STL Travel Sous Chef (Full Time)

The Boulevard Senior Living-St Charles•St. Charles, MO

17d

About The Position

Arrow Senior Living is hiring a full-time Travel Sous Chef to support communities in Ballwin, Saint Charles, Saint Peters, and Wentzville, Missouri. The role travels among assigned communities, with a variable shift schedule and a starting wage of $27.00 per hour. The Travel Sous Chef prepares food to culinary standards, provides residents with an exceptional dining experience, controls portions, and minimizes waste. The role supervises and inspects culinary service, including records, cooking equipment, storage rotation, and food service practices, to ensure they are current, clean, and sanitary. The chef leads daily kitchen operations through team engagement, coaching, accountability, and maintenance of expectations. The position also provides coverage for Sous Chef shifts at assigned communities, sometimes with minimum notice. The role requires culinary, food-service, or restaurant training, or equivalent full-time supervisory or management-level work experience. The employee must hold a current Adult First Aid card upon hire and maintain it throughout employment. Work is primarily indoors, with occasional outdoor work for events, and involves sustained physical activity and exposure to extreme temperatures.

Requirements

Be at least 18 years of age.
Be able to travel to multiple Arrow communities within the assigned territory.
Demonstrate leadership, training, and supervision skills, knowledge, and competency.
Have proficient written and oral communication skills for interacting with management, professional, and support staff.
Have completed formal culinary, food-service, or restaurant training, or have an equivalent amount of full-time supervisory or management-level work experience.
Hold a current Adult First Aid card upon hire and maintain current status throughout employment.
Be comfortable creating, modifying, and printing word-processing and spreadsheet documents using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
Be able to send, receive, and forward email.
Be able to stand, walk, bend, kneel, and stoop throughout the day.
Be able to frequently lift and/or move items weighing up to 50 pounds.
Be comfortable working in close contact with extreme temperatures, including cooking surfaces and walk-in freezers.
Be able to work primarily indoors and also outdoors for events.
Be criminally cleared.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Prepare food items to culinary standards and provide residents with an exceptional dining experience.
Maintain portion control and minimize food waste.
Supervise and inspect culinary service, including logs, cooking equipment, storage rotation, and food service, to ensure they are up-to-date, clean, and sanitary.
Lead day-to-day kitchen operations through team engagement, maintaining expectations, coaching, and accountability.
Travel to and assist communities within the assigned territory, sometimes with minimum notice, to ensure Sous Chef shifts are covered.

Benefits

Company 401(k) match of 100% up to the first 3%, fully vested upon enrollment.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance for full-time employees, beginning the first day 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 each 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.