Experienced Knife Hands Jobs in New Zealand

• Casual Position + Wellness Plan + EAP Service
• Competitive Wage + Discounted Goods & Services
• Training + Development Programs + Career Development opportunities

He angitūtanga / The opportunity:

Compass Group NZ are looking for Casual Kitchen Assistants to work at our site in Wellington.

A Kitchen Hand is an employee who holds the skills and abilities to be capable of delivering a quality catering service to our customers at schools or client sites on a daily basis. This role requires a pro-active approach to safety and utilisation of all of the safety equipment and procedures provided by Compass Group.

Hours of work are on "as and when required" basis upon business needs, during education terms only. You will have normal working hours in accordance with the roster during the term time only. You may be offered additional hours of work during term breaks.

Our operation is 5 days a week, you must be available to work a rotating roster, Monday to Friday.

It would be beneficial if you are available to start immediately.

Ko o kawenga / Your responsibilities:

• Receiving delivered meals, including temperature monitoring, packing goods into chillers and doing stock rotation
• Storing and preparing of goods for reheating/dispatch including thawing and readying of oven cassettes for hot meals
• Reheating hot meals
• Conducting safety observations as well as temperature monitoring and recording
• Dispatching Packing of hot meals / cold meals into Cambro boxes once ready for dispatch, including loading of temperature recording into Cambro test and sorting Cambro boxes
• Cleaning of ovens, oven trays and premises
• Maintain clean & tidy dining/kitchen areas including washing and mopping
• Assist with preparing and presenting food
• Manage Waste Streams at site
• Conduct thorough investigations into any food poisoning allegations and / or alleged incidents and
• occurrences

He kōrero mōu / About you:

Our ideal candidate;

• will be a team player but also able to work autonomously
• will have a clean Police Criminal Background check
• will have experience in a similar role
• will be flexible in approach and attitude
• will have good communication skills and be hard working
• will be physically fit and reliable

Nga painga / Benefit & Perks:

• Competitive remuneration.
• Training & Development Programs
• Career Development Opportunities
• Discounts on Medical insurance, and banks, to hotels, insurance, and more!
• Rewards and recognition.
• EAP Services

Mo matou / About us:  

• We are New Zealand's leading and largest provider of food and support services across multiple industries.
• These industry sectors are managed by our sub brands Eurest, Chartwells, Restaurant Associates, Medirest, and ESS.
• We specialise in turning ordinary acts of service into extraordinary experiential moments for our clients. With innovative and talented teams across New Zealand, we transform experiences from being GOOD to GREAT.
• Our people are awesome, they breathe life into our brands and make great things happen!
• Our strength comes from the combination of the things we have in common - our shared values, vision, and purpose and to make our commitment unique for you - RESPECT, GROWTH and TEAMWORK are the founding pillars of these commitments.
• We are an equal opportunity employer; we celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees.
• Successful candidates will be able to satisfactorily pass a police clearance.

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For any recruitment queries please contact the Compass Group Recruitment team on recruitment@compass-group.co.nz

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