Food & Beverage Supervisor

LEGO Discovery Centre • Springfield, VA

4d • $22 • Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for an enthusiastic Food & Beverage Supervisor to join our team and help deliver outstanding food, drinks, service and experiences across our attraction’s cafés and bars. This is more than a role behind the counter. You’ll be a hands-on leader, inspiring your team, driving sales, maintaining exceptional food safety and service standards, and helping the wider attraction run smoothly. This is a hands-on role full time position in a lively attraction environment. You’ll need to be comfortable working mornings, evenings, weekends and holidays, depending on operational requirements.

Requirements

• At least two years’ experience in food and beverage, such as restaurants, cafés or similar hospitality environments.
• Experience leading or supervising a team.
• A high school diploma or equivalent; a bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• A genuine passion for delivering excellent guest experiences.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with POS systems and inventory/sales auditing.
• The ability to work collaboratively in a busy, fast-moving environment.
• Excellent organisation skills and the ability to balance competing priorities.
• A flexible and adaptable approach, with the confidence to introduce and embrace new procedures and systems.
• A current food safety certification, or the ability to successfully obtain the required certification within 30 days of starting.
• The ability to obtain any other licences or certifications required for the role.

Nice To Haves

• A bachelor's degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leading and motivating the F&B team to deliver exceptional, guest-focused service.
• Overseeing café and/or bar operations, including hot food, Starbucks® coffee, snacks, ice cream and cold beverages.
• Coaching, training and developing team members through feedback, recognition, team building and performance management.
• Creating effective team schedules and forecasting staffing requirements to meet the needs of the business.
• Managing stock, inventory, ordering and wastage to ensure excellent cost control.
• Driving sales and achieving key performance indicators, including spend-per-head targets.
• Maintaining outstanding standards of cleanliness, presentation, food preparation and hygiene.
• Ensuring food safety, allergen management, temperature checks and required records are consistently maintained.
• Completing standards audits and ensuring Merlin Food Safety Standards are met or exceeded.
• Ensuring team members hold the appropriate food-handling qualifications and that required licences and certifications remain up to date.
• Using point-of-sale, cost and order-management systems effectively.
• Resolving guest issues and empowering your team to deliver great guest recovery when things don’t go to plan.
• Working closely with other attraction departments to respond quickly to operational challenges.
• Supporting safe and efficient guest flow and queue management during busy periods.
• Taking Manager-on-Duty shifts, overseeing the wider attraction operation and supporting colleagues across departments.
• Championing a positive, inclusive and energetic team culture where people can learn, grow and enjoy the ride.

Benefits

• The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.
• The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe.
• Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.
• Merlin Entertainments are facilitating the LEGO Group’s recruitment process for this role as part of a transitional service agreement with the LEGO Group.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED