Food Production Supervisor

Job Introduction

To prepare ingredients and food items for production on site for the core school catering and any hospitality provision required.

Role Responsibility

• Comply with all company and statutory regulations relating to Health and safety, safe working practices, hygiene, cleanliness, fire and COSHH. This will include awareness of any specific hazards in the workplace.
• Prepare the production of all food in advance for the site, within the company’s standards and to the agreed specification of the contract to include the record keeping of all food production and HACCP
• Ensure that the control of raw materials is to the company’s standards and to ensure that prepared food is stored at the correct temperature
• Liaise with the senior chefs or the appropriate person daily regarding production, health & safety, food hygiene, food quantities, food quality and any other general issues
• Have the knowledge to receive deliveries in the absence of the store’s personnel
• Always maintain a high standard of hygiene and cleanliness in the food preparation area
• Keep all work areas and surfaces clean and tidy at all times. Assist with routine cleaning schedules as required.
• Ensure high standards of personal performance, hygiene, appearance and cleanliness at all times.
• Communication is key for the food production and wastage information from the kitchen with the relevant person
• Participate in any necessary training and team meetings as required to complete job responsibilities to the company’s and client’s standards.
• Work as part of a team to promote harmonious working relationships within the Sodexo team
• Report immediately any incidents of accident, fire, theft, loss, damage, unfit food, or other irregularities and take such action as may be appropriate.
• To report any Health and Safety issues to your line manager including any accidents and near misses
• To operate machinery as shown and trained to do so, ensuring the equipment is used safely and in accordance with current regulations and company policies

The Ideal Candidate

• A good knowledge of numeracy to enable the reporting of production and wastage
• Self-motivated
• Hard working
• Ability to work as part of a team or individually as needed
• Previous experience in Catering is desirable but not essential

Package Description

Clifton College is an independent boarding and day school. Sodexo offer catering across 5 different locations across the school across 7 days a week. 

We are looking for a key member of the team who will be responsible for the organisation of food and ingredients in readiness for use by the kitchen team. You will be recording production and wastage information so strong numeracy skills will be important along with a pro active approach.

Strong communication and organisational skills will be key to this role. Previous experience in food preparation or a professional kitchen will be a significant advantage as you will be interacting with various departments within the catering team.

Typically this will be a 5 out of 7 day rota, predominantly early shifts starting at 7am.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

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 are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process