The Kitchen Hand is the MVP of the kitchen. It's the role everything else depends on and the one people notice most when it isn't done - a fast, physical, hands-on job in a high-volume daytime kitchen. It is not a cooking role, but it's the way into one.

Responsibilities
Own the dish area - clean, tidy, protected, and never the reason service slows down
Maintain dishwashing flow through service, prioritising between dishes and prep as the kitchen needs
Know where everything is stored - equipment, prep items and stock
Handle and store deliveries; fetch and restock as required
Assist with prep: scaling, basic food items, decanting, portioning
Label and date everything to HACCP standard
Remove rubbish and sort recycling at close
Work with the kitchen team on close-down, deep cleaning and reset - sweeping, mopping, sanitising

Interpersonal
A great communicator - speaks up early, asks when unsure, tells people what they need to know before they need to ask
Kind and courteous, to the team and to customers
Able to pivot and re-prioritise the moment the kitchen demands it




Team-oriented - this is not a role for a lone operator; the whole job is making everyone else's shift work
Ready to help out wherever needed, including outside your own section
Genuinely focused on what's best for the customer

Success in this role
Service never waits on you
The kitchen starts each morning clean, reset and ready
You can find anything, immediately - no one else stops work to look
You move before you're asked: the pile, the empty container, the delivery
You handle problems as they arise rather than leaving them
You stick with it and absorb the role - that's what makes a kitchen hand valuable, and it's the path into cooking

What we offer
Staff meals on us
Genuinely positive work environment - a small team that looks after each other
No nights, no split shifts - you're finished by 3pm
Real prospect to upskill and take on current responsibilities, including cross-training onto the toastie and sandwich station

Pay: $26.44 – $42.16 per hour

Benefits:
Employee discount
Free food

Work Location: In person

📌 Kitchen Hand / Dishwasher Heidelberg Heights (Australia)
🏢 Nice Guy Eddie Coffee + Kitchen
📍 Australia