Kitchen Porter - Aspire Executive Lounges

Swissport; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading company in the hospitality sector is seeking a Kitchen Porter to join their team at Edinburgh Airport. The role involves ensuring high standards of cleanliness, supporting chefs, and delivering a premier guest experience. Candidates should have a background in kitchen environments and excellent communication skills, with shifts available throughout the week.

Benefits

Free parking whilst at work

Free meals and soft drinks during shifts

Uniform provided

Discounted retail – varies by Airport Outlet

Industry recognised food safety training

Qualifications

• Background in kitchen environment is essential.
• Excellent verbal communication skills required.
• Ability to work as part of a team or self-motivated.

Responsibilities

• Loading and unloading of the dishwasher.
• Maintaining high levels of hygiene in all areas.
• Assisting chef with stock retrieval.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Flexibility

Education

Background in kitchen environment

Job description

Overview

Job Title:Kitchen Porter

Company:Swissport

Location: Edinburgh Airport

Contract Type:Part Time

Hours:ZERO hours per week, between Monday – Sunday (shift work)

Salary:£12.41 per hour

Do you want to be at the forefront of one of the most exciting and fastest growing sectors in Travel & Hospitality?

If you have a passion for delivering world class guest experience, leading hospitality teams and enjoy meeting new faces every day, then this is the role for you.

We are Aspire Executive Lounges. With more than 35 years of ward winning hospitality experience, we are Europe’s largest brand of executive lounges and serve over 5 million customers worldwide within 80 lounges, that’s over 14,000 guests per day.

We deliver outstanding customer experiences, bringing sophistication to everyday travel, delivering our brand promise of ‘the perfect start’.

We are seeking candidates for an exciting opportunity to join a high-flying team of hospitality professionals and to continually improve the Aspire Executive Lounge offering to meet our ambition of being the Best Lounge provider globally.

Job Summary:

The Kitchen Porter reports to the Team Leader and is a key member of the back of house team, assisting the Cook and Store team to ensure guest expectations are met and exceeded, so they leave our lounges feeling Welcome, Relaxed & Energised.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities:

• Loading and unloading of the dishwasher.
• Receive and store stock delivery and rotation.
• Waste away services following recycling procedures.
• Restocking of cleaned crockery.
• Maintaining high levels of hygiene in all areas
• Assist the chef with retrieving stock required
• Assist the Chef with applying the Food Safety Management System consistently.
• Adhoc reasonable requests by local leadership team.

The list is not exhaustive and is not intended to restrict the scope of the job but clearly define a starting point and may vary depending on location and local customer requirements.

Qualifications

Qualifications and Competences:

• Background in kitchen environment.
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team or be self-motivated to complete tasks.
• Ability to follow processes and procedures and to apply flexibility when required.
• Flexible to work shifts covering 0330 – 2100, 7 days a week

Benefits:

• Free parking whilst at work.
• Industry recognised food safety training and qualifications to FSA L2.
• Industry recognised CPD opportunities with the Aspire Hospitality Academy.
• Comprehensive Employee Recognition scheme.
• Free meals and soft drinks during shifts.
• Uniform provided.
• Swissport pension scheme with ability to self-contribute.
• 24-hour employee assistance programme
• Discounted retail – Varies by Airport Outlet.
• Discounted access to Aspire lounge network for family and friends.
• Potential for placements to other Lounges within the network.