Catering Assistant

Highfield Healthcare; Dublin; Vor Ort; EUR 24.000 - 32.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Free uniform

Safety shoes

Pension scheme

TaxSaver scheme

Employee discount

Zusammenfassung

Highfield Healthcare is seeking a friendly Catering Assistant to join our catering department serving residents, staff, and visitors. You will support meal delivery, basic food prep, and maintain HACCP compliance in a busy kitchen environment.

The role offers full-time hours (70 per fortnight) with opportunities to learn, training, and access to pension and employee benefits. A positive, multicultural team and a commitment to high standards are essential.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in kitchen porter, catering, or similar role
• Good understanding of food safety and hygiene standards (HACCP knowledge is an advantage)
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment as part of a multicultural team
• Flexibility to assist with basic food preparation duties as required

Aufgaben

• Ensure HACCP guidelines are fully implemented.
• Be responsible for goods in & out of the kitchen and maintain records.
• Assist with the delivery of meals to units.
• Assist with basic food preparation as required by chef.
• Ensure all requirements are met, depending on residents needs/requests.
• Empty all returned trays and wash contents plus trays.
• Keep all kitchen, fridges, freezers, cold room and stores areas clean and tidy.
• Replace all delph, crockery and cutlery to designated areas for re-use.
• Wash pots and pans as used as required by Chef.
• Complete all HACCP forms as required.
• Ensure all kitchen equipment and surfaces are kept clean and tidy.

Kenntnisse

Kitchen experience

Food safety knowledge

Organisational skills

Multicultural teamwork

Flexibility for basic prep

Jobbeschreibung

Catering Assistant

The Highfield Healthcare Catering Department provide meals, snacks, beverages and sundries to our 300+ residents and patients as well as to our colleagues in the staff canteen and visitors to our coffee shop. Our Catering Department is a multicultural team with an excellent work environment.

Type of contract:Full time - 70 hours per fortnight

Location:Highfield Healthcare, Swords Rd, Whitehall, Dublin, D09 H343. Short distance from city centre with free parking and bus stop (multiple routes) at the front door.

Salary:Competitive salary with multiple benefits including free initial uniform and safety shoes, free/discounted food, training, access to our pension and TaxSaver (cycle to work and public transport) schemes after passing probation, Employee discount scheme, and many others.

Successful candidate will:

• Ensure that they are fully aware of the HACCP Programme and that HACCP guidelines are fully implemented.
• Be responsible for goods in & out of the kitchen and maintenance of records for same.
• Assist with the delivery of meals to units.
• Assist with basic food preparation as required by chef.
• Ensure all requirements are met, depending on residents needs/requests.
• Empty all returned trays and wash contents plus trays.
• Keep all kitchen, fridges, freezers, cold room and stores areas clean and tidy.
• Replace all delph, crockery and cutlery to designated areas for re-use.
• As Chef requires, wash pots and pans as used.
• Complete all HACCP forms as required.
• Ensure all kitchen equipment, including ovens, vents, extractor fans, work tops, fridges-freezers, cooker hoods, walls & fly screens to be kept clean and tidy at all times.
• Clean and wash floors as required, and keep kitchen area clean at all times, assist with kitchen deep cleans as required.

Requirements:

• Be authorised to work in Ireland –no work permits will be issued for this role.
• Previous experience in a kitchen porter, catering, or similar role is desirable
• Good understanding of food safety and hygiene standards (HACCP knowledge is an advantage)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and as part of a multicultural team
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail
• Flexibility to assist with basic food preparation duties as required

Highfield Healthcare is an equal opportunities employer. All posts are subject to satisfactory references, training, medical and Garda vetting.