Catering Assistant

Mitie Group; Worksop; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits scheme

Virtual GP

Salary Finance

Choices platform

MiDeals platform

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

Mitie Group is seeking a Catering Assistant at the Blyth Distribution Centre, Worksop, to work 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday, on a permanent contract, at £12.74 per hour.

You will deliver excellent service, maintain dining areas, follow cleaning schedules and health & safety standards, and handle cash and records with accuracy.

Mitie offers flexible benefits, healthcare options, salary finance, and more via Choices and MiDeals platforms.

Qualifications

• Previous catering experience in a similar environment (desirable).
• Basic Food Hygiene and Health & Safety certificates (training provided if not held).
• Adequate numeracy, literacy, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain dining and service areas, including furniture, trolleys, and cleaning equipment.
• Serve food in correct portions and wash dishes, cutlery, and catering equipment.
• Clean all catering areas daily and follow health and safety standards.
• Handle cash collection, banking, and maintain records and procedures.
• Communicate effectively with customers, managers, and colleagues to deliver excellent service.

Skills

Catering experience

Customer service

Team player

Numeracy

Communication

Education

Basic Food Hygiene certificate

Health & Safety certificates

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

At Mitie we bring out the best in places. Unlocking their potential so that everyone looks forward to using them and can do their best work in them. From offices and shopping centres to hospitals and airports, we create better places for the communities we serve to thrive.

We're looking for a Catering Assistant who will deliver excellent service standards, while meeting SLA agreements and adhering to cleaning schedules.

Contract: Permanent

Type: Part Time

Hours: 20 hours a week

Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday

Pay: £12.74 per hour

Location: B&Q, Distribution Centre, Symmetry Park, Symmetry Way, Blyth, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, S81 8PU

Role Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain dining and service areas, including furniture, trolleys, and cleaning equipment.
• Serve food in correct portions and wash dishes, cutlery, and catering equipment.
• Clean all catering areas daily and follow health and safety standards.
• Handle cash collection, banking, and maintain records and procedures.
• Communicate effective with customers, managers, and colleagues to deliver excellent service.

What We're Looking For

• Previous catering experience in a similar environment (desirable).
• Basic Food Hygiene and Health & Safety certificates (training provided if not held).
• Adequate numeracy, literacy, and communication skills.
• Passion for customer service and ability to work independently and in a team.
• Adaptable, detail-oriented, and confident with strong organisational and time management skills.

Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we'll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best match your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well‑known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle‑to‑work scheme.

Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save‑as‑you‑earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there's a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

Join our Mitie Team.

Together our diversity makes us stronger.

Looking to move roles but not leaving the Mitie family?

Why not share your experience with others about life at Mitie?