Sauce Cook Operative

Staffline; Greater London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed shifts

Temp to perm

On-Site support

Canteen on site

Free parking on site

Good public transport links

PPE provided

Full training provided

Job summary

Staffline is recruiting a Sauce Cook Operative for their Erith site, offering a full-time role with fixed shifts (6am–6pm and 6pm–6am). The role starts at Grade 5 with potential progression to Grade 7 after three months of training.

Hourly pay rates range from £13.11 to £19.67 with overtime paid at a higher rate, and on-site canteen, parking, and transport links are available. You will work in a multi-skilled production environment, gaining training across cook pots and ensuring quality,

Qualifications

• Must have problem solving abilities and initiative.
• Able to work as part of a team with good communication.
• Punctual and reliable with strong communication skills.
• Willingness to undertake personal development and training.
• Physically fit for a fast-paced food production environment.

Responsibilities

• Produce quality cooked material as per the process sheet.
• Handle ingredients after veg prep team weighing, with full product knowledge.
• Load ingredients into cook pots and cook to specification.
• Apply Taste As You Go to maintain sauce attributes.
• Attend sensory evaluation sessions to ensure correct sauce specifications.
• Support high-risk batching with correctly cooked ingredients when required.
• Keep the work area clean and safe per health and safety guidelines.

Skills

Problem solving

Initiative

Teamwork

Punctual

Reliability

Communication skills

Job description

Great opportunity to work as a Sauce Cook Operative to join our client's Low-Risk Cook & Prep Department to provide support in the production and manufacture of ready meals.

Staffline is recruiting Sauce Cook Operatives in Erith.

The rate of pay is £13.11 per hour.

Overtime is available and is paid at £19.67 per hour.

This is a full-time role working fixed shifts and the hours of work are: 6am to 6pm, 6pm to 6am.

Starting at Grade 5, after fully trained in 3 months - opportunity for Grade 7!

Your Time at Work

As a Sauce Cook Operative you will be working in a multi-skilled role where you will train across all cook pots to maintain production requirements. Ensuring that quality, hygiene and safety standards are always maintained. Recording of CCP's and completion of process sheets. This role entails a fair amount of manual labour.

Key duties include

• Produce Quality cooked material to the specification recorded on the process sheet. To complete all documentation associated with the cooking processes to the standard required.
• Take personal responsibility for ingredients and raw materials once they have been weighed off by the veg prep team. To have in depth knowledge of ALL materials used in the cooking processes.
• Load ingredients into the cook pots in strict adherence to the process sheet. And cook product.
• Follow the 'Taste As You Go' process to ensure at each sauce's attributes: taste, appearance and viscosity standards are with spec.
• Attend sensory evaluation sessions and use the knowledge gained to ensure that sauces are cooked to the correct specification.
• Supply High Risk Batching/Assembly with the correctly cooked ingredients at the time it is required.
• Keep the work environment safe and clean to the standard required by health and safety and hygiene legislation.

Our Perfect Worker

Our perfect worker will have good problem solving skills, the ability to use your own initiative and also be able to work as part of a team. You will be punctual, reliable and have good communication skills.

Applicants will have the willingness to undertake personal development initiatives to achieve personal and organizational objectives while showing good attention to detail.

You must be physically fit to work in faced paced Food production environment.

Experience gained in manufacturing or hospitality kitchens is desirable but not essential as full training is provided.

Key Information and Benefits

• Earn £13.11 - £19.67 per hour
• Fixed shifts
• Temp to perm opportunity
• OnSite support from Staffline
• Canteen on site
• Free car parking on site
• Good links to public transport
• PPE provided
• Full training provided

Job Ref: 1FERN

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