Yard Assistant

Role overview

Killashee Hotel is looking to add a Yard Assistant to its hospitality team in Naas, County Kildare. This position is part of a workplace that focuses on guest experience, teamwork, and helping employees grow through training and career development. The successful person will work under the Purchasing Manager.

Key duties

• Keep the delivery yard tidy and well-organised.
• Ensure the bin area remains clean and orderly.
• Maintain cleanliness and organisation across all hotel store rooms.
• Remove bottle skips each day and make sure enough skips are available for the operations team.
• Follow the hotel’s waste sorting process for general, recyclable, and compostable waste.
• Compact all cardboard from the hotel.
• Receive deliveries and verify them against the delivery docket.
• Put stock away correctly, using first-in-first-out rotation principles.
• Move stock around the hotel as required.

Candidate profile

The hotel is seeking someone who communicates clearly, works well on their own initiative, brings a positive approach, and is enthusiastic about hospitality and service. The role also calls for flexibility, access to personal transport, and strong interpersonal, leadership, time management, and organisational abilities.

What the hotel offers

This role comes with a supportive and energetic team environment, along with a range of employee benefits and workplace initiatives. These include training and upskilling opportunities, leisure centre access, discounted hotel stays, wellbeing support, insurance savings, free parking, meals during shifts, referral rewards, team events, flexible schedules, a positive culture, and recognition programmes.

Additional benefits and employee support

• Ongoing internal and external training programmes to support professional growth.
• Complimentary access to the leisure centre, including classes, sauna, jacuzzi, and swimming pool.
• Discounted employee rates across FBD Hotels & Resorts, including five hotels in Ireland and two in Spain.
• Employee Assistance Programme and wellness initiatives.
• Reduced rates on home, car, and travel insurance through FBD Insurance.
• Free secure on-site parking.
• Meals provided while on duty, plus unlimited tea and coffee during shift hours.
• Employee referral rewards.
• Regular social activities such as summer parties, staff sports days, team-building events, and the annual Christmas party.
• Flexible shift scheduling to support work-life balance.
• An inclusive, respectful, and team-focused workplace culture.
• Recognition initiatives including monthly staff celebrations, GEM awards, quarterly manager awards, and other milestone acknowledgements.

Company values

The hotel’s team works with a strong guest-first mindset, treats colleagues with respect, collaborates as one unit, brings creativity to problem-solving, and takes ownership with a proactive can-do attitude.