WSH Group
Senior Kitchen Porter (Goods In)
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Kitchen Porter Assistant – Hinkley Point C
Company Description – Somerset Larder: Nurturing Togetherness, Community & Sustainability
South West Larder's core values—Togetherness, Nurture, Pride, Planet—drive everything the company does. Cherokee is a fresh food retailer and meal-to-go provider using locally-sourced West Country ingredients, committed to:
✔ Feeding the community with nutritious, seasonal food ✔ Employing and training local talent, including apprenticeships in catering and hospitality ✔ Promoting sustainable practices as an integral part of its operations
**"We can do better—together": Somerset Larder’s four core values are shaped by our team’s commitment to exceptional work and performance. These guide everything we do:
- Togetherness: "Be a tractor, not a trailer."
- Nurture: "You grow, I grow, we grow."
- Pride: "We can and we will."
- Planet: "We’re part of a bigger picture."
Job Title: Kitchen Porter Assistant
Location
📍 Hinkley Point C, Somerset 📅 Closing Date: 10th July 2026 🌟 Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time 🕒 Hours: 39 hours per week 💷 Salary: £16.31 per hour
About the Role
You’ll be part of our operations team, ensuring food safety, stock accuracy, cleaning excellence and a high standard of health and safety across our catering outlets. This role requires handling goods receipts, store management, implementing food hygiene practices, cleaning equipment and training others to maintain our high standards.
Key Responsibilities
📦 Operations
Stock Management & Delivery Coordination
- Assist in induction and training of new kitchen porter colleagues, ensuring they are food-safe and health-hygiene compliant.
- Ensure correct goods receipts, reporting, storage, and rotating stock in line with usage and instructions.
- Collaborate with Chef Managers/Supervisors to clarify requirements for storing, cages, deliveries and updates to Warehouse Hub/Central Production Kitchen.
- Perform daily stock reviews to align inventory with 7-day usage patterns and delegate stock level checks to supervisors accordingly.
- Help organise internal deliveries across sites using our own vehicles and manage supplier deliveries as per agreed processes.
- Comply with standards for stock handling, food safety, and delivery procedures.
Record Keeping & Safety Compliance
- Electronic recording of goods using ProcureW Wizard.
- Assist in stock takes performed monthly.
- Contribute to ensuring regular audit standards for stock management and workplace safety.
- Maintain clean, order management and 'good housekeeping' practices across all sites.
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🧼 Cleaning & Hygiene
- Sanitation Leadership: Ensure high quality cleanliness of all equipment, crockery, and cutlery across operations.
- Monitor and assign daily cleaning duties, supporting team complaince with Food Safety/COSHH/Hygiene policies.
- Supervise staff competence in safe chemical handling and waste disposal protocols.
🛡️ Health & Safety Compliance
- Receiving and validating incoming deliveries to FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS, including quality, hygiene, and regulatory checks.
- Guarantee proper stock storage using Rotation processes and safety protocols.
- Support the timely processing of deliveries to outlet验证eated outlets, balancing speed and quality.
- Safely manage waste removal under site plans, ensuring environmental compliance and minimising waste.
- Handle electrical and manual tools collegially with adherence to all standards and safety measures.
Ideal Candidate: Qualities We Seek
🤝 Values We Act On (Required)
- Togetherness:
- Work as a cohesive team member.
- Have a flexible approach to shift schedules.
- Offer colleague support without hesitation.
- Nurture:
- Commit to learning opportunities, embracing a hands-on growth mindset.
- Sustain Food Safety Level 2 certification (or willingness to achieve on commencement).
- Pride:
- Demonstrate discipline, trustworthiness, and professionalism.
- Proactive mindset with a can-do attitude.
- Operate independently while maintaining high standards.
- Planet:
- Adopt a hygienic attitude with food.
- Embrace sustainability as part of your daily routine.
- Value zero-harm safe work practices.
🛠️ Skills, Knowledge & Experience Required
- Strong understanding of food storage/inventory systems (including stock rotation).
- Prior experience in catering, kitchen portering, or warehousing.
- Experience with health & safety protocols—aims for adapability within a zero-harm culture.
- Teaching/communication skills to troubleshoot, support, and guide teams on standards for food safety, goods in, and cleaning procedures.
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✅ Qualifications & Certifications
Must-Have:
- Food Safety Level 2 Certificate
- COSHH training
- Allergen training
- Manual Handling training
Beneficial:
- Trained in AACCP *(Advanced Accredited Country Practice)_rules *e.g. food safety legislation
- Operates under HACCP program standards
- Operating knowledge of prévention/transport services, audio-visual materials.
Employment & Operative Benefits
📅 Work-Life Balance
- 30 days annual paid leave, including bank holidays.
- Christmas Shutdown: option to volunteer for skeleton workforce during festival closures (a rarity in hospitality).
💼 Financial Security
- Pension Plan: 5% from you (10% from us).
- Paid Life Assurance as an employee entitlement.
- Salary: £16.31/hour.
💰 Additional Support
- Cycle Scheme: Customise your ride for work.
- Comprehensive Family Leave (feamily support provided pre/post nacimiento/leave periods).
- Workplace Health & Wellbeing: Access to Occupational Health pertaining to Qualified Resort Life transfer (RSVP) services offered via Health Partners.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) (Wisdom Helpline): 24/7, all-year-round.
🍽️ On-the-Job Perks
- Daily free meals/drinks: fuel sanctions experts to stay vital.
Certifications & Career Growth
- Initiatives to upskill and train future leaders/technicians for GDPR and updating accreditation.
- Apprenticeships available in hospitality and fine dining.
Specific Security Requirements
As a vital role supporting the nuclear energy programme at Hinkley Point C, this post requires:
✔ Security Clearance (Primary & Full Body Search)
Pre-Employment Action:
- Provide a three-year professional history/reports.
- Five-year address history disclosure.
- Proof of identity (ID card phoretic) and Right-to-Work status UK
For clarity, these steps help facilitate our security screening process.
How to Apply
Please send your full CV along with a tailored application letter to [application email/website – remove placeholder]. referencing "Kitchen Porter Assistant – HPC".
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