Kitchen Porter Supervisor - Lead High-Volume Kitchen Team

InterContinental London - The O2 - Kitchen; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Friends & family rates

Food & beverage discounts

Christmas gifts and employee parties

Introduce a friend scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Merlin Entertainments discounts

Life assurance

Wage stream

Employee assistance programme

Arora star employee recognition

Long service recognition

Job summary

InterContinental London - The O2 is seeking a Kitchen Porter Supervisor in London. You will lead a team of Kitchen Porters to exceed standards in health and safety, food safety, and COSHH compliance, ensuring cleanliness and efficient operation across the kitchen.

In this supervisory role you will manage schedules, train staff on chemical safety, maintain wash areas, and support high-volume events and banqueting with strong leadership and proactive problem-solving.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a drive to maintain high food quality standards.
• Strong leadership and motivational abilities.
• Resilience and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Approachable and positive manner with a can do attitude.
• Experience of high-volume operations including banqueting.
• This is a supervisory role and requires previous experience at the same level.
• Dealing with large volume events.
• Previous auditing experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of Kitchen Porters to meet Health & Safety, Food Safety and COSHH regulations.
• Ensure dishwashers and areas are cleaned to the required standard and schedules are followed.
• Manage cleaning supplies and budget, and coordinate stock orders.
• Schedule staff in line with business needs and monitor attendance and conduct.
• Record checklists and cleaning schedules daily/weekly and ensure compliance.
• Hold weekly team meetings and communicate effectively across the team.
• Report near misses and incidents to the BOH Manager.

Job description

InterContinental London - The O2 is seeking a Kitchen Porter Supervisor in London. You will lead a team of Kitchen Porters to exceed standards in health and safety, food safety, and COSHH compliance, ensuring cleanliness and efficient operation across the kitchen.

In this supervisory role you will manage schedules, train staff on chemical safety, maintain wash areas, and support high-volume events and banqueting with strong leadership and proactive problem-solving.