Executive Chef | Coppabella | 9:5

Civeo is seeking an accomplished Executive Chef to take ownership of culinary performance at Coppabella Village—a large-scale, high-volume remote village operation supported by multi-disciplinary on-site teams.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an Executive Chef who combines operational excellence with strong commercial discipline, people leadership, and a visible commitment to safety and quality.

Various roster options available to support your lifestyle with a preference for 9:5 with others considered. Let us know what works for you!

The Opportunity

As Executive 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

About You

You are a confident, credible Executive 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

Why Civeo

Civeo offers a strong employee value proposition designed to support performance, wellbeing and retention:

• FIFO from Brisbane, or DIDO if you live locally
• 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

About Coppabella Village

Coppabella is described internally as Civeo’s largest village facility, supported by a broad on-site team including Facilities, Housekeeping, Administration, Guest Services, Health & Lifestyle and Food & Beverage servicing up to 3200 guests at any one time.

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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