Assistant Kitchen Manager - Catering

About the role

A Sydney-based food business producing fresh, high-quality food at scale for major corporate workplaces is looking for an Assistant Kitchen Manager (2IC) to support its Kitchen Manager in leading a sizeable production team. The role is based in Sydney CBD, Monday to Friday, approximately 12:30pm to 9:30pm, with no routine weekends, and is open to a Senior Chef de Partie, Junior Sous or Sous Chef ready for more leadership responsibility.

Key responsibilities

• Support the Kitchen Manager with daily production and help coordinate the day-to-day operation
• Help organise and allocate the kitchen team and monitor production progress throughout the shift
• Keep individual benches and production areas on schedule and maintain recipe, portioning and presentation standards
• Identify issues early and help get production back on track
• Train and support team members, giving clear direction and constructive feedback
• Maintain strong food safety and hygiene standards and help manage productivity and labour hours
• Step up to lead the operation when the Kitchen Manager is unavailable and support continuous improvement

Required profile

• Currently a Senior Chef de Partie, Junior Sous Chef, Sous Chef, production chef with leadership responsibilities, Kitchen Supervisor or Team Leader
• Experience in a high-volume kitchen or food-production environment
• Experience supervising, training or supporting other kitchen staff
• High standards of food quality and consistency, and a good understanding of food safety and kitchen compliance
• Ability to communicate with and direct a team, and a willingness to receive feedback and develop
• Experience in large-scale catering, corporate catering, production kitchens, hotels, events, airline catering or similar is highly regarded

What we offer

• Salary of $80,000 to $90,000 plus superannuation
• Monday to Friday roster, approximately 12:30pm to 9:30pm, with no routine weekends
• Genuine 2IC leadership responsibility and exposure to labour management and productivity
• Career development within a growing business with a strong track record of developing people internally