Sous Chef 6:30am-2:30pm $25.50-30 (Full Time)

The Barrymore Senior Living•Kansas City, MO

About The Position

The Sous Chef works at Barrymore in Kansas City, Missouri, and helps deliver an exceptional dining experience for residents. The role ensures food is prepared to culinary standards, with attention to portion control and waste reduction. It also supervises and inspects culinary service, kitchen logs, cooking equipment, storage rotation, and food service to keep operations current, clean, and sanitary. The Sous Chef leads daily team operations through engagement, coaching, accountability, and clear expectations. The schedule is Tuesday through Saturday, 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The position is full-time and pays $25.50–$30 per hour. The work is primarily indoors, with availability to work outdoors for events. It involves standing, walking, bending, kneeling, and stooping throughout the day, frequently lifting or moving items up to 50 pounds, and close contact with extreme temperatures, including cooking surfaces and walk-in freezers.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Demonstrated skills, knowledge, and competency in leadership, training, and supervision.
Proficient written and oral communication skills with management, professional, and support staff.
Completed formal culinary, food service, or restaurant training, or equivalent full-time supervisory or management-level work experience.
Comfortable creating, modifying, and printing word-processing and spreadsheet documents using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
Able to send, receive, and forward email.
Able to stand, walk, bend, kneel, and stoop throughout the day.
Able to frequently lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds.
Comfortable working in close contact with extreme temperatures, including cooking surfaces and walk-in freezers.
Available to work primarily indoors and outside for events.
Must be criminally cleared.

Nice To Haves

At least three years of experience in senior housing or a related field; preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Ensure food items are prepared to culinary standards and provide residents with an exceptional dining experience.
Maintain portion control and minimize food waste.
Supervise and inspect culinary service, logs, cooking equipment, storage rotation, and food service to ensure they are up-to-date, clean, and sanitary.
Lead the team in day-to-day operations through engagement, maintaining expectations, coaching, and accountability.

Benefits

Company-match 401(k), with a 100% match up to the first 3% and full vesting upon enrollment.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance for full-time employees, effective the first of the month following 60 days of employment.
Disability insurance for full-time employees.
Employee assistance program.
Weekly employee recognition program.
Life insurance for full-time employees.
Paid time off; full-time employees accrue up to 115 hours per year.
Tuition reimbursement after 90 days for full-time and part-time employees.
Employee referral program for full-time, part-time, and PRN employees.
Complimentary meal each shift for full-time, part-time, and PRN employees.
Daily Pay option.
Direct deposit.
Promotion from within.