Kitchen Assistant

Job Types: Full-time or Part-time

Ideal Candidate will have:

• The ability to work on one’s own initiative as well as the ability to work as part of a team in a busy, fast paced kitchen environment
• Possess good hygiene practice skills.
• Have a professional appearance & work attitude
• Must have excellent understanding in the English language both written and speaking.

  
  Benefits for Successful Candidates:

• Voted one of the Best Workplaces in Ireland
• Engaging company events fostering team camaraderie and creativity.
• Attractive employee discount

About The Role

Job description

A Kitchen Assistant main duties include:

• Carrying out basic cleaning tasks
• Collecting and washing up pots and pans etc
• Ensuring HACCP and cleaning regulations are adhered to at all times.
• Ensuring HACCP reports are completed daily
• Cleaning crockery & cutlery, also ensuring careful handling of delph and crockery to prevent damage and breakages
• Ensuring food preparation sites are clean and in a tidy manner at all times
• Ensuring the storeroom remains organised.
• Ensuring work surfaces, wash up areas, wash hand basins, floors and walls are always clean and sanitised.
• The removal and disposal of waste and recycling from the Kitchen together with the staff rooms to the appropriate and allocated disposal units.
• Ensure waste, recycling bins and disposal units are emptied regularly to prevent “over flowing”
• Ensure waste and recycling are disposed of in the correct manner.
• Ensure the yards located at the Lodge and the Castle are clean and tidy at all times.
• Ensuring all staff rooms are cleaned twice daily and are kept in a clean and tidy manner at all times.
• Ensuring condiments in staff rooms are well stocked at all times.
• All other ancillary duties

Benefits:

• Bike to work scheme
• Company events
• Employee discount
• Food allowance
• On-site parking
• Wellness program

Work authorisation: Ireland (required)

Required Criteria

Skills Needed

About The Company

Nestled on 1,000 acres of undulating Irish countryside, dotted with ancient woodlands and glittering lakes, Castle Leslie Estate is one of the last great Irish estates still in the hands of its founding family. The Leslie Family arrived in Ireland in the 16th Century and bought the Estate at that time. Today, this Irish estate is led by the current custodian, Sammy Leslie. Her overwhelming desire is to protect the Estate for future generations.

Company Culture

Castle Leslie Estate has been officially recognised as one of the Best Workplaces in Ireland™ and a Great Place to Work® for the last three years. It boils down to trust. Great Place to Work helps organisations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience for all employees. Their unparalleled benchmark data is used to recognise Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies and the Best Workplaces™. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a Great Place to Work.

One of Castle Leslie Estate’s finest assets is its employees, and we are always looking for very friendly, highly skilled and professional staff to join our existing team. A flexible attitude, excellent inter-personal and customer service skills are key requirements. We provide a competitive salary, an excellent working environment and unique benefits for the right candidates.

Company Benefits

Vacation, Paid time off, Employee development programs, Employee discounts, Gym membership or wellness programs, A diversity program, Free parking, Cycle to work, Competitive salary, Event tickets, Preferential room rates, Family and friends rates, Discount on meals purchased , Discount on spa treatments or products, Discount in gift shop, Long service recognition, Free meals during shifts, Free parking or Discounted parking , Employee Assistance Scheme, Wellbeing Scheme, Work With Charities, Social Opportunities, Employee of the Month, Employee Recognition Scheme, Annual performance review, Culture of recognition, On the job learning, Progression opportunities, Bereavement leave, Long service awards, Staff celebration events, Company employee App

Salary

€14.25 per hour