Food Service Assistant - Sodexo (J&J)

Job Introduction

A great opening has become available to join our established and friendly catering team on our client site in Limerick. You should have great customer service skills, a great eye for detail and the ability to work as part of a team. Having experience in a similar role will be advantageous.

This is a full time permanent position, 5 days over 7, 39 hours per week. The rate of pay is €10.20/hour

We offer a great team and being part of the world's 18th largest organisation means excellent professional development and progression opportunities within the company. Other benefits include

• 20 days annual leave increasing to 25 with service
• Bike to work scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Employee assistance program with counselling and life advice supports
• Training, development and progression opportunities
• Sunday premium time and a third
• Free meals when working

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Role Responsibility

• Provide Excellent Customer Care.
• To ensure a high standard of personal hygiene, cleanliness and neatness ensuring full uniform is worn at times. To comply with Statutory Hygiene Regulations in handling and storage of food and beverages
• To assist as directed with all aspects of preparation and presentation of food to the company's standard and ensuring adherence to legislation including HACCP.
• To serve the customer to the company's standard.
• To promote a friendly and welcome atmosphere and utilise selling techniques to the benefit both the company and the Client.
• Till experience an advantage.
• General Cleaning Duties.
• To act in the interests of your own safety and the safety of others at all times.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience in food handling, cleaning and customer service skills.
• Knowledge of Food Hygiene or HACCP.
• Customer Service – a strong commitment and track record in providing a high level of customer service in a busy environment.
• Communication – good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to relate positively to customers at all level.
• Flexibility – the ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team in a rapidly changing environment.

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