Dining Services Manager

Brookdale Senior Living Inc.•Bradenton, FL

About The Position

The Dining Services Manager plans, manages, and coordinates the dining services department at one or more locations, providing food services for residents and employees. The role establishes standards for organizing and supervising dining services and maintains service quality within the prescribed budget. It oversees menu planning, food costs, food preparation, cooking, food safety, sanitation, inventory, cleaning schedules, production worksheets, and staff schedules. The manager selects, orients, trains, and delegates work to department employees, develops cost-control systems, and prepares the department budget for submission to the director. The position also provides nutrition education and counseling to residents, delivers dining-services education to staff as needed, ensures safe work procedures and infection-control practices, and maintains a continuous quality-improvement program. The manager may be scheduled to prepare meals and performs other duties assigned by a supervisor. This position requires a high school diploma or GED, two to four years of relevant commercial kitchen, food-service operations, line-cooking, and/or training experience (or an equivalent combination of education and experience), and current ServSafe certification. State food-service certification is required where applicable. An ACF Certified Sous Chef credential is preferred. The role calls for extensive knowledge in a distinct skill or function, working knowledge of a functional discipline, and thorough knowledge of food safety and sanitation, culinary nutrition, and supervisory management. Familiarity with Microsoft software is preferred, and basic typing skills are essential. The work involves standing, walking, sitting, handling or feeling with the hands and fingers, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling, and talking or hearing. It requires interaction with coworkers, residents, or vendors and the ability to lift up to 25 pounds. The position may involve exposure to communicable diseases, infections, latex, blood-borne pathogens, and other drug, chemical, infectious, or biological hazards. On-call availability is needed as required, and occasional travel is required. Brookdale describes itself as an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace. The posting notes career-development opportunities, ongoing health and wellness programs, and benefits that vary by employment status. Full-time benefit eligibility includes paid time off, paid holidays, company-provided life insurance, adoption benefits, disability coverage, flexible spending and health savings accounts, optional life and dependent life insurance, additional voluntary coverage, and tuition reimbursement. The posting also lists benefits for part-time and full-time associates, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k), an associate assistance program, employee discounts, a referral program, early access to earned wages for eligible hourly associates outside California, and optional benefits such as identity-theft protection and pet insurance. Brookdale also offers qualified associates who have worked there for at least one year an advance of up to $725, less applicable taxes and withholding, toward naturalization application fees. The application window is anticipated to close within 30 days of the posting date.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Two to four years of experience in a commercial kitchen, food-service operations, line cooking, and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Current ServSafe certification.
State food-service certification, if applicable.
Thorough knowledge of food safety and sanitation, culinary nutrition, and supervisory management.
Basic typing skills.
Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
Ability to meet the physical demands of standing, walking, sitting, handling or feeling with the hands and fingers, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling, and talking or hearing.
Availability for on-call work as needed and occasional travel.
Ability to interact with coworkers, residents, or vendors.

Nice To Haves

ACF Certified Sous Chef (CSC) certification.
Familiarity with Microsoft software.

Responsibilities

Plan, manage, and coordinate dining-services activities at one or more locations, serving residents and employees.
Develop standards for the organization and supervision of dining services.
Maintain quality dining services within the prescribed budget.
Determine food quality and quantities; plan menus and control food costs; prepare meals when scheduled.
Oversee food preparation and cooking to ensure compliance with company procedures.
Inspect work, storage, and serving areas to ensure compliance with food-safety and sanitation regulations.
Prepare cleaning schedules, production worksheets, and staff schedules.
Maintain inventories of food and nonfood items.
Select, orient, and train new department employees, and delegate work to support the effective flow of materials and services.
Develop and direct cost-control systems and prepare and submit the department budget to the director.
Provide nutrition education and counseling to residents and present dining-services education programs to dining-services and other staff as needed.
Ensure safe work procedures are developed and followed, including procedures related to employee injuries, prevention, and infection control.
Ensure a continuous quality-improvement program is in place and appropriate follow-up occurs.
Perform duties assigned by the supervisor.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible part-time and full-time associates.
401(k).
Associate assistance program.
Employee discounts.
Referral program.
Early access to earned wages for eligible hourly associates outside California.
Optional identity-theft protection and pet insurance.
Paid time off for eligible full-time associates.
Paid holidays for eligible full-time associates.
Company-provided life insurance for eligible full-time associates.
Adoption benefit for eligible full-time associates.
Short- and long-term disability coverage for eligible full-time associates.
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible full-time associates.
Health Savings Account for eligible full-time associates.
Optional life and dependent life insurance for eligible full-time associates.
Optional accident, critical-illness, hospital-indemnity, and legal-plan benefits for eligible full-time associates.
Tuition reimbursement for eligible full-time associates.
Qualified associates with at least one year of service may receive an advance of up to $725, less applicable taxes and withholding, toward naturalization application costs.
Professional-development and career-growth opportunities.
Ongoing health and wellness programs.