Kitchen Porter

Intercontinental Hotels Group; Torquay; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A global hotel company is seeking a dedicated Kitchen Porter to maintain cleanliness in their fast-paced kitchen environment. This role involves ensuring clear communication with the kitchen team and adhering to hygiene regulations. The company offers £12.60 per hour, paid overtime, a free meal during shifts, and extensive training opportunities for career progression. Join and bring your authentic self to a place that celebrates creativity and fun-loving nature in the vibrant scenery of Torquay.

Benefits

Paid overtime

Financial wellbeing app

Worldwide discounted room rates

Generous maternity/paternity pay

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced kitchen environment is a plus but not essential.
• Knowledge of cleaning chemicals and H&S regulation desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Keep the dishwashing area clean and safe.
• Ensure clear communication with chefs in the kitchen team.
• Work with various chemicals for sanitisation of the kitchen.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Ability to work independently

Knowledge of cleaning chemicals

Experience in a fast-paced kitchen

Job description

Hotel Indigo Torquay is looking for Kitchen Porters to join our growing team and bring the Hotel Indigo values to life!

Hotel Indigo Torquay brings a vibrant new addition to this idyllic coastal town. Nestled along the stunning English Riviera, the hotel offers guests breathtaking views of Tor Bay and easy access to some of Torquay’s most iconic beaches and walking trails, where nature can be truly appreciated. Close to local attractions, including the historic Torre Abbey and the lively harbour, guests can also indulge in the region's renowned culinary scene featuring fresh seafood and artisanal delights. Hotel Indigo provides a unique and memorable experience, offering a tonic for the body, imagination, and soul, while capturing the spirit of this historic English seaside destination.

Responsibilities

• Keeping our dishwashing area clean and safe (you will loading and unloading our dishwashing area in a fast-paced Kitchen environment whilst ensuring that the area is kept free of hazards) – experience working in a fast-paced kitchen environment would be a plus but not essential!
• Working in the wider Kitchen team to ensure clear communication (you will be working closely with our Chefs in the wider Kitchen team, ensuring that communication lines are kept clear) - we are looking for someone who is confident working independently with minimal guidance but has strong communication skills!
• Sanitisation of work spaces (you will be working with various chemicals to ensure the sanitisation of our Kitchen in line with H&S regulation) – knowledge of cleaning chemicals and H&S regulation would be desirable but not essential!

Benefits

• Financial security - £12.60 per hour, guaranteed hours, paid overtime, a free meal on shift, paid holidays, subsidised unsocial hour travel support and enhanced sick pay! Plus Tronc paid monthly if in eligible role. Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Growth and development – extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice.
• Colleague perks - worldwide discounted room rates and discounted F&B whilst on employee rate (IHG has over 6,000 hotels and growing), plus generous friends and family rate. Discounts through our portal on your supermarket shop, experiences and loads of retailers on our perks portal.
• Wellbeing – generous maternity/paternity pay, employee assistance programme available 24/7 and access to mental health first-aiders.

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At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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