People Food Service Lead

Location: 

Suez, EG

Requisition ID:  18257

Why work for us?
Driven by our purpose: Building progress for people and the planet. We are transforming to become the leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions. Holcim US offers an unparalleled range of innovative cement, aggregates, asphalt, concrete products and construction services that have been the foundation for infrastructure projects across the globe. To move the industry forward to a greener future we need people who are passionate about sustainability, are driven to shape and influence perception, and keen to build, grow and thrive in our high-performance culture. Are you ready to build progress with us?

 

Food Service Lead

Job Purpose

 

 

The People Food Service Lead is responsible for driving excellence in food service operations by ensuring the safe, efficient, and high-quality delivery of catering and hospitality services across the Sokhna Plant dining facility.

 

 

 

Key Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities:

  1. Health & Safety:
  • Adhere to and enforce relevant legislation and policies and ensure that highest degree of safety and safe working practices are maintained.
  • Ensure full compliance with Lafarge safety standards and promote safety culture and safe practices among the entire work
  • force.
  • Ensure all BP employees are operating in a safe working environment.
  • Provide monthly reporting and statistics regarding safety performance and incidents.
  • Ensure that all employees and contractors following Health Safety Rules.
  • Conduct VPC and direct other key members in the company to do the same.
  • Identify people with potential to assume broader safety responsibility.
  • Submit the safety figures on monthly basis to the company and discuss areas of improvement.
  • Lead investigations in major safety incidents.
  • Review investigation reports on safety violation incidents and decide on additional actions to be taken.
  • Assume key responsibility for developing H&S improvement plan and relevant action plans.
  • Follow HSIP of the plant and follow the progress.
  • Stopping Unsafe act.
  • Ensure that all employees trained.
  • Attending all safety Meeting
  • Ensure that all employees follow SWI.
  • Achieve Annual Health and safety personal objective.

 

  1. Functional:
  • Oversee the operational compliance, daily production, and service execution across all corporate dining setups, including main staff restaurants, executive VIP buffets, and on-site factory canteens.
  • Audit the third-party catering contractor’s raw ingredient procurement, inventory freshness, and dynamic menu planning to ensure diverse, nutritionally balanced, and high-quality meals tailored for a large industrial workforce.
  • Direct the end-to-end planning, staffing, and execution of VIP hospitality, high-profile corporate events, client visits, and large-scale employee gatherings, guaranteeing flawless presentation and premium service delivery.
  • Enforce uncompromising compliance with international food safety standards (such as HACCP and ISO 22000). Conduct daily kitchen audits to verify safe food core temperatures, cross-contamination prevention, and strict cold-chain logistics preservation.
  • Inspect continuous cleaning and sterilization schedules across all kitchens, storage walk-ins, dining halls, and serving lines. Enforce rigorous organic waste disposal protocols and eco-friendly food surplus management.
  • Guarantee that all kitchen staff, servers, and dishwashers strictly adhere to personal hygiene standards and wear required food-grade Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including hairnets, beard covers, anti-slip safety shoes, and disposable gloves.
  • Monitor contractor headcount levels and daily shift rotations to ensure kitchen labor complies with a maximum 2% monthly absence cap, ensuring a seamless 24/7 dining supply chain with no operational gaps during production shift handovers.
  • Enforce zero-tolerance policies regarding unsafe or unhygienic practices within dining perimeters, including smoking inside food prep or seating zones, sleeping during shifts, horseplay, or failure to report personal illness.
  • Manage the monthly 100-point Balanced Scorecard system for catering services, docking points for verified meal delays, foreign-object contamination defects, menu item shortages, temperature deviations, or cleanliness failures.

Education, Qualifications & Experience

 

Education:  Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management, Culinary Arts, Food Science, Business Administration, or a highly related professional discipline.

 

Experience:

• Professional Experience: 5–7 years of solid experience in high-volume commercial catering management, corporate food services, large-scale restaurant operations, or hospitality logistics.

 

• Food Safety Expertise: Comprehensive technical knowledge of food safety management systems, kitchen design ergonomics, food chemical hazard control, and international storage regulations.

 

• Leadership Experience: Minimum of 2 years in a supervisory or management capacity directing large third-party catering crews, kitchen teams, and hospitality service workforces.

 

• Industrial & Corporate Exposure: Proven track record managing mass feeding operations within heavy industrial complexes, manufacturing plants, remote staff villages, or large corporate headquarters.

 

• Contractual & SLA Knowledge: Strong capability in governing third-party hospitality suppliers under strict output-based Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and performance- linked scorecard systems.

 

• Certifications: Professional certification in food safety (such as SERV Safe Manager, HACCP Certification, or ISO 22000 Auditor) is highly preferred.

 

• Key Traits: Exceptional eye for detail, firm contractor diplomacy, crisis management capabilities during high-pressure events, and an unyielding commitment to sanitation and timing.

 

• Language & Licensing: Excellent command of professional English (written and verbal) and possession of a valid driver’s license.

 

WHO ARE LAFARGE PEOPLE?
Lafarge people are passionate about finding better ways to build. They embrace innovation and improvement with a pioneering spirit. They work as trusted partners, creating better solutions and experiences for their customers, communities, and colleagues.

YOUR LAFARGE EXPERIENCE
At Lafarge, there is endless opportunity for you to play your part. Whether you’re in a technical, managerial, or frontline role, you can shape a career that works for you. With us you’ll have the chance to embrace the passion we share for our planet. You’ll be encouraged to seek out diverse perspectives, share your ideas, and build the skills and connections you need to perform at your best. Because it’s only when we work together in a culture where everyone thrives, that we can build the world we all want to live in.