NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)
Chef de Partie
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About The Role
Chef de Partie – Full time or Part time available – No evenings
Location – Waterside Park Café, Hanningfield, Chelmsford
Salary – £27,976 to £28,800 depending on experience
Employment – Permanent or part time, with no evenings or split shifts
We have an exciting opportunity for a Chef de Partie to join our friendly team at Café on the Water, helping us deliver the “wow” factor to our daytime visitors all year round.
This role is ideal for chefs who value a healthy work–life balance, as all shifts are during the day. You will be expected to work three out of four weekends, with regular planned time off.
As Chef de Partie, you will support the Head Chef in delivering high-quality food preparation and service. You will play a key role in daily kitchen operations, menu development, and maintaining excellent standards. Your responsibilities will include:
- Food preparation
- Maintaining cleanliness across the kitchen
- Managing stock levels
- Ensuring food hygiene and safety standards are consistently met
We are looking for someone who takes pride in their work, communicates effectively, and brings passion, creativity, and attention to detail to every dish.
About You
This role would suit a junior Chef De Partie looking to progress or someone with experience in a similar environment who can meet the below requirements.
- Professionalism, motivation, creativity, and a keen eye for detail
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to work flexibly (including 3 weekends out of 4 and bank holidays)
- NVQ qualification in a relevant field such as food & beverage services or hospitality
- Level 2 Food Safety qualification
- Excellent culinary skills and food product knowledge, including an understanding of nutritional standards
We welcome applications from all who are suitably qualified and especially encourage applications from the under-represented sections of our community.
This role has been defined as a safety or security critical role and as a condition of a formal offer of employment you’ll be required to undergo a drug and alcohol test. Prospective employees and agency workers in defined safety and security critical roles will be required to undertake a drug and alcohol test after the job offer has been made. This will be prior to or within four weeks of their start date.
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Prospective employees and agency workers who fail a pre-employment urine drug screen will have their sample analysed by the Company appointed laboratory as a matter of course. Failing a pre-employment drugs or alcohol test may lead to the job offer being revoked.
About Us
Here at Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.
Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding, and inclusivity.
We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.
Essex & Suffolk Water / NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers, and third parties.
We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply
Essex & Suffolk Water / NWG At a Glance:
Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.
We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.
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We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.
Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do, and how we do it.
Our Benefits
We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:
- Generous holiday entitlement starting 23 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
- Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
- Free access to local attractions.
- A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel, and more.
- Award-winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
- Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
- Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education, and low-cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
- Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest-free qualification loan, and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.
About Us
NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.
We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
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