Summary of Functions
To manage and coordinate all restaurant kitchen activities as it relates to the culinary department. To provide superior quality, preparation, presentation, of food and guest service.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensures compliance with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians- Internal Controls, and Kalispel Casino Policies and Procedures.
- Responsible for development and implementation of all menus for the Kalispel Casino
- Monitors daily production of food at Kalispel Casino.
- Responsible for kitchen labor fore casting and scheduling. Makes adjustment as needed to meet budgeted percentages. Schedules according to business levels.
- Test new products and recipes as trends and business levels dictate.
- Responsible for all food requisitions, ensuring quality, and menu specifications through use of standard operating procedures.
- Review food and labor costs of the entire food operation with Casino Operations Manager
- Continually review kitchen operations for improvements in the food production area.
- Observes workers engaged in preparing, portioning, and garnishing foods to ensure that methods of cooking garnishing and sizes of portions are as prescribed.
- Gives instructions to cooking personnel in fine points of cooking, as well as providing training.
- Follows all food safety and sanitation guidelines set for by the FDA to ensure HACCP.
- Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
- Attends regularly scheduled meetings and seminars as necessary.
- Ensure control/protection of company assets.
- Responsible for maintaining a good attendance record.
- May be required to be a panelist for the Internal Review Hearings.
- This job description does not list all of the duties of this position. You may be instructed by management to perform other duties as assigned
Supervisory Responsibilities
Directly supervises 12-14 team members in Kitchen (Sous Chef, Cooks, Stewards). Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable law. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
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Education
- High school diploma or GED
- Culinary Arts/Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year College or technical school preferred.
Experience
- Ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Five years supervisory experience preferred. Sous chef level or higher.
- Diverse cooking and high-volume experience necessary.
- Direct experience in an organizational development role is strongly preferred.
Skills
- Must be computer literate with working knowledge of Microsoft programs and other computer software.
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts related to food and labor costing.
- Prepare complex reports, correspondence, charts, layouts, forms, handbooks, memoranda and other information and instructions.
- Ability to analyze and solve complex management problems having non-standard solutions.
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all levels of the organization and the public.
- Skill in effectively, communicating information through verbal and written correspondence.
- Skill in solving practical problems and dealing with situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Excellent organizational, communication, motivation and leadership skills.
- Knowledge of principles and practices of general business administration including personnel practices.
- Skills in assessing operation, program, staffing and fiscal needs.
- Skill in identifying and resolving administrative problems under pressure conditions.
Other Requirements
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Tribal Work Permit.
- Washington State Food Handler Permit within 14 days of start date.
- Hepatitis A and B vaccination preferred.
- Available and willing to work nights, weekends and holidays as required.
Physical Demands
- Requires the ability to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 80+ pounds.
- Constantly requires the ability to give and receive detailed information through verbal communication.
- Constantly requires verbally expressing or exchanging ideas of important instructions accurately, loudly, or quickly.
- Constantly requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm.
- Constantly requires repetitive movement of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
- Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
- Occasionally requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time.
- Occasionally requires ascending or descending stairs or ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
- Occasionally requires raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally.
- Occasionally requires stooping which entails the use of the lower extremities and back muscles. Infrequently requires crouching.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described are representative of those 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.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, occasionally exposed to tobacco smoke. The employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, repetitive motions, extreme cold and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Travel Requirements
- Local travel is occasionally required.
- Travel outside of the state is infrequently required, typical travel time is generally less than a week.
Hiring Preference
The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is an Equal opportunity employer. Consistent with federal law, the Kalispel Tribe of Indians applies Indian preference in employment.
General Sign-off
The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies.
Note
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
