Kitchen Assistant
| Posting date: | 08 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.60 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 December 2025 |
| Location: | Lowestoft, NR32 1XQ |
| Company: | Sodexo Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SDX/TP/1022707/151581 |
Summary
- 30 hours per week
- 5 days out of 7
- Various shift patterns between 06:00 and 14:30
- £12.60 per hour
- Free onsite parking
- Discounted Birdseye Shop
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Job Introduction
Join our dedicated catering team atBirds Eye, Lowestoft as a Kitchen Assistant, where you’ll play avital role in preparing, presenting, and serving food and beverages to thehighest standards. With a focus on delivering outstanding customer service andensuring smoothoperations, you’ll help create a positive dining experienceevery time. The role also involves periods of independent working, soconfidence in managing tasks alone while maintaining exceptional safety,hygiene, and service standards is essential.
What you’ll do:
- Assist with the preparation, presentation, and service of food and beverages, consistently maintaining the highest standards.
- Provide friendly, efficient customer service, including counter service and till operation.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and hygienic working environment across all equipment, service areas, and dining spaces.
- Prepare and serve a range of hot and cold drinks, restock vending machines, and ensure service areas are always fully supplied.
- Check and receive deliveries, accurately record food temperatures, and follow all food safety and hygiene regulations.
- Take part in training and carry out additional duties as required to support the smooth running of the catering operation.
- Assist with transportation of goods when required to other areas of site
What you bring:
- Clean Drivers License
- Excellent communication and customer service skills with a professional and approachable manner.
- Strong focus on safety, with consistently high standards of personal hygiene and presentation.
- Flexible, reliable, and positive, with the ability to adapt to varying shifts and tasks.
- Experience using tills and electronic point-of-sale (EPOS) systems (desirable).
- Basic knowledge of food hygiene, safe food handling practices, and COSHH principles (desirable).
- Ability to maintain accurate records and confidently use basic computer systems (desirable).
What we offer:
Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be partof something greater.You’ll belong in a company and team that values youfor you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everydayactions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we offer:
- Mental health & wellbeing support
- Employee Assistance Programme for personal, legal, and financial advice
- 24/7 virtual GP & lifestyle rewards
- Discounts for you & family
- Financial tools & retirement plan
- Cycle to Work & Paid Volunteering Day
Applytoday!