Food Services Dining Room Manager (Bilingual)

Dynamic Service Solutions, LLC has been a trusted partner in both government and private sector services both here and abroad. We were enthusiastically established to provide exceptional engineering, and staffing services to support critical operations and support innovative technology. Dynamic Service Solutions has successfully blended the unique requirements of each client with rapid-response customer service, quality products, and optimum measurable results. Our strong past performance with Federal Government and engineering industries reflects our unique capacity to empower each client to achieve measurable performance.

Job Summary

The Food Service Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the food service establishment. They oversee all tasks related to the preparation of Food Services and delegate essential tasks to supervisory staff. Responsible for managing food-related inventory and overall kitchen operations, equipment, and supplies. This person will ensure USDA guidelines on nutrition and ORR policies are followed. Oversee food preparation, portion sizes, and the overall presentation of food, and ensure culturally appropriate food menus are followed.

Essential Functions:

• Oversee the preparation, presentation, and delivery of food to guarantee that children receive meals that are proportionate, consistent, and cooked properly.
• Create meal plans in compliance with USDA guidelines for the population served.
• Develop a cyclic menu, develop standardized recipes, and oversee a weekly food plan for the residential facility.
• Manage food service team and verify that employees are in compliance with federally regulated policies regarding food handling and safety.
• Ensure high quality of food served.
• Keep track of all food allergies / intolerances to provide accurate meal options.
• Develop standard procedures for accurate meal production and distribution.
• Inspect kitchen areas, supplies, equipment, workstations, and dining areas to verify that all are clean, safe and in working order.
• Manage the inventory and order food and beverages, equipment, and supplies.
• Train and oversee kitchen personnel.
• Manage schedules and find viable ways to communicate any changes.
• Interact with multiple vendors and suppliers that provide products to our food service operation.
• Create employee schedules and find viable solutions when an employee is unable to make a shift.
• Determine areas where things can improve and come up with innovative solutions to problems.
• Order Food Services supplies, maintain a reasonable inventory and monitor finances to determine compliance with assigned budgets.
• Provide training on Food Services policies and procedures as required.

Other Functions:

• Develop corrective action plans or disciplinary memos to address performance or conduct issues in collaboration with Program Management team and HR Team as needed.
• Address employee performance issues in a timely manner and maintaining documentation of conversations through the use of memos to the record/conference notes.
• Provide adaptive leadership through supportive coaching and mentoring to staff to inspire and encourage our workforce and promote integrity.
• Provide training to kitchen staff regarding responsibilities within the Children First Residential Care Program, including agency, state and federal policy updates and changes.
• Provide effective communication across departments to ensure consistency of expectations, as well as work effectively as a member of the interdisciplinary team.
• Involved in interviewing and orienting new employees for the department.
• Other task and responsibilities as assigned.

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Qualification requirements

• Level: Associate Degree in Culinary Arts
• 2 years of previous experience in a supervisory position.
• 3 years of previous experience with food handling.
• 2 years previous experience as manager in a fast-paced restaurant; school cafeteria experience preferred.
• State Food handling certification
• Food Manager Certificate under the Health Department

Other Specialized Training and skills:

• Hands-on experience with planning menus and ordering ingredients
• Knowledge of a wide range of recipes
• Familiarity with kitchen sanitation and safety regulations

Necessary:

• Ability to read, write and converse proficiently in Spanish and translate written Spanish into English is (Required)
• Ability to handle kitchen tools and equipment.
• Strong management, organizational and leadership skills. Team building skills.
• Strong writing, organizational and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office, SharePoint, OneDrive) with the ability to learn new software.
• The ability to read, comprehend, and transmit complicated detailed instructions orally and in writing.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills, including the ability to resolve issues quickly.

Working conditions/Physical Effort

Work is performed mostly in an office setting. Evening and weekend work are requirements of the position as necessary. Regular computer work is required. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; finger, handle, or feel objects, or controls; reach; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and must be able to work on a ladder. Often wear uniforms such as aprons or jackets and gloves. Are often exposed to hazardous situations and conditions that produce cuts or minor burns. Are often exposed to hot and cold temperatures, such as when working near ovens or retrieving food from freezers. Work physically near others. May work near contaminants and hazardous equipment. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described above are representative of the physical capabilities that must be met by an employee and the working conditions that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Dynamic Service Solutions is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, genetic information, disability, age, military service or veteran status, parental status, or other non-merit factor. Dynamic Service Solutions is also committed to comply with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

We participate in E-Verify.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $52,000.00 - $56,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid training
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 2 years

Shift:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)
• Spanish (Required)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: In person