Sous Chef
| Posting date: | 19 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £13.22 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 January 2026 |
| Location: | DH3 2QX |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | ISS Facilities Services |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 151088 |
Summary
Sous Chef
Contract: Professional Services, Production & Technology
Location: Birtley , DH3 2QX
Hours of work: 35.5
Working Pattern: Monday 6.45 till 2.30 , Tues & Wed 7 till 2.30 and Friday 6.45 till 11.30 - can be flexible. Breakfast & Lunch Service Mon-Thurs and Breakfast only on Fridays.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hourly Rate: £13.22
We’re looking for someone with a genuine passion for food and development-focused environment. As a Sous Chef with ISS UK, you’ll take the lead with food preparation in our kitchen and helping to deliver an exceptional service to our customers.
ISS is a leading workplace experience and facility management company offering a wide range of tailor-made services for customers throughout the public and private sectors, enabling you to grow your talents as a representative of a people focused, market leading brand.
The Role
- Prepare delicious, high-quality food
- Deliver outstanding catering services both in and outside the kitchen
- Meet deadlines and ensure prompt, efficient meal service
- Maintain excellent standards of hygiene and keep all areas clean and organised
- Uphold our health and safety standards, ensuring a safe and secure working environment
- Work collaboratively as part of the wider ISS team to help create an exceptional experience for colleagues and customers
About You
- NVQ Level 3 (or working towards it) or an equivalent cookery qualification
- A genuine passion for great-tasting food
- Strong understanding of food hygiene principles
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build positive relationships
- A motivated individual with a desire to succeed
- Committed to delivering high-quality service with strong attention to detail
- Supportive, helpful, and a positive team player
- Demonstrates exceptional timekeeping and reliability
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
Contract: Professional Services, Production & Technology
Location: Birtley , DH3 2QX
Hours of work: 35.5
Working Pattern: Monday 6.45 till 2.30 , Tues & Wed 7 till 2.30 and Friday 6.45 till 11.30 - can be flexible. Breakfast & Lunch Service Mon-Thurs and Breakfast only on Fridays.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hourly Rate: £13.22
We’re looking for someone with a genuine passion for food and development-focused environment. As a Sous Chef with ISS UK, you’ll take the lead with food preparation in our kitchen and helping to deliver an exceptional service to our customers.
ISS is a leading workplace experience and facility management company offering a wide range of tailor-made services for customers throughout the public and private sectors, enabling you to grow your talents as a representative of a people focused, market leading brand.
The Role
- Prepare delicious, high-quality food
- Deliver outstanding catering services both in and outside the kitchen
- Meet deadlines and ensure prompt, efficient meal service
- Maintain excellent standards of hygiene and keep all areas clean and organised
- Uphold our health and safety standards, ensuring a safe and secure working environment
- Work collaboratively as part of the wider ISS team to help create an exceptional experience for colleagues and customers
About You
- NVQ Level 3 (or working towards it) or an equivalent cookery qualification
- A genuine passion for great-tasting food
- Strong understanding of food hygiene principles
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build positive relationships
- A motivated individual with a desire to succeed
- Committed to delivering high-quality service with strong attention to detail
- Supportive, helpful, and a positive team player
- Demonstrates exceptional timekeeping and reliability
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.