Hands on Assistant Manager to help develop and lead a team of food and beverage staff, cook and coordinators to deliver quality food to Ark Encounter guests. To control and manage the day-to-day running of the kitchen, ensuring that the preparation and presentation of food complies with the required standard recipes and maintain cost controls. Assist and oversee food service coordinators in their job duties. Assist the Culinary Services Manager with scheduling, inventory, and department invoicing. This position has a career path to fit your professional growth goals through managing a large staff to achieve great results by tackling challenges and having fun along the way. This position will allow one to impact others through a service mindset centered on making an eternal difference. This position should display our Core Values of SERVE (Serve, Equip, Relate, Value, Engage) when interfacing with both internal and external customers to ensure that the message and mission of Answers in Genesis is portrayed in an effective and God-honoring fashion. This position provides opportunities for spiritual, personal, and professional development.
Responsibilities
- Promote the mission and standards of Answers in Genesis.
- Create a SERVE culture environment in all work done.
- Approach all tasks with a second-mile mindset
- Prioritize personal integrity in all interactions and assignments
- Oversee and promote the spiritual, personal, and professional development of all team members being led
- In collaboration with the Manager, develop the direction of the daily operations for all venues within the department and guide staff with the overall development of a SERVE culture.
- Supervise kitchen production and all Culinary Services Support Staff in multiple venues
- Ensure that all food is cooked and presented at a safe and appropriate temperature and maintain daily logs for all temperature recording.
- Ensure that safety and hygienic operations of the kitchen and ancillary areas are adhered to by all members of staff.
- Ensure that kitchen equipment is used correctly to ensure the safety of our employees.
- Work with the Management to ensure that the kitchen is operating efficiently and effectively.
- Work with confidence and lead by example in the production of food and kitchen management.
- Enforce kitchen, personal and food hygiene within the kitchen and ensure all areas are kept clean and orderly at all times.
- Ensure that pars are not exceeded so that wastage is kept to a minimum and staff is trained to safeguard practices of good portion control.
- Communicate with Culinary Services Manager regarding inventory to ensure correct stock is on hand and maintained through F.I.F.O. standard.
- Work with manager on scheduling, training, and inventory control.
- Assist Culinary Services Manager and assume leadership when Manager is off-site.
- And all other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.
