Director of Dining Services/Chef

Senior Lifestyle • Independence Charter Township, MI

19h • Onsite

About The Position

In this role you will oversee and control day to day operations of all dining services operations at the community. You will be responsible for ensuring that all department personnel are compliant with Company Dining Policy and Procedures. This includes purchasing of all dining food and nonfood items, balancing and maintaining budgets for raw food and supplies, and utilizing company standard recipes. You will ensure food is served at proper temperature and in proper portion sizes, and that residents’ Prescribed Diets are offered when applicable. Driving high satisfaction by offering residents choice, dignity, and independence in dining is key. You will also ensure operating and cleaning instructions/procedures are developed and implemented, perform pre-meal dining stand-ups, and act as the community’s dietary representative for health department inspections. Maintaining clean and safe dining areas through regular audits and ensuring compliance with all regulations is also a core function. Additionally, you will manage, train, hire, discipline, and terminate all dining staff personnel as needed, and oversee the scheduling of food service personnel to maintain compliance with labor budget.

Requirements

• 3+ years of previous Food Service experience required.
• Serv Safe and/or other required local, county or state certifications.
• Ability to switch tasks quickly and often.
• Positive and professional attitude and good at giving clear direction in a respectful demeanor.
• Takes pride in the quality and presentation of food that you have helped to prepare, as well as the cleanliness of the kitchen and dining areas that you work within.
• Generous amount of patience and the ability to effectively communicate with many different types of personalities.

Nice To Haves

• Management experience is not required but a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and control day to day operations of all dining services operations at the community.
• Ensure all department personnel are compliant with Company Dining Policy and Procedures.
• Responsible for the purchasing of all dining food and nonfood items and ensure all purchases for the department achieve 95% DSSI ordering compliance.
• Balance and maintain budgets for raw food and supplies.
• Utilize company standard recipes when completing food production for meals.
• Ensure that food is served at proper temperature and in proper portion sizes to ensure food safety and palatability according to our food temperature policy.
• Ensure that residents’ Prescribed Diets are offered when applicable.
• Drive high satisfaction by offering our residents choice, dignity and independence in dining according to our hospitality and customer service policy.
• Ensure operating and cleaning instructions/procedures are developed and implemented for the department.
• Perform Pre-meal Dining Stand-Up with service staff to review daily menu details.
• Know and adhere to all company and the local, state, and county health departments regulations and acts as the community’s dietary representative for any health department or other required inspections; assure compliance, follow-up to assure any deficiencies are immediately corrected.
• Ensure all dining areas are clean and safely operating, completes monthly Self Sanitation audit according to the sanitation audit tool and operation and sanitation policies.
• Interview, manage, train, hire, discipline, and terminate all dining staff personnel as needed.
• Oversee the scheduling of all food service personnel to maintain compliance with labor budget.

Benefits

• health
• dental
• vision
• retirement benefits
• short-term disability
• long-term disability
• paid time off
• DailyPay, an application that allows you to access your earned but unpaid wages before your next payday.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed