Kitchen Manager

AC & T CO INC•Hagerstown, MD

6d•$19 - $22•Onsite

About The Position

The Kitchen Manager oversees all kitchen and food operations at AC&T, preparing food and helping provide customers with prompt, courteous, and friendly service. The role supports AC&T’s goal of making every shopping experience profitable and pleasurable. This posting is intended to fill openings across the company’s 17 store locations. The Kitchen Manager maintains customer relations, coordinates with the Store Manager, manages inventory and vendors during their shift, and safeguards assigned funds, equipment, records, and other Company property. The role also maintains kitchen cleanliness and follows applicable state food-service regulations, Company rules, and guidelines established by the Manager when consistent with Company policies. Kitchen work includes cooking and steaming food, preparing salads and other products for cold units and catering orders, baking and finishing cakes, and washing dishes. Duties may involve handling large pots and pans, moving baked products, lifting and carrying items, working with hot surfaces and water, and repeated bending and reaching.

Requirements

Be at least 18 years of age or have a work permit.
Be able to speak, read, understand, and write English.
Be able to respond to a fire by lifting and carrying a 20-pound fire extinguisher to the fire area.
Be able to tolerate exposure to gasoline fumes and cleaning products.
Be able to enter and work in a cooler at 38 degrees for up to 15 minutes at a time.
Be willing to work weekends, holidays, and extended hours when necessary.
Restaurant experience is preferred; one year is listed as preferred.

Nice To Haves

One year of restaurant experience.

Responsibilities

Manage the kitchen and all food operations.
Maintain proper customer relations and provide customer service.
Maintain contact with the Store Manager.
Maintain inventory control.
Safeguard assigned monies, equipment, store records, and other Company property.
Maintain vendor control during the shift.
Follow Manager-established guidelines that do not conflict with Company policies.
Maintain a clean kitchen according to standards set by the Store Manager.
Adhere to state food-service regulations and Company rules and regulations.
Cook, bake, and steam ingredients using kitchen equipment, and portion cooked products into smaller pans.
Prepare salads, break down products for immediate use, and make products for cold units and catering orders.
Mix cake batter, transport and bake sheet cakes, prepare frosting, and frost, slice, and box cakes.
Wash dishes using hot water and detergent.
Perform other tasks and duties as assigned or required.