Senior Catering Assistant

Salary £28,000 P/A

Location Steeton

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

We are looking for a Senior Catering Assistant / Cook to join our team at our Head Office in Steeton, West Yorkshire.

You will be responsible for overseeing daily canteen operations, ensuring the highest standards of customer service, quality, and health and safety. The role involves collaborating on menu planning, cooking, stock management, and building team relationships across our sites.

Salary: £28,000 P/A

Working Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:30pm

Why join Acorn?

Comprehensive induction and training
Investors in People accredited employer
Healthcare and pension schemes
Free on-site parking & great transport links to Leeds, Bradford & Skipton
Subsidised on-site canteen
Cycle to work scheme
Gym membership discounts
Company events
Monthly reward scheme – Acorn Achievers
Refer-a-friend bonus – earn up to £100!

Key Responsibilities:

Ensure full compliance with health and safety regulations in the kitchen and customer areas
Oversee the daily operation of the site to ensure a smooth and efficient service
Ensure the highest standards of customer service, quality and customer satisfaction
Monitoring of stock, availability, supplier orders and waste control
Along with the Catering Manager, create a range of daily and weekly specials and implement new ideas based on customer preferences and seasonal availability, ensuring dietary requirements are catered for
Attend departmental weekly meetings
Establish and maintain an open, collaborative relationships across both catering sites and ensure all members of the team do the same
Cater for team and company social events

Skills & Experience Required:

Good knowledge and experience of catering including; food hygiene and food safety
Must have proven leadership experience
Minimum Level 2 Food Safety Qualification
Hold a recognised cooking qualification and/or relevant experience
Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment
Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Must be able to display the Acorn Values

OUR VALUES

⭐Quality of the products we make and sell and the service we provide

⭐Unity Working together as one team

⭐Integrity Acting responsibly and honestly to deliver on our promises

⭐Caring About our customers, each other and the wider community

⭐Ambition Taking Pride in all we do and striving to improve

Acorn Achievers:

We run a monthly incentive scheme to recognize employees that go over and above their job duties by rewarding them with a first prize of £100 vouchers and two runner ups of £50 vouchers each.

Recommend a friend scheme:

Do you want to recommend us a friend to work with us? Do it and you can earn up to £100 if your friend is finally offered a position to join Acorn!

Please, apply now if you want to be considered for this role.

All recruitment communications will come solely from our internal Recruitment Team at Acorn Stairlifts.

Please note: this position may close early if we receive a high volume of qualified applications. To ensure ample consideration, please submit your application as soon as possible.

The Company

Acorn is a world-leading company, producing over 70,000 stairlifts annually and trading in more than 80 countries. A one-stop-shop for stairlifts, Acorn manufactures, sells direct to the public, installs and maintains home stairlifts. It has built its global reputation on quality, reliability, customer service and industry-leading response times, especially for curved stairlifts.

Employing over 1,500 people worldwide, Acorn offers a wide range of career opportunities in all sectors of its growing business. It is committed to placing the right people in roles which match their abilities and ambitions, then helping them develop still further to reach their full potential as part of the Acorn team.