Waterpark Food

**Your hospitality journey starts here**

**Alton Towers Resort** are recruiting for a **Team Leader** to join our talented Food & Beverage team working across our Food and Beverage outlets in our waterpark.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a high energy and fun team who delivers excellent service each day to all our guests, who are ready to have an amazing action-packed day filled with our delicious and innovative food offering.

Every day is an adventure, and no two days are ever alike in this fun and engaging role

**What's in it for you?**

You will be working full time on a seasonal variable contract, with an hourly rate of £12.18. Not only that, but you will also be joining a great team, with fabulous career prospects - we LOVE to promote from within
- You will also be entitled to a Merlin Magic Pass (worth **£1000**) after an initial qualifying period, giving you and your friends and family fabulous park discounts across the Merlin Entertainments sites. These include Alton Towers Resort, Thorpe Park Resort, Legoland Windsor, Chessington World of Adventures and Warwick Castle.
- You will also have development opportunities to allow you to grow your career with Aramark, where we have over 400 locations across the UK.
- Save hundreds of £'s with our MyStaffshop (online shopping benefits)
- Free Uniform
- Working with a great team who have fabulous out of work social activities
- Employee assistance program
- Ongoing training and development - this could be the start of your hospitality career and we can support your development
- Free staff parking
- Reliable bus service

**The ingredients for success**

Ideally, you will come from an F&B or catering background and will be confident when it comes to organising and managing teams. This is a high-pressure role as the waterpark gets busy, so you need to have a cool head and be ready for every eventuality. Shift times will predominantly work around the waterpark opening times.

**Your main responsibilities will include**
- Serving customers at our various food outlets in the waterpark
- Leading by example, this a hands-on role so don't be afraid to roll up your sleeves.
- Ensuring you and your team are working in a hygienic and professional manner whilst maintaining high standards at all times.
- Organising your team to be effective daily
- Dealing with customer enquiries efficiently
- Being a role model whilst supporting with the training and development of the team
- Driving operational excellence across the Food & Beverage team in the Waterpark
- Opening and closing units and cashing up.

**Qualifications and experience needed.**
- Previous supervisory experience is desirable.
- Experience of working in a hospitality environment is preferred.
- Ability to lead and manage teams and projects.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Flexibility in availability is essential.
- We need people with a can-do attitude, but who also like to have fun

** To be considered for this role all interested applicants are required to send their CV along with a cover letter**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Fixed term contract

**Salary**: £12.18 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Alton Towers, Staffordshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Have you previously worked at Alton towers? If so, when did you work at the resort?
- Why are you interested in this role?

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: WPTL1