Civeo is seeking an accomplished Head Chef to take ownership of culinary performance at our Nebo Village—a high-volume remote village operation supported by multi-disciplinary on-site teams.
This is a senior leadership opportunity for a Head Chef who combines operational excellence with strong commercial discipline, people leadership, and a visible commitment to safety and quality.
This is a permanent role on a 14:7 roster.
The Opportunity
A Head Chef, you will be accountable for the end-to-end performance of the kitchen and catering function: setting standards, building capability, and delivering consistent quality at scale in a fast-paced environment.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Operational leadership: manage all kitchen operations, production and presentation of meal services, and service consistency in a high-volume environment
- Safety & compliance leadership: reinforce HSQE expectations and maintain ISO Quality Assurance certifications through strong process, audit readiness, and team discipline
- People & culture: lead, train, mentor and develop teams; create a performance culture through coaching, standards, rostering and clear accountability
- Commercial and reporting accountability: budgeting, auditing, reporting and cost control, with an analytical approach to continuous improvement
- Food leadership: menu development and batch cooking capability across service offerings, ensuring quality, presentation and operational efficiency
Why Civeo
Civeo offers a strong employee value proposition designed to support performance, wellbeing and retention:
- Salary of $111k + Superannuation
- FIFO from Brisbane (or DIDO if you live locally and receive an annual $17k bonus instead of flights)
- Permanent 14:7 roster
- Food and accommodation provided at our villages (for those not living locally)
- Access to The Civeo Hive — reward, recognition, wellness and exclusive staff discounts
Village amenities including provide ensuite accommodation, pools, gyms and sporting fields
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About You
You are a confident, credible Head Chef with the presence to lead at scale and the discipline to deliver operational excellence day after day.
To be successful, you be able to demonstrate:
- Certificate III in Commercial Cookery (or equivalent) and ability to provide evidence of certification/competencies
- Proven experience in high-volume, fast-paced kitchens
- Experience maintaining ISO Quality Assurance standards/certification
- Strong capability in batch cooking across service offerings
- Advanced budgeting and analytical skills
- Demonstrated success training, mentoring and developing teams
- Flexibility to work day and/or night shift requirements as needed
Confidence to pass pre-employment medical and background check
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About Us
Civeo Australia (a division of Civeo Corporation) provides workforce accommodation services across Australia with a national footprint of approximately 10,000 rooms across twelve villages in QLD, NSW and WA, plus additional client-owned operations in remote regions.
We’re committed to fostering sustainable partnerships and inclusive opportunities and encourage First Nations people to apply.
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