Band 4 Catering Technician

Our client a large public sector organisation requires a Band 4 Catering Technician to join their team in Ballymena

Role: Band 4 Catering Technician

Salary: £14.29ph

Location: Ballymena

Hours: 36 hours per week

Duration: 6 Months

Key Responsibilities

• To supervise and maintain the operation of particular Curriculum practical areas (campus Canteen, Training Restaurant, associated Training Kitchens, classrooms).
• To supervise Band 2 and Band 3 Support staff within these areas.
• To provide expert support and assistance to Lecturing staff and students using these areas.
• To oversee all technical, operational and supply requirements associated with these areas.
• To ensure required levels of catering delivery for college staff, students and other users associated with these areas by Curriculum during set operating hours.
• To support and collaborate effectively with the Curriculum Manager in the day-to-day fulfilment of catering and associated teaching delivery across the campus, ensuring optimum levels of customer service

Operational

• Prepare and open Canteen, Training Restaurant, Training Kitchens and Teaching areas with all associated resources including Support staff and stock before customers, Lecturing staff and students arrive on the campus, ensuring that areas are ready for both catering and teaching delivery at the required times at the required levels, including special events.
• Operate and train Support and Lecturing staff in the use of equipment and stock in compliance with professional and safe working practices, for both catering and teaching delivery.
• Supervise professional and safe use of equipment and stock by Support and Lecturing staff and students, demonstrating techniques where necessary, to enable both catering and teaching delivery.
• Supervise all staff and students on current Health and Safety and Hygiene Regulations in relation to the use and distribution of all resources, ensuring optimum standards in all relevant catering and teaching facilities, and the general safety of all users including students and public customers.
• Supervise professional treatment of all equipment, stock and catering areas at the end of daily sessions, ensuring cleaning, dismantling and storage in compliance with current Health and Safety and Hygiene Regulations, including disposal of waste in the approved manner.
• Ensure daily reconciliation from points of sale in the Canteen and Training Restaurant areas and compliance with college financial procedures and controls in relation to cash and electronic payments.

Stock control, storage and ordering

• Maintain adequate stock levels within the Canteen and Training Restaurant areas to ensure that daily catering and teaching delivery requirements are met, including vending machines, ordering from and liaising with suppliers and manufacturers as necessary.
• Ensure that all professional requirements around the delivery, receipt, checking and safe storage of stock are met.
• Implement and oversee a stock control and cataloguing process using an IT database, ensuring the rotation and control of all dry and perishable goods and regular stock takes as required.

Essential Criteria:

• Level 3 Professional Cookery/Chef
• At least 2 years' experience in a busy kitchen
• Food Hygiene Level 2.

To be shortlisted for this role all applicants MUST meet the essential criteria. If you are interested please upload your CV to the link provided, and Christine Thompson will contact you if you have been shortlisted. Full Job Description available on request.

Successful candidates may need to apply for an Access NI Certificate with Staffline regardless if you already have a valid certificate.