Plate Room Lead — Wedding Season

Run the wash-up operation for a country-house hotel through a wedding season of roughly forty Saturdays, plus midweek banqueting. You lead a team of four seasonal porters and own the cleaning schedule end to end.

What you will do

• Rota and brief a team of four across a seven-day season operation, covering absence without escalating every gap.
• Own the deep-clean schedule for extraction, ovens, walk-ins and floors, and evidence it for audit.
• Manage chemical stock and dilution stations, keeping safety data sheets current and accessible.
• Report breakage, machine faults and stock loss weekly to the head chef with figures, not impressions.

What we are looking for

• Previous kitchen porter or wash-up experience with at least some responsibility for others.
• HACCP Level 2 and a working understanding of chemical handling and safety data sheets.
• Steady under banqueting pressure — 300 covers landing in the plate room inside forty minutes.
• This role starts at short notice each spring, so an existing EU/EEA right to work in Ireland is required.

Good to know

• Start: Season contract, 1 April to 31 October
• Department: Kitchen Support
• EU/EEA right to work required