Kitchen Lead

Children's Museum of South Dakota•Brookings, SD

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Our Kitchen Lead helps create a welcoming Café Coteau experience that provides high-quality food and beverage and customer hospitality to support guests as they play, learn, and explore at the Museum. This position supports the day-to-day operations of the Café through food preparation and maintaining clean, organized, and efficient kitchen and dining spaces. This role uses a hands-on and flexible approach to help ensure the Café remains a dependable, family-friendly part of the overall Museum experience.

Requirements

Prior related professional experience, such as food and beverage preparation, cooking, or hospitality industry customer service, is required.
Shows a passion for and commitment to the Museum’s mission, vision, and values.
Ability to guide and follow established systems, processes, and procedures with consistency and accuracy.
Commitment to maintaining high standards of cleanliness and organization.
Strong organization and ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
Team player with ability to collaborate and cooperate.
Great attention to detail.
Strong organization and ability to accomplish tasks and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

Prepare and serve food and beverage items while maintaining quality, consistency, food safety, and presentation standards.
Support the Museum’s mission by creating a warm, welcoming, family-friendly environment that enhances our guests’ experiences.
Support daily kitchen operations including food prep, stocking, dishwashing, cleaning, and organization of kitchen and dining spaces.
Maintain cleanliness, sanitation, and food safety standards, processes, and records.
Monitor product levels and communicate inventory, prep, supply, and maintenance needs to Café Manager.
Help maintain organized storage areas, prep stations, grab and go displays, and kitchen systems to support efficient daily operations.
Assist with front-of-house service when needed, including point of sale, hospitality, and dining room care to create a welcoming experience for our guests.
Contribute to a positive, team-oriented work environment by supporting coworkers, adapting to changing operational needs, and helping where needed across café functions.
Support event and catering operations through food preparation, setup, service, cleanup, and flexible evening and weekend coverage as needed.
Other duties as assigned.