegetable peeling and cutting, preparing salads and desserts, displaying food items, maintaining cleanliness in the kitchen, and Supporting day-to-day kitchen operations
Requirements:
5. Residency in the UK
6. Childrens DBS
7. Childrens Safeguarding
8. Unrestricted right to work
9. Previous kitchen experience
10. Reliable transportation
If you meet these criteria and are passionate for culinary work and enjoy a dynamic kitchen environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Looking forward to welcoming you to our team
Job Description
Operational
11. Assist Head Chef & Chefs with food preparation and production throughout the outlet, variably for breakfast, lunch, dinner and buffet services, ensuring that the agreed operating standards are consistently achieved, as agreed with the senior chef on duty
12. Ensure that the production and service of food/meals is delivered to the specified requirements and agreed standards, as agreed with the senior chef on duty
13. Assist with the receipt and storage of goods deliveries for the service outlet as required, ensuring that that control systems and standards are adhered to at all times
14. Undertake personal responsibility for Food Hygiene, Health and Safety relating to food production and services whilst performing duties, consistently following required legal compliance and best practice in line with policy and procedure and embracing the Zero Harm culture.
15. Assist with the safe keeping and maintenance of the equipment and machinery to the required standards of hygiene and safety
16. Undertake professional communication with colleagues within the workplace
17. Participate with colleagues in a regularly convened catering staff forums
18. Work & liaise effectively & supportively with all other Somerset Larder colleagues & departments in the interests of contributing to a professional work environment
19. Assist and support across the operational boundaries within Somerset Larder as and when agreed and the business dictates, in-keeping with the role and/or working development opportunities
Development
20. Observe policies and procedures which are introduced for continually improved food production and services, in liaison with other colleagues as appropriate
General
21. Ensure that all personal actions are in line with the overall environmental aims of Somerset Larder, undertaking all tasks in an environmentally sustainable manner - promoting environmental sustainability where opportunity presents.
Our Ideal candidate will have the following characteristics in line with our values
Togetherness
· Ability to work as part of a team
· A flexible approach to working hours
· Be supportive of colleagues
Nurture
· Keen to learn on the job
· Hold Food Safety Level 2 (or be able to achieve on appointment)
Pride
· Be honest and trustworthy
· Able to work independently
· Have a can-do approach
Qualifications
Skills/Knowledge/Experience Required
22. Relevant technical culinary skills gained within a similar-sized and similarly-diverse environment and to the requirements of the post
23. Organisational skills
24. Gain insight in to the NNB particular way of working, with understanding for the need of enhanced security and vetting procedures.
Additional Information
South West Larder offers a generous benefits package which includes:
25. Employee Assistance Programme
26. 30 days holiday (including bank holidays)
27. Christmas Shutdown (location dependant)
28. Flexible shift options
29. Ongoing Learning, Development & Training
30. Access to Occupational Health
31. Cycle Scheme
32. Pension Scheme (5% matched)
33. Free Meal on Shift
34. Extra Hour pay per day for using the HPC bus service
Successful applicants will be required to provide a three-year employment history and five-year address history in order to work on Hinkley Point C. They must be able to provide in date photographic ID and their right to work in the UK so that security clearance can be obtained as these roles are based on a nuclear regulated site.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
IND3