Job details
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for ensuring food specifications and labor objectives meet all Company and customer requirements
- Supervises department for quality and quantity; ensures items are produced and dated according to specification, and coding system is adhered to correctly (i.e HAACP and other governmental regulations)
- Keeps account of attendance, sets up paperwork, sets up each shift and assigns employees to specified sections (schedule optimization)
- Orders raw material from storeroom and produces extra meals at last minute as needed
- Prepares daily production sheet and assigns tasks to employees; works with and directs employees through the use of the production sheet and passenger counts
- Responsible for all food items after requisitioning them from the storeroom; training and recurrent training of all employees on proper procedures of preparation
- Ensures safety procedures are adhered to; maintain cleanliness through shift to ensure quality product
- Supervises the washing of equipment for production and ensure equipment is stored according to SOP
- Conducts quality checks on food prepared and provides feedback on compliance to specifications
- Conducts yield and batch checks on raw material
- Prepare gold sample tables for menu changes and train associates to ensure compliance to changes.
- Provide feedback to associates on daily performance.
- Prepares specialty items that are required for production on a daily basis.
Education:
- Associates degree in the Culinary Arts or a Culinary Arts certification preferred.
- Canadian Red Seal Certificate
Work Experience:
- Minimum 1-3 years as a Chef and/or Sous Chef required.
- Minimum 2-5 years as a cook required.
- Previous supervisory experience working in a high volume, manufacturing, food production, restaurant or catering environment preferred.
- In-flight catering experience or experience in a high-volume food service environment preferred.
Job Skills:
- Ability to cook meals according to detailed specifications.
- Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
- Must have strong and effective leadership skills, and the ability to successfully manage a team of cooks.
- Current or previous labor relations experience is a plus, but not required.
- Candidate must be comfortable with all levels of employees and have the ability to drive positive program change.
- Ability to train others required.
- Must have the ability to give negative and positive feedback to employees on a daily basis.
- Excellent time management skills required. Ability to handle multiple tasks without losing focus on priorities.
- Strong organizational, analytical, communication and leadership skills required.
- Must be innovative and have the ability to make changes to the operation as needed to further improve the work environment and unit performance.
- Experience with menu design a plus.
- Basic computer skills required. Working knowledge of Eatec, Microsoft Office products preferred.
Communication Skills:
- Must have excellent written and oral communication skills.
Certificates, Licenses and Registrations:
- N/A
Travel:
- N/A
Environmental Requirements:
- Regularly, stands, bends, lifts, and moves intermittently during shifts of 10+ hours.
- In a normal production kitchen facility there may be physical discomfort due to temperature and noise.
- Must be able to lift, push, pull and move product, equipment, supplies, etc., in excess of twenty-five (25) pounds.
- A rotating schedule of over 55 hours per week is typical.
Organization Structure
- Direct Line Manager (Title): 1 (Mgr, Ops, Food)
- Dotted Line Manager (Title, if applicable):
- Number of Direct Reports: N/A
- Number of Dotted Line Reports: 0
- Estimated Total Size of Team:
Demonstrated Competencies to be Successful in the Position:
- Thinking – Information search and analysis, problem resolution skills
- Engaging – understanding others, team leadership, developing people
- Inspiring – influencing and building relationships, motivating and inspiring, communicating effectively
- Achieving – delivering business results under pressure, championing performance improvement, customer focus