Kitchen Production Lead - South High - 6:00am-2:30pm (Mon-Fri)

Millard Public Schools•Omaha, NE

About The Position

High School Kitchen Production Lead ~ 10 month position - 8 hours per day! Position includes: Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance Paid Holidays and Sick Leave Excellent Retirement Plan Same schedule as students Title: High School Production Lead Reports to: Food Service Manager and/or Kitchen Manager General Summary: Assists with the preparation, serving, and cleanup of food for students. Position Summary : Assist the Production Manager in day-to-day operations within the kitchen to ensure a quality breakfast and lunch program for high school student body and faculty. Serves as lead cook guiding and assisting in the training of less experienced cooks Under minimal supervision independently performs advanced cooking duties in preparing food items to be served to students and staff. Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production, and keeps records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment. Serves as working lead coordinating activities and training of staff members engaged in food operations, such as assisting with preparing production sheets and working with employees and recipes. Assists in ensuring a safe working environment throughout the facility for all employees using HACCP, temperature (milk, freezer, refrigerator, line box) logs, and reports to Production Manager any service requests and work orders in a timely manner. Cleans and sanitizes work areas and equipment and follows all Sodexo, Millard Public Schools and regulatory rules and procedures. Assists with orders (Sysco, Dean Foods, Loffredo, Sara Lee) and inventory control Checks menus and removes required frozen foods from freezer to refrigerator for thawing for all departments. Ensures all pertinent information is on the all production reports and if not obtains the information prior to turning in to Production Manager. Performs duties in the absence of the Production Manager.

Requirements

Applies advanced cooking skills.
Adapts procedures, processes, tools, equipment and techniques to meet the more complex requirements of the position.
Substantial working knowledge of food preparation.
Requires complete knowledge of all kitchen equipment.
Applies knowledge of department policies and procedures, and utilizes a general understanding of other departments’ functions.
Ability to effectively communicate policies and/or procedures in a manner easily understood by staff members.
High School Diploma or GED or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

Preferable, 4 or more years of related work experience (K-12) or have had experience in institutional cooking involved with the most complex requirements of the position

Responsibilities

Assist the Production Manager in day-to-day operations within the kitchen to ensure a quality breakfast and lunch program for high school student body and faculty.
Serves as lead cook guiding and assisting in the training of less experienced cooks
Under minimal supervision independently performs advanced cooking duties in preparing food items to be served to students and staff.
Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production, and keeps records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
Serves as working lead coordinating activities and training of staff members engaged in food operations, such as assisting with preparing production sheets and working with employees and recipes.
Assists in ensuring a safe working environment throughout the facility for all employees using HACCP, temperature (milk, freezer, refrigerator, line box) logs, and reports to Production Manager any service requests and work orders in a timely manner.
Cleans and sanitizes work areas and equipment and follows all Sodexo, Millard Public Schools and regulatory rules and procedures.
Assists with orders (Sysco, Dean Foods, Loffredo, Sara Lee) and inventory control
Checks menus and removes required frozen foods from freezer to refrigerator for thawing for all departments.
Ensures all pertinent information is on the all production reports and if not obtains the information prior to turning in to Production Manager.
Performs duties in the absence of the Production Manager.