About the Role
We create communities where employees thrive in their work, helping our residents thrive in their homes. Atria Senior Living’s family of brands has openings for individuals looking for a career with outstanding benefits.
Responsibilities
- Manage the community kitchen and provide meal service in the absence of Community Culinary Leadership.
- Evaluate the food program, enhance the culinary knowledge of the staff, ensure culinary procedures are being followed, establish work plans for the kitchen and confirm that assigned communities are 100% compliant with all required guidelines to ensure clean, safe, and sanitary environment.
- Responsible for interviewing, hiring, training, developing, and evaluating assigned staff.
- Ensure food orders are placed following proper ordering process and manage to the community’s food & labor budget.
- Motivate, inspire, train, and coach community team to implement the brand’s dining vision and exceed performance targets.
- Create a culture of service by ensuring community teams understand their business, can deliver superior service, and abide by all company processes, policies, and procedures.
- Serve as a catalyst for integrating process improvements, leading, and championing tactical implementation of enhancements and/or changes.
- Ensure full compliance and effectiveness of the HACCP (Food Safety) program.
- Implement and monitor culinary strategies that enhance profitability for the organization.
- Complete all required reports, logs, and conducts culinary and sanitation evaluations on a regular basis with timely follow-up (ensuring Sarbanes Oxley compliance).
- Review Quality Enhancement standards with the Culinary Leader(s) and Culinary Services staff and ensure that all systems are in place to maintain or exceed designated Quality Enhancement (QE) scores.
- Train and uphold Quality Enhancement standards at all times at assigned communities.
- Ensure that state specific standards are maintained at all times.
- Work closely with Culinary Leaders to review state guidelines and regulations and to implement policies and procedures so that regulations are met at all times.
- May perform other duties as needed and/or assigned.
Requirements
- Five (5) or more years of culinary experience in the hospitality industry.
- High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
- Strong organization and time management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to resolve problems of dissatisfied customers and/or employees.
- Serve Safe certified.
- Basic Computer skills – Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel.
- Will be required to travel up to 100% of time on behalf of the Company.
- Must possess valid driver’s license.
- Position requires driving responsibilities (may use Company provided vehicle and/or personal vehicle).
- Must satisfactorily meet and be in compliance with Company motor vehicle policy standards and Travel Policy.
Skills
- Culinary experience
- Hospitality industry
- Organization skills
- Time management skills
- Problem-solving
- Serve Safe certification
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
- Driving
- HACCP
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- High School Diploma or GED
- Serve Safe certified
Salary/Compensations
- $90,000yr - $100,000/yr
Benefits
- Paid holidays and PTO
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Retirement Savings Plan / 401(k) employer match
- Tuition reimbursement (U.S Based Communities)
About the Company
- Atria Senior Living’s family of brands creates communities where employees thrive in their work, helping residents thrive in their homes.
