General Assistant – Gatwick

Branch: Staines

Based at: Gatwick
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: £10.61 per hour
Sector: General Assistant

Reports to: Relevant Departmental Manager

First Call Aviation is hiring for a General Assistant at Gatwick.

Working with First Call Contract Services gives you many additional benefits:

• Money saving offers and discounts at your fingertip.
• 24/7 GP helpline
• Discounted Gym membership in over 2500 gyms

Shifts and Pay Rates:

• Earlies and lates per rota
• 8hrs shift
• 0600 – 1400 / 1230 – 2100
• £10.61 per hour

Job Description:

General Assistants work in a team and work well under pressure and in new environments on a daily basis. All staff will be required to work in all areas of the business, bond store, equipment pack, dishwash, production, warehouse, and despatch. Dependent on operational requirements and supervise the staff screening process (currently within the COVID guidelines).

Knowledge and Skills:

• Minimum 1 years’ experience in catering (desirable).
• The ability to work calmly under pressure.
• Excellent communication, teamwork and customer service skills.
• Good literacy skills, verbal written and spoken.
• Operational awareness, understand of HACCP, COSHH, DDA, Food Hygiene, Health and Safety and DFT requirements. (Role specific)
• Forklift driving duties (if applicable)
• In date CPC & Driving License. (if applicable)

Production / Kitchen – Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• To ensure all airline products are to specification.
• To ensure and check all products are supplied to relevant departments in an organised manner packed into the appropriate equipment ready for use/dispatching to aircraft.
• Pack carts/ Production trollies to the required standard and in accordance with passenger volumes.
• Ensuring stock levels are maintained to the required levels and organised as per production schedule.
• Rotate stock is rotated to get maximum shelf life.
• Record, report food wastage
• Record, report breakages i.e., china, glass
• Ensure production schedules are met.
• Support other departments and teams when and where required to maintain production/dispatch schedule.
• All products meet the required standard before leaving the unit.
• Adhere to clean as you go standard.
• Carry out final search and screening function.
• Adhere to inflight services security compliance.
• Adhere to Unit safety measures in place.
• Adhere to inflight services security compliance.
• Adhere to clean as you go standard.
• Interact with, colleagues, customers, and clients in a professional manner at all times.
• Comply with all unit Corporate, Social, Responsibility initiatives.
• Any other duties as requested by your manager.

Apply NOW by any of the following methods and well get straight back to you!

• Text “GENERALASSISTANT” – your name, surname” to 07885457883 or 07825728745
• Call us on 03300 947 588
• Send your CV on