Kitchen Porter

✨Job Title: Kitchen Porter

📍Location: Oxygen House, Exeter

✨Term: Fixed Term 6 months (contract, with the potential to extend or become permanent)

⏰Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, daytime hours only. No weekends.

💷Salary: £12.71 per hour plus generous company benefits .

📅Start date: Early December 2026

📅Closing date: Friday 22nd October 2026

Join a Kitchen That Puts Vegetables First!

OH Kitchen is an organic, vegetable-led kitchen serving the Oxygen House community. We create fresh, seasonal food with a focus on quality, sustainability and great hospitality.

We're looking for a reliable and hardworking Kitchen Porter to join our team on a six-month fixed-term contract. This is a vital role within the kitchen, helping to ensure our chefs have a clean, safe and organised environment in which to deliver exceptional food every day.

Whether you already have kitchen experience or are looking to start a career in catering, we'd love to hear from enthusiastic individuals who take pride in a job well done and enjoy working as part of a team.

Key Responsibilities

• Wash and put away pots, pans, utensils, crockery and kitchen equipment throughout the day.
• Keep kitchen surfaces, floors, equipment and storage areas clean and tidy.
• Receive and store deliveries, ensuring good stock rotation practices are followed.
• Maintain clean and organised fridges, freezers and dry stores.
• Manage waste, recycling and compost streams correctly.
• Use cleaning products safely and follow COSHH guidelines.
• Report any maintenance, hygiene or safety concerns to the Sous Chef.
• Support the wider kitchen team with other reasonable duties as required.

About You

You'll be

• Reliable, punctual and hardworking.
• Comfortable carrying out physical tasks, including lifting deliveries and being on your feet for extended periods.
• Organised and able to work efficiently during busy periods.
• A positive team player who is happy to help wherever needed.
• Someone with high standards of cleanliness and attention to detail.
• Proactive and able to spot what needs doing without being asked.

Desirable

• Previous experience as a Kitchen Porter or within a catering environment.
• Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene qualification.
• Awareness of COSHH and safe chemical handling.
• An interest in sustainability, waste reduction and recycling.

Why join us?

We are very fortunate to have a wonderful working environment, providing us with holistic work perks such as freshly cooked plant-based food served daily by our talented catering team, regular energising gym classes, and a relaxing kitchen garden to rest and socialise in.

On top of this you will have the opportunity to participate in our broad and extensive range of company benefits, these include:

• 🏡Family and Finance Benefits - Enhanced parental leave, Contributory pension (matched up to 5%), Group life assurance, Employee assistance programme
• 🩺Health Benefits - Private medical insurance, Private dental insurance, Virtual GP, Eyecare vouchers, Flu Vaccinations
• 🌳Green Benefits - Green travel incentive, Cycle to work scheme, Electric car scheme and charging
• 🏖️ Annual Leave - 25 days’ holiday, rising by 1 day per year to a maximum of 30 days
• Oxygen House is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.
• At Oxygen House Limited, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive and equitable environment where all individuals can thrive and make an impact.
• Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without sponsorship.