Functieomschrijving

As an Operator in Hot Kitchen Department, you are responsible for independently operating various production machines. In this department, ingredients and prepared products are fried, cooked, steamed, mixed, and boiled.

Your responsibilities include operating equipment such as cooking kettles, filling machines, mixers, and combi steam ovens. You also prepare dishes and food components in accordance with our quality, hygiene, and safety standards.

What does the job involve?

As a Kitchen Operator, you are the right-hand person of the Team Leader in the Hot Kitchen Department, supporting them in the production of prepared dishes and food components.

You are responsible for preparing and carrying out recipes. Your tasks include:

• Taking over the duties of kitchen staff in their absence.
• Carrying out the necessary quality checks on raw materials and preparing them for processing when required. Depending on the workload, you work together with kitchen staff, providing them with clear instructions and guidance to ensure that their tasks are carried out correctly.
• Independently following and executing recipes in accordance with quality standards and IFS requirements.
• Ensuring that industrial equipment is properly cleaned after and between each production run, in accordance with hygiene regulations.
• Preparing spice blends according to the recipes when the Goods Receiving employee is absent.
• Correctly preparing frozen ingredients and recipe components according to the production order.
• Labelling semi-finished products and recording their use in our computer system.
• Recording cooling temperatures.