Canteen Assistant - Full Time, Nights

Farmfoods Ltd; Cumbernauld; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A family-run grocery retailer in Cumbernauld is looking for a Canteen Assistant to prepare meals at their distribution centre. The role requires working nights from 21:00 to 05:00 on a flexible schedule of 3 out of 7 days, including weekends. Candidates must work well under pressure, possess effective communication skills, and have a basic food hygiene qualification. Competitive salary and benefits such as paid leave and staff discounts are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Paid annual leave

Staff discount

Free life assurance

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a busy environment without supervision.
• Understanding of workplace health and safety.
• Experience in food preparation and cooking is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Prepare hot and cold food at the distribution centre.
• Cook and serve meals to customers.
• Handle deliveries and store kitchen supplies.
• Clean kitchen utensils and surfaces.

Skills

Ability to work under pressure

Effective communication skills

Numeracy skills

Literacy skills

Education

Basic food hygiene qualification

Job description

We are looking to recruit a Canteen Assistant who will be responsible for preparing hot & cold food at our distribution centre in Blairlinn, Cumbernauld.

Pay, working hours & benefits

The successful candidate would be working nights 21:00 to 05:00 over any 3 days out of 7. This would include some weekend working also.

We pay an hourly rate of £14.28 per hour. You will be guaranteed 22.5 hours of work per week. Some overtime may be available.

Duties

• Food preparation tasks;
• Cooking and counter serving of meals;
• Receiving and moving of deliveries to kitchen storage;
• Replenishment of fridges
• Cleaning of kitchen utensils, appliances and surfaces.

About You

This is a busy canteen, so the ability to work under pressure without supervision is essential. Candidates should also be able to communicate effectively and posses general numeracy and literacy skills.

Food hygiene is very important, so a basic food hygiene qualification would be desirable as well as an understanding of workplace health and safety.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Paid annual leave
• Staff discount
• Free life assurance

A bit about us

Farmfoods is a family business with ambition. We pride ourselves on offering our customers great value, quality products from clean and tidy shops with the friendliest team in retail.

We aim to offer sensational value to customers on a great range of everyday family-oriented goods. We back up our sensational value with a focus on delivering an ‘old fashioned’, genuine and friendly customer experience.

Our warehouse operatives are the backbone of our distribution operation and are essential to ensuring our shops have everything they need to deliver a great service to our customers.