Kitchen Manager | Cook Senior Living

Brookdale Senior Living Inc.•Amarillo, TX

9h•Onsite

About The Position

Brookdale Sleepy Hollow in Amarillo, Texas, is hiring a Kitchen Manager to lead its culinary team and provide nutritious meals and welcoming dining experiences for residents and employees. The position plans, manages, and coordinates dining services, maintains service quality within budget, and oversees food preparation, sanitation, staffing, inventory, and cost controls. The manager also supports resident nutrition education, workplace safety, and continuous quality improvement. The role requires a high school diploma or GED, two to four years of relevant commercial kitchen, line cooking, operations, or training experience (or equivalent education and experience), and current ServSafe certification. State food service certification is required if applicable. An ACF Certified Sous Chef credential is preferred. The work involves standing, walking, sitting, handling objects, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling, and lifting up to 25 pounds. Occasional travel and on-call availability as needed are indicated. The position is based at Brookdale Sleepy Hollow; no remote or hybrid arrangement is specified.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Two to four years of experience in commercial kitchen 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 apply guidelines and procedures to make varied departmental decisions and use sound judgment and experience to solve moderately complex problems.
Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
Ability to perform the listed physical activities, including standing, walking, sitting, handling or feeling objects, reaching, and stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
Availability for on-call work as needed and occasional travel.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Plan, manage, and coordinate dining services at one or more locations, providing food services for residents and employees.
Develop standards for organizing and supervising dining services.
Maintain quality dining services within the prescribed budget.
Determine food quality and quantity needs, plan menus, control food costs, and prepare meals when scheduled.
Oversee food preparation and cooking to ensure meals follow 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 inventories of food and nonfood items.
Select, orient, and train new department employees, and delegate authority to support an 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 for residents, and present dining-services education to dining-services and other staff as needed.
Ensure safe work procedures are developed and followed, including procedures for employee injuries, prevention, and infection control.
Ensure a continuous quality improvement program is in place and appropriate follow-up occurs.
Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance (eligibility varies by employment status).
401(k) (eligibility varies by employment status; temporary associates may participate).
Associate assistance program.
Employee discounts.
Referral program.
Early access to earned wages for hourly associates outside California.
Optional ID theft protection and pet insurance.
Paid time off for full-time associates.
Paid holidays for full-time associates.
Company-provided life insurance for full-time associates.
Adoption benefit for full-time associates.
Short- and long-term disability coverage for full-time associates.
Flexible Spending Accounts for full-time associates.
Health Savings Account for full-time associates.
Optional life and dependent life insurance for full-time associates.
Optional accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, and legal plan for full-time associates.
Tuition reimbursement for full-time associates.
Professional development and ongoing health and wellness programs.
For qualified associates with at least one year of service, advance of naturalization application fees up to $725, less applicable taxes and withholding.