General Assistant
Job Type : Contract, Full Time
Salary : £9.60/hour £9.60/Hour + Overtime + Benefits
We are currently looking to grow our team and are hiring for General Assistants on a Fixed Term contract with an option to extend/go permanent
Gate Gourmet is the world's largest independent provider of catering services for airlines. We provide more than 200 million meals a year to our 270-plus customers at some 120 airport locations around the globe.
Job Summary
As a General Assistant you will support the operations by completing all assigned tasks in a timely manner while ensuring quality and meeting the required targets.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
To follow all operating procedures in the course of your duties to the best of your abilities.
To ensure the work area is kept safe and as clean as possible.
Maintain high standards of quality, hygiene, health and safety in line with customer/company specifications
To ensure that the standards of cleanliness and house-keeping are within the guidelines laid down in the Company procedures.
To report all accidents and take the necessary preventative action.
To be able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally at all levels.
To ensure that relevant entries are made in the diary log and that the log is checked at the beginning of each shift.
To be totally flexible within the role and within the unit departments.
Carry out quality checks with improvement action when required.
Assist in follow-up of Quality Assurance/Health & Safety reports.
To take on any other duties as and when required
SPECIFIC DUTIES BY DEPARTMENT
PRODUCTION
Pack food liners in accordance with written specification.
From specification, accurately make up sample and product for all classes.
Conduct temperature, quality, and product date checks.
Seal flight canisters, trolleys and record numbers.
Ensure correct marshalling of flights to Dispatch bays in assigned stowing order
BOND
The receipt, handling and appropriate storage of all incoming goods and coordinating / managing stock.
Sort and assemble bars into flights, working as a team to achieve targets
To check trolley seals and cross check with customs paper work
DISHWASH
General washing, sorting, assembling, packing and positioning of the aircraft equipment
Process and strip trolleys and deliver to relevant department
Off loading and sorting equipment/food and ensuring it is delivered to the correct processing area
STORES
To load / off-load lorries, stack shelves and replenish equipment/food items.
From specification, accurately palletize shipments.
Conduct quality, and product date checks.
Daily stock count of the list
Stock rotation
Clean the area
Qualifications:
Education
Educated to High School level.
Work Experience
Good standard of English both written and verbal
Working knowledge of of Basic Hygiene
Ideally some experience in a production/manufacturing/stores environment
Experience of working in a fast-paced deadline driven environment.
Skills & Knowledge
Good understanding of English both reading and writing
Good Customer Service skills
Positive attitude to work
Able to work to tight deadlines
Team worker.
About the role:
Preparing, packaging tray setting as per client request
Checking stock and flight trollies
Unloading incoming trollies from flights in preparation for cleaning
£9.60 per hour
Rotating Shift Patterns: Early shift: 07:00 am – 15:30 pm
Benefits:
Free meals whilst on shift
Free on-site parking
Uniform provided
37.5 hours per week with opportunity for overtime
Various training and development opportunities
Experience:
This would also suit anyone who has worked within dispatch, hygiene services or a warehouse related role.
Experience as a catering assistant, hospitality assistant, kitchen staff, picker, packer, or any catering related role is desirable but not essential.
All successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK, undertake a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) and provide 5 years referencing history
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