Company Chef – Ajman

Oilburg; Ajman; On-site; AED 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company visa

Accommodation provided

Medical insurance

Annual leave with return ticket

Job summary

Oilburg is seeking a full-time Chef in Ajman to run the staff kitchen. You will cook two meals daily for about 80 drivers and mechanics, with a Punjabi/North Indian home-style menu. The role involves planning menus, ordering supplies, and managing a small kitchen team in a busy yard.

Responsibilities include early packed lunches, high-volume cooking, inventory control, and maintaining safety standards. Accommodation and UAE visa are provided, with six-day weeks and a rotating schedule.

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years cooking Punjabi/North Indian food for large groups.
• Experience feeding 80+ people daily on a fixed budget.
• Must handle tandoor, dal, curries, roti/paratha, biryani, sweets in high volume.

Responsibilities

• Plan and cook lunch and dinner for about 80 staff daily with a rotating Punjabi menu.
• Prepare early packed lunches for drivers starting before 6 am.
• Cook hearty, high-calorie meals suitable for heavy physical work.
• Manage kitchen store: stock, orders, waste and cost per head.
• Maintain kitchen cleanliness to Ajman Municipality standards and hold a valid food handler certificate.
• Supervise one or two kitchen helpers; manage rota and hygiene.

Skills

Punjabi/North Indian cooking

Large-group feeding (80+)

Menu planning & rotation

Food safety & hygiene

Team supervision

Early starts / split shifts

Education

Food handler certificate

Tools

Tandoor

Large-batch cooking

Job description

Role summary

We are hiring a full-time Chef to run the staff kitchen at our facility in Ajman, UAE. The selected person will be cooking 2 meals a day for around 80 drivers and mechanics. The team is mostly from Punjab, India, so the core menu is Punjabi and North Indian home-style food — dal, sabzi, roti, rice, chicken and mutton curries, parathas, lassi and chai.

• Location: Fleet yard, Ajman, UAE
• Reports to: Operations Manager
• Headcount fed: ~80 staff, 2 meals daily, 7 days a week
• Cuisine: Punjabi / North Indian, vegetarian and non-vegetarian
• Type: Full-time, company visa, accommodation provided

Key responsibilities

• Plan and cook lunch and dinner for about 80 staff every day, with a weekly rotating Punjabi menu (vegetarian and non-vegetarian options at every meal).
• Prepare early packed lunches for drivers leaving the yard before 6 am or out on long-haul trips.
• Cook hearty, high-calorie meals suited to men doing heavy physical work in the heat — generous portions, fresh roti and rice at every meal.
• Manage the kitchen store: order vegetables, meat, flour, rice, spices and gas; keep stock records; control waste and cost per head.
• Keep the kitchen, dining area and store clean to Ajman Municipality food safety standards; hold a valid food handler certificate.
• Supervise one or two kitchen helpers — rota, hygiene, portioning and serving.
• Cater for Ramadan (suhoor and iftar timings), Indian festivals (Diwali, Baisakhi, Lohri) and occasional management or client meals at the yard.
• Report monthly food costs and stock usage to the Operations Manager.

Requirements – must have

• 5+ years cooking Punjabi / North Indian food for large groups — labour camps, staff canteens, dhabas, gurdwara langar, hostels or catering companies.
• Proven experience feeding 80 or more people daily on a fixed budget.
• Skilled with tandoor, large-batch dal and curry, fresh roti/paratha in volume, biryani and basic sweets (kheer, halwa).
• Able to plan a weekly menu and buy for it — knows quantities per head and local Ajman/Sharjah wholesale markets.
• Basic food safety and hygiene knowledge; willing to take the Dubai/Ajman food handler course if not already certified.
• Speaks Punjabi and Hindi; basic English or Arabic a plus.
• Physically fit, punctual, comfortable with early starts and split shifts.

Nice to have

• Experience in the UAE or GCC; understands the summer heat and Ramadan routines.
• Can also cook simple Pakistani, Nepali or South Indian dishes for the minority of staff.
• UAE driving licence to do market runs.

Working conditions and package

• Six days a week, split shift (early morning and evening), one day off; Fridays may be rotated with the helper.
• Salary: AED 2,500 – 3,500 per month, depending on experience.
• Shared accommodation on or near the yard, meals, company visa, medical insurance and annual leave with return ticket as per UAE Labour Law.
• Fully equipped staff kitchen with tandoor, gas burners and cold store; kitchen helper(s) provided.