Kitchen Porter

Thomas Franks; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking on site

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Excellent career progression

Job summary

Thomas Franks in Edgbaston, Birmingham, is hiring a Kitchen Porter for a Monday–Friday, 40-hour week. The role is full-time and permanent, with a starting hourly rate of £12.71. Overtime is available.

Responsibilities include keeping the kitchen clean, assisting chefs with prep, and operating a dishwasher. On-site free parking is available at this location. The team values reliability, teamwork and a willingness to work in a busy school catering environment.

Qualifications

• Kitchen Porter role; experience preferred but not essential.
• Good spoken English required.
• Good written English and reading skills required.
• Experience in customer or food prep environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Keep kitchen hygienic, safe and clean to high standards.
• Assist chefs with food prep as needed.
• Clean and maintain all kitchen equipment.
• Operate industrial dishwasher.
• Support with pot wash duties and general kitchen tasks.

Skills

Organisation Skills

Team player

Verbal English

Written English

Food prep assistance

Tools

Industrial dishwasher

Job description

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: £12.71
Hours: 40 per week

An independent day school for boys located in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Catering for around 1250 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of Breakfast, Lunch, Match teas and lots of hospitality. This location benefits from free parking on site.

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Kitchen Porter,to join our established & friendly team at our prestigious location in Edgbaston.

Please note this role is Monday to Friday 07.00 - 15.00

Overtime Available

You’ll be playing a big part in keeping the kitchen hygienic, safe, and up to our very high standards of cleanliness.

• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• Great team player
• Be able to help the Chefs with some food prep
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness at all times
• Clean and maintain all kitchen equipment
• Clean allocated pieces of heavy catering equipment using instructions and cleaning materials including air filter and extraction systems.
• Operate industrial dishwasher

We are looking for:

• Kitchen Porter experience is preferred, but not essential.
• Organisation Skills.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.