Dining Services Manager

Sunrise Senior Living•Palos Park, IL
•$58,968 - $73,944

About The Position

The Dining Services Manager leads a community’s dining and hospitality operations, delivering high-quality meals, exceptional service, and a positive resident experience. The role oversees food preparation and service in alignment with Sunrise culinary programs and ensures dietary modifications, portioning, food safety, sanitation, HACCP, and regulatory requirements are followed. The manager also oversees inventory, ordering, vendor relationships, food and labor budgets, and dining team leadership. The position supports resident engagement, special events, and community marketing initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee food preparation and service in alignment with Sunrise culinary programs.
  • Ensure accurate dietary modifications and proper portioning.
  • Manage food safety, sanitation, HACCP, and regulatory compliance.
  • Maintain inventory, ordering, and vendor relationships.
  • Monitor food and labor budgets to meet financial goals.
  • Lead, hire, train, and coach dining team members.
  • Coordinate dining room flow and staffing for each meal.
  • Engage with residents for feedback and participate in Resident Council meetings.
  • Support special events and community marketing initiatives.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Employee Assistance Program and discount program
  • Paid time off (PTO), sick time, and holiday pay
  • myFlexPay, allowing employees to get paid within hours of a shift
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Potential discretionary and/or non-discretionary bonuses, subject to eligibility and plan requirements
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