Chef Manager

Job Introduction

Are you a trained chef with people management experience? Are you after a Monday to Friday role?

We have a great opportunity for an experienced Chef Manager to join our team based at Total Lindsey Oil Refinery. As the Chef Manager, you will be responsible for 2 restaurants, the Cook Chill operation and manage a team of 15. Experience of menu planning and stock ordering is a must.

Sodexo’s Energy & Resources team serves clients across specialist industries: oil & gas; mining and engineering; construction plus other energy sectors.

We have a dedicated team of 2,000 employees working at over 80 sites in the UK & Ireland region - often in isolated locations both on and offshore.

Onshore and offshore operations are coordinated from our Energy & Resources segment headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Role Responsibility

• Working in the kitchen overseeing the daily preparation of food, making inroads & innovations into creating food concepts, promotions, health eating and sustainable fish options.

• Comply with all company and client policies and statutory regulations relating to Health and Safety, Safe Working Practices, Hygiene, Cleanliness, Fire and COSHH. This will include awareness of any specific hazards in the workplace and training of staff in these

• Liaise with Dial A Snack, Vending, Chefs and Management on all food service issues

• Ensure all training is carried out weekly ensuring we are compliant with Health & Safety and Food Safety

• Plan and cost menus to meet the food service offer specified in the contract using Recipe Online and Chef's Work to ensure compliance with fixed food cost. Ensure compliance with menu planning, ordering and stock control procedures — ordering from Sodexo nominated suppliers

• Walk the floor during service periods to ensure that excellent levels of service are being delivered, speak to customers to gain feedback on the service provided. On a daily basis complete pre and post service briefings with all staff to ensure they are fully informed of the menu items, promotions etc

• Liaise administration staff to ensure that the company's administrative documentation including wages, invoices and procedures are carried out to the Sodexo Way Compliance Standards

The Ideal Candidate

• Hold 706/1 & 706/2 or equivalent, RIPHH and IOSH Certificates
• Working knowledge of Cook Chill Catering
• Work Knowledge HACCAP

Package Description

Up to £29,000 depending on experience + benefits

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more!

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.