Head Chef

Head Chef - Monday to Friday Thomas Franks Ltd Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom

Lead a kitchen that fuels one of Scotland's most important infrastructure projects.

We are seeking an experienced, passionate, and hands‑on Head Chef to lead catering operations at Greens, Aberdeenshire, a remote workforce compound facility supporting personnel working on a critical energy infrastructure project with our client BAM for SSEN.

This is a unique opportunity for a chef who enjoys working within a close‑knit team environment, providing high‑quality food and hospitality services to the workforce on site. You will play a vital role in ensuring workers receive nutritious, varied, and enjoyable meals that support their wellbeing and performance throughout demanding project schedules.

During the initial mobilisation phase, food service will operate from a modern, high‑specification food truck facility, providing freshly prepared meals and hospitality services to a growing workforce. As the project develops, the successful candidate will lead the transition into a purpose‑built modular kitchen and dining compound, taking ownership of a significantly expanded catering operation.

This phased approach offers a rare opportunity to establish standards from the outset, build your team, influence menu development and help create a flagship catering operation from the ground up.

Join us at Greens and help deliver the food and hospitality experience that powers a critical SSEN infrastructure project.

We are looking for a talented Head Chef to join our team at one of our locations in Greens, Aberdeenshire.

You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

• To work well in a team, providing breakfast, lunch & hospitality.
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Excellent customer service skills
• Great team player

• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service
• An all-round team player
• Innovation and passion for great food
• An organised person with attention to detail

• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and creative chef to advance their career in a dynamic environment. You'll have the chance to work with fresh ingredients, develop innovative menus, and take on a leadership role while contributing to a thriving kitchen.

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc)
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced PVG, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas…