Job Description

Sodexo is seeking a reliable and enthusiastic Food Service Assistant to join our catering team. This role involves supporting the preparation, presentation and service of food and beverages, ensuring an excellent experience for our clients and customers.
What you'll do:

• Assist with food preparation and presentation to company standards.
• Deliver efficient, friendly customer service in all catering areas.
• Maintain a clean, hygienic service and dining environment.
• Serve customers at counters, ensuring food and beverages meet brand and company standards.
• Operate tills, check floats, and complete cashing up procedures.
• Record food temperatures and check deliveries.
• Support with cleaning tasks across catering equipment, utensils, and service areas.
• Ensure counters, tables and accompaniments are fully stocked and well-presented.
• Support special functions and provide cover in other areas when needed.
• Follow all health & safety practices and company policies.

What you'll bring:
Essential

• Strong customer service skills with a friendly, helpful attitude.
• Good communication skills.
• High standards of personal hygiene and appearance.
• Ability to work safely and follow health & safety practices.
• Reliable team player with a strong work ethic.

Desirable

• Experience using electronic point of sale (EPOS) systems.
• Knowledge of COSHH principles.
• Basic computer skills.
• Previous food handling or catering experience.

Why Sodexo?:
Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater.
Belong in a company and team that values you for you.
Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.
Thrive in your own way.
We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.
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 run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.
Click to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.
Ready to be part of something greater?
Belong in a team, thrive in service.
Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications
Salary 12.21 per hour plus Sodexo Benefits
Frequency Hourly
Job Reference SDX/TP/1141780/148158
Contract Type Fixed Term
Closing Date 03 October, 2025
Job Category Catering Staff
Business Unit UK Corporate Services - Frontline
Location Smethwick, United Kingdom
No. of positions 1
Posted on 19 September, 2025

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