Kitchen Porter

Thomas Franks Ltd; Esher; On-site; GBP 22,950 - 28,050; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wider wallet scheme

Free meals on duty

Volunteers leave

Enhanced leave (maternity/paternity/ad

Cycle to work scheme

Apprenticeship programme

Team & company events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Job summary

Thomas Franks Ltd in Esher is inviting applications for a Kitchen Porter to join our established team at a prestigious school location. This full-time, term-time contract runs 41.2 weeks per year, with 40 hours per week and a salary of 25,500. Free lunch and parking on site are included.

You will help keep the kitchen hygienic and safe, assist chefs with prep, operate the industrial dishwasher, and support a busy catering operation serving breakfast, lunch and match teas.

Qualifications

• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Great team player with a can-do attitude.
• Able to assist chefs with food preparation.
• Maintain high standards of kitchen cleanliness at all times.
• Clean and maintain kitchen equipment, including dishwashers.
• Operate industrial dishwasher and manage air filter/extraction systems.

Skills

Pot wash experience

Customer service

Team player

Food prep

Cleanliness

Equipment maintenance

Dishwasher operation

Can-do attitude

Organisation

Verbal English

Written English

Job description

Esher

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: 25500

Hours: 40 per week

A co-educational independent day school for children aged 2 to 18. Situated just outside Esher, Surrey. Catering for just about 1400 students and teachers. We offer a core feeding of Breakfast, Lunch, tuck shop and match teas. There will be a lot of hospitality offering at this location. This is a term time only contract working 41.2 weeks a year. This school operates Monday to Friday, with some Saturday available as OT and has an additional benefit of Free lunch and parking on site.

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

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

Key Skills

• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• Excellent customer service skills
• 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.
• Can do attitude.
• Organisation Skills.

Knowledge / Competencies

• 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

Benefits

• 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.

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

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.