CHEFS | DIDO | 2:1 ( CHINCHILLA / DALBY )

Best suited for: Australian citizens, Permanent Residents, New Zealand citizens, and Subclass 485, 491, and 191 visa holders who seek to work in adventurous FIFO environment at Queensland region.

About this opportunity

Sodexo is seeking talented and experienced Chefs to join our strong culinary community operating across dynamic site kitchens in the Chinchilla and Dalby regions. Offered on a full-time basis, this Drive-In, Drive-Out (DIDO) opportunity allows you to balance work and life using an efficient 2:1 roster configuration (2 weeks on-site, 1 week off). In this rewarding role, your skills will truly make an impact as you deliver high-quality meals for village residents, ensuring their comfort, safety, and well-being. Whether you are after a positive lifestyle change or want to bring purpose to your high-volume cooking, this placement provides an exceptional career move backed by a globally renowned essential services provider.

Job Summary

• Employer Name: Sodexo
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Required Education & Experience: Certificate III or IV in Commercial Cookery alongside essential mass-catering experience.
• Work Arrangement: On-site
• Employment Location: Chinchilla / Dalby, Queensland (QLD), Australia
• Salary & Benefits: Competitive trade salary package with an outstanding benefits and rewards framework
• Application Deadline: Ongoing Applications (Early applications are encouraged. The advertiser reserves the right to remove this listing without notice once the position is no longer available.)

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver exceptional, high-quality bulk meals within dynamic, fast-paced remote site kitchens.
• Maintain strict adherence to professional food safety regulations and exhibit excellent operational knowledge of HACCP guidelines.
• Collaborate actively within a dedicated culinary team that thrives on shared workload support, innovation, and kitchen excellence.
• Commit to an intensive remote shift rhythm, executing 11-hour workdays across the duration of your site rotation.
• Promote village lifestyle standards by ensuring residential meal services focus consistently on safety, comfort, and baseline nutritional quality.

Skills & Requirements

• Volume Cookery Expertise: Confident capacity to manage large-scale mass catering workloads safely without losing menu quality or culinary precision.
• Desirable Asset Indicators: Previous exposure as a Fly-In, Fly-Out (FIFO) Chef or extensive practical history as a Line Chef in commercial settings is highly desired but not essential.
• Mandatory Requirements:
  • Certificate III or IV in Commercial Cookery (or recognized equivalent trade qualification)
  • Current, valid Food Safety Supervisor Certificate
  • Clear compliance with standard police background checks and Working with Children checks (where applicable)

Benefits

• Competitive baseline trade salary coupled with a highly comprehensive corporate benefits and staff recognition program.
• Privileged access to fantastic remote Village lifestyle facilities, including fully equipped gyms, swimming pools, tennis courts, fitness classes, and organized social activities (dependent on specific assigned site).
• Expansive corporate training, structural upskilling, and direct career development pipelines into unique geographical sectors across Australia.
• Excellent team-driven culture offering a reliable, collaborative group of professionals around you.

Important Applicant Information

• Application Method: Interested trade applicants must submit a current, detailed resume mapping out their industrial volume cooking history and trade certifications directly to the Sodexo recruitment portal.
• Visa & Sponsorship Note: While candidates holding Australian Citizenship or full unrestricted working rights are preferred, Sodexo will actively consider highly experienced bulk-cooking applicants seeking potential Visa sponsorship.
• Submission Tip: Explicitly emphasize your exact daily volume capacities (e.g., catering for 200+ covers) and attach your Food Safety Supervisor badge right at the front of your CV to clear the automated screening path quickly.

Eligible applicants include:

• Australian citizens
• Permanent Residents (PR)
• New Zealand citizens
• Subclass 485 / 491 / 191 visa holders

About The Employer

Sodexo is a prominent international contract services organization and a distinct leader in Quality of Life services, coordinating a global workforce of over 400,000 employees worldwide, including thousands across Australia. As a dedicated contract services company, Sodexo prides itself on being a people-first business that transforms daily kitchen and hospitality tasks into meaningful community impacts. Please note that ongoing employment remains strictly conditional upon Sodexo's ability to maintain its client operations and specific contractual service level agreements.

Applicant Safety & Screening Reminder

• Mandatory Verification: Concrete placement remains strictly subject to passing mandatory police history checks, relevant working with children clearances, and confirming valid right-to-work documentation or satisfying specific sponsorship assessments.
• Security Warning: Genuine commercial service employers like Sodexo will never demand upfront cash processing fees, training deposit bonds, or direct hardware procurement payments during the recruitment cycle. Avoid disclosing critical financial banking data or your Tax File Number (TFN) until an official contract package has been safely executed.

Original Source: Sodexo Australia Energy & Resources Culinary Registry — DIDO Chef (Chinchilla / Dalby Region)