STL Travel Sous Chef (Full Time)

The Boulevard Senior Living-St Charles•Wentzville, MO

20d

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 is based in the St. Louis area and has a variable schedule. The starting wage is $27.00 per hour. The Travel Sous Chef ensures food is prepared to culinary standards, provides residents with an exceptional dining experience, and maintains portion control while minimizing waste. The position supervises and inspects culinary service, including logs, cooking equipment, storage rotation, and food service, to keep operations current, clean, and sanitary. It also leads day-to-day team operations through engagement, coaching, and accountability, and travels to assigned communities with minimum notice to cover Sous Chef shifts. The role requires culinary or food-service training, or equivalent full-time supervisory or management-level experience. The employee must hold a current Adult First Aid card upon hire and maintain it, be criminally cleared, and be able to travel among assigned communities. The work is primarily indoors, with occasional outdoor work for events, and involves an active day of standing, walking, bending, kneeling, and stooping, frequent lifting or moving of items up to 50 pounds, and close contact with extreme temperatures such as cooking surfaces and walk-in freezers.

Requirements

Be at least 18 years of age.
Be able to travel to multiple Arrow communities within the assigned territory.
Demonstrate skills, knowledge, and competency in leadership, training, and supervision.
Possess proficient written and oral communication skills 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.
Have 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 workday.
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, not required).

Responsibilities

Prepare food items to culinary standards, deliver an exceptional resident dining experience, maintain portion control, and minimize waste.
Supervise and inspect culinary service, including logs, cooking equipment, storage rotation, and food service, to ensure operations are current, clean, and sanitary.
Lead daily team operations through engagement, setting expectations, coaching, and accountability.
Travel to assigned communities with minimum notice to assist and cover Sous Chef shifts.

Benefits

Company-match 401(k), with a 100% match on 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 annually.
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.