head chef

Delivering quality food at customer premises.

Your main will be to plan, prepare and serve a range of food to meet client requirements, ensuring a high quality service is delivered.

You will also:

• Plan menus, while working to budgets.
• Lead a team of catering staff; including training, developing and motivating them to deliver an excellent service to customers.
• Be responsible for continuously developing and improving food quality and hygiene standards.

To succeed in this role you will need:

• Proven experience in a similar role, preferably within contract catering
• Flair and imagination as a chef with a passion for food
• Understanding of budget control
• Good team-working skills and a flexible approach to work
• Excellent client relationship and customer care skills
• Competence in Health & Safety and Food Safety
• Level 2 Certificate in Food Safety and Hygiene
• Diploma in Professional Cookery - minimum Level 2, e.g. C&G 706/2
• (Recognised HCIMA Qualification at Level 3 or above is preferred)

What will you get in return?

• A pension scheme- to save for the future - eligibility rules apply
• Access to high street discounts
• Access to low interest loans
• Recognition scheme 'OCS Stars'- monetary rewards given to top performers
• Training and Development- apprenticeships, e-learning, English as a Second Language and our award nominated 'Impact' Programme
• Long Service Awards
• Cycle to work scheme- discounted bicycles
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme- 24-7 Wellbeing Support

Why join OCS Group Ltd?

OCS prides itself as a company with strong family values and we are passionate about hiring people who demonstrate the same.

We take CARE of you; We act SAFELY and responsibly; We are TRUSTWORTHY; We work as EXPERTS. If you share these Values, we want you to be part of our team.

OCS have a well-respected brand and our colleagues are empowered to be the best version of themselves. We offer job stability and are committed to developing our colleagues by offering more than just a job. We are a financially stable business who continues to be privately owned since its inception in 1900.

We reward those who demonstrate our values and since the launch of our OCS Star recognition scheme we have rewarded nearly 1,500 colleagues with monetary vouchers, certificates, and public recognition within the business.

We invest and support the growth of our people and are currently sponsoring over 310 colleagues who are enrolled in a variety of apprenticeship programmes, ranging from Level 3 qualifications in customer service to degree programmes in Leadership. If you want to develop you career, OCS is a great choice.

OCS offers the family feel of smaller organisations although large enough to offer so many opportunities. We recognise your efforts and contribution and show our appreciation through a variety of reward schemes which in turn results in our colleagues staying with OCS. Our business is the family you can choose, and our people stay for the friendships, opportunities, and career fulfilment we offer.