Cook with Purpose. Build a Career with Impact.
Join Ventia's Defence hospitality team as a Cook at RAAF East Sale, preparing quality meals that support Australia's Defence personnel every day. Enjoy long-term career stability while building a rewarding career in a supportive team environment. With Ventia you will have the opportunity to be a part of something bigger, supporting Australia's Defence community through meaningful work that makes a difference every day.
Why Join Ventia?
- $29.89 per hour + penalty rates
- Full-time, permanent employment
- Benefit from a reliable, stable employment within a long-term Defence contract.
- Rotating roster across weekdays, weekends and public holidays
- Uniform and PPE provided
- Comprehensive wellbeing support, including discounted health insurance and EAP
- Exclusive access to VenPerks, offering discounts at more than 450 leading Australian retailers
- Work for a company recognised as a Veteran Employer of Choice
About the role
As the Cook, you will be assisting the Head Chef and broader kitchen team to prepare and serve meals for Defence Personnel. This job makes sure the kitchen runs safely and smoothly, keeps food safe, and helps create a clean and friendly dining space. You'll deliver quality meals with purpose, support and mentor Kitchen Hands and Utilities staff, maintain high food safety standards, and contribute to essential Defence catering operations.
Beyond the kitchen, you'll contribute to a culture of respect, collaboration, and professionalism, ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for both colleagues and Defence Personnel.
Your responsibilities
- Preventive management of food safety hazards through the systematic application of HACCP controls.
- Manage the overall preparation and delivery of meal services from production facilities, ensuring regular consultation with the Food and Beverage Coordinator and Mess Committee regarding expectations and performance.
- Operate large-volume cooking equipment such as grills, deep-fat fryers, and barbeques.
- Overall stock management, including ordering of supplies, stock rotation, application of labels and dates, correct storage and handling, develop inventory control measures, ensure correct wastage practices, and coordinate stock takes.
- Train all food production personnel in Ventia’s procedures and methods relating to food preparation and presentation, including those specific to religious meal service, such as Kosher and Halal.
- Build strong working relationships with performance and compliance team, ensuring efficient management of Health, Safety and the Environment (HSE), Food Safety and HACCP, and Contract compliance
- Ensure all areas of the kitchen are clean, sanitised, well-maintained and presentable.
- Check, record and sign off on all shift cleaning schedules, and documentation relating to incoming goods, food holding units and temperature probes.
About you:
- Certificate II in Commercial Cookery or higher
- HACCP Level 2 certification
- Previous experience within a large commercial kitchen environment
- A valid Australian Driving Licence & own transport
- Sound knowledge of Food Safety Standards, relevant legislation and statutory obligations.
- Enthusiasm and commitment to high standards of customer service.
- Flexible and adaptive in complex, multi-stakeholder settings
- Strong planning and organisational abilities
- Demonstrated interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work as a member of a team
Defence Clearance Requirements
This role requires eligibility to obtain and maintain a Defence Baseline Security Clearance. As a result, applicants must be Australian Citizens.
Make Your Next Role Matter
At Ventia, you'll be part of a team that delivers essential services to those who serve our country. If you're ready to bring your culinary skills to a role with purpose, stability and opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.
About Ventia
As a leading services provider, we maintain, operate, and manage the essential infrastructure that makes modern life possible across Australia and New Zealand. With more than 35,000 employees and subcontractors across 400 sites, joining Ventia means becoming part of a team that values its people, supports career growth, and helps everyone go further towards their full potential.
Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage.
How to apply
Click the Apply Now button to start the journey to find your further with Ventia.
Position Reference Number:167825
