Dining Services Manager

Brookdale Senior Living Inc.•Orlando, FL

About The Position

Plans, manages, and coordinates the dining services department at one or more locations, providing food services for residents and employees. The role oversees food quality, menus, costs, food preparation, sanitation, staffing, inventory, training, budgeting, nutrition education, workplace safety, and continuous quality improvement. The position may include preparing meals and occasional travel, and may require on-call availability as needed. The role requires a high school diploma or GED, two to four years of relevant commercial kitchen, operations, line-cooking, or training experience (or an equivalent combination), and current ServSafe certification. State food service certification is required where applicable. An ACF Certified Sous Chef credential is preferred. Familiarity with Microsoft software is preferred; basic typing skills and thorough knowledge of food safety and sanitation, culinary nutrition, and supervisory management are required.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Two to four years of experience in a commercial kitchen, operations and 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 apply existing guidelines and procedures to make varied departmental decisions and use sound judgment and experience to solve moderately complex problems.
Ability to stand, walk, sit, use hands and fingers, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk, hear, and meet the stated vision demands.
Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
Ability to travel occasionally and be on call as needed.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Develop standards for the organization and supervision of dining services.
Maintain quality dining services within the prescribed budget.
Determine the quality and quantity of food required; plan menus and control food costs; may be scheduled to prepare meals.
Oversee food preparation and cooking to ensure meals are prepared according to company procedures.
Inspect work, storage, and serving areas to ensure food safety and sanitation regulations are followed.
Prepare cleaning schedules, production worksheets, and staff schedules.
Maintain inventory of food and nonfood items.
Select, orient, and train new department employees; delegate authority to dining services staff to ensure an effective flow of materials and services.
Develop and direct a cost-control system and prepare and submit the department budget to the director.
Provide nutrition education and counseling for 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 relating to employee injuries, prevention, and infection control.
Ensure a continuous quality improvement program is in place and appropriate follow-up occurs.
Perform other 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 hourly associates outside California.
Optional voluntary benefits, including 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 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 voluntary benefits for eligible full-time associates, including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, and a legal plan.
Tuition reimbursement for eligible full-time associates.
Eligible associates who have been with the company for at least a year may receive an advance of naturalization application fees, up to $725, less applicable taxes and withholding.
Temporary associates are not benefits eligible but may participate in the company’s 401(k) program.