Kitchen Porter

Peoplebank; Crawley; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Crawley is seeking a Kitchen Porter to maintain cleanliness and assist the kitchen team. Ideal candidates will have some experience in similar roles, strong organisational skills, and the ability to communicate effectively in English. This full-time role offers various benefits including free meals and excellent career progression.

Benefits

Wider wallet scheme

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Excellent career progression

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar environment is preferred.
• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high standards of cleanliness at all times.
• Clean and maintain all kitchen equipment.
• Help the Chefs with some food prep.

Skills

Organisation Skills

Ability to demonstrate reasonable/good understanding of verbal English

Ability to demonstrate reasonable/good standard of written English and reading skills

Kitchen Porter experience

Job description

Contract: Full Time , Permanent
Salary: 12.00ph
Hours: 30 per week

A fantastic new B&I location for a global technology company, driving energy innovation for a balanced planet. We are catering for their offices in Crawley. Catering for about 350-400 people daily. We offer a core feeding of Breakfast, Lunch, Grab & Go and Hospitality. This is a Monday to Thursday operation. Additional benefit of this location is free parking on site.

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Kitchen Porter to join our established & friendly team at our prestigious location in Crawley.

You'll be playing a big part in keeping the kitchen hygienic, safe, and up to our very high standards of cleanliness.

Responsibilities

• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• Great team player
• Be able to help the Chefs with some food prep
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness at all times
• Clean and maintain all kitchen equipment
• Clean allocated pieces of heavy catering equipment using instructions and cleaning materials including air filter and extraction systems.
• Operate industrial dishwasher

Qualifications

• Kitchen Porter experience is preferred, but not essential.
• Organisation Skills.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

Benefits

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.