About the Role
SSA partners with cultural attractions to design hospitality experiences, focusing on people, innovation, and operational intelligence to create special moments with lasting impact.
Responsibilities
- Deliver warm, welcoming, and memorable experiences for every guest and client.
- Ensure restaurant/location is adequately prepped and staffed (BOH) for daily operation.
- Oversee kitchen duties, ensuring quick service, food service, safety, quality, availability, merchandising, and guest service standards are met and exceeded.
- Oversee safety logs, including food temperatures, rotation, and waste.
- Ensure proper uniform, hygiene, handwashing, and glove use with staff.
- Support SSAfety training with knife handling skills, ensuring proper use of knives and slicers.
- Create daily prep and item lists, delegating to employees as necessary.
- Actively support operations and fill holes as necessary to ensure smooth service.
- Maintain a checklist of routine or daily cleaning tasks and ongoing projects or menu planning.
- Assist the Sous Chef in assigning associates to duties, coaching through projects, daily tasks, and guest interaction.
- Respond to guest and client feedback, reporting to the operations manager to mitigate complaints.
- Oversee personnel duties, including training new employees and issuing performance reviews.
- Actively manage and issue progressive documentation to coach and counsel employees on performance, with oversight from the operations manager.
- Report employee attendance and hour discrepancies to the payroll department.
- Oversee break and rest break management for BOH employees.
- Inspect equipment and perform routine maintenance and cleaning as necessary.
- Assist the team to ensure all tasks are completed in a timely manner.
- Communicate with the Sous Chef and Food Service Operations Manager(s) regarding issues with daily service or quality.
- Work directly with restaurant supervisor(s) to ensure respective locations are operating to standard.
- Remain knowledgeable of and supervise in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal laws.
- Perform other tasks as deemed necessary.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work environment.
- Uphold and demonstrate a complete understanding of company policies and procedures.
Requirements
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to articulate to our General Manager and personnel.
- Proven leadership skills with an understanding of team building/development, while fostering partnerships with other branch managers.
- Exceptional problem-solving/decision-making skills combined with the ability to be organized.
- Demonstrates multi-tasking, detail, analytical, planning and leadership skills.
- Ability to remain flexible in a fast-paced environment.
- Must be a team player, personable, professional, upbeat and energetic, take initiative, use tact and diplomacy.
- Computer knowledge and skill level for basic office functions.
- Physical ability to stand for extended periods and to move and handle boxes (10-35lbs) as necessary to operation, which entails lifting, and perform all functions as set forth above.
- Ability to work varied hours/days, including nights, weekends and holidays, as needed.
- Promote an inclusive & supportive approach within the Brand team, with networking continuing at all units.
- Focus on removing barriers and empowering growth and opportunity for team members at all levels.
- Lead by example through Sustainability/Conservation efforts; display knowledge of efforts in business application as well as giving adequate opportunity for teaching to unit staff as necessary.
- Engage with SSA/Unit in driving community effort through engagement activities and focus on giving back.
Skills
- Culinary
- Knife handling
- Leadership
- Team building
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
- Organization
- Multi-tasking
- Detail-oriented
- Analytical
- Planning
- Flexibility
- Interpersonal communication
- Computer proficiency
Location
- Arizona
- California
- Chicago
- Pittsburgh
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- New York
- Rhode Island
- Washington, D.C.
- Colorado
- Maryland
- Washington
Work Type
- Full-time
- Overtime pay eligible
Experience Level
- 1-2 years experience in culinary
Benefits
- On-Demand Pay Program
- Meal Plan & Employee Discounts
- 401(k) program with a 15% company match
- Tuition Discount through Partnership College
- Up to 8 hours of Bereavement Leave
- Holiday pay of 1.5× the regular rate for hours worked on Christmas Day and Thanksgiving Day
- Paid sick leave in accordance with applicable state and local laws
About the Company
- For more than 50 years, SSA has partnered with cultural attractions to design the hospitality experience journey, freeing our partners to remain mission-focused.
- We bring together admissions, culinary, and retail with innovation and human connection to shape a seamless guest journey.
- Our focus is on people, innovation, and operational intelligence as a means to create special moments with lasting impact. We call it 452 Hospitality, the foundation of how we serve our partners and their communities.
Equal Opportunity
- SSA Holdings and its affiliated companies, including SSA Group, A&F Souvenir, Cinchio Solutions, and Behavioral Essentials, are equal opportunity employers.
- We are committed to diversity and inclusion in our hiring practices and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
- A diverse team strengthens our collective impact.
- All California Residents: By submitting your job application, you agree you have reviewed the SSA Group California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Candidate and Employee Privacy Notice ("Notice").
- San Francisco Residents: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Please see the "Fair Chance Ordinance - Know Your Rights" document for more information. By submitting your job application, you agree you have reviewed the "Fair Chance Ordinance - Know Your Rights" document.
