Catering Assistant

Job Introduction

Job Description: Catering Assistant

Location: ESB Networks Training Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois

Pay Rate: €13.50 per hour

Hours: 20 hours per week, Monday – Friday

We are currently seeking a reliable and enthusiastic Catering Assistant to join our team at the ESB Networks Training Centre in Portlaoise. This role is ideal for someone with a passion for customer service and an interest in food service operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist the chef with general kitchen duties and food preparation

• Serve food and beverages to customers in a professional and courteous manner

• Set up and maintain hospitality and dining areas

• Operate the till and handle cash transactions, including end-of-service cashing up

• Support with front-of-house cleaning and hygiene standards

• Help with dishwashing and maintaining cleanliness in kitchen and service areas

• Skills & Experience:

  • Excellent customer service skills are essential

  • Previous experience in catering or hospitality is desirable but not essential

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

  • Willingness to take initiative and maintain high standards of hygiene and presentation

• Benefits:

  • Paid holidays

  • Free on-site parking

  • Lunch provided during shifts

  • Access to free GP care through Sodexo

  • Weekday working only (no weekends)

• If you are customer-focused, dependable, and ready to be part of a friendly team in a professional environment, we would love to hear from you.

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. 

Belong in a company and team that values you for you. 

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way. 

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support 
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater? 

Belong in a team, thrive in service. 

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications