Food Service Lead

Job Description

Job Title: Food Service Lead

Department: Food Service

Reporting Relationship: Food & Beverage Manager

Status: Hourly

Summary of Duties: Responsible for assisting in the operations of the Food Service Department. This includes, but not limited to, managing day to day food service operations, assisting with staffing, consulting on menu selections and pricing. Maintains standards and is always looking to improve food delivery processes, anticipates food consumption, while minimizing waste through efficient operations. In the absence of management/supervisor, assists in the Managing of staff, coaching of associates, and servicing of guests.

Primary Duties:

• Assists in the Managing of employees via orienting, training, assigning positions, and coaching in the absence of managers/supervisors, assists in planning, ordering product, monitoring service, and enforcing policies and procedures.
• Helps meet financial objectives by promoting upselling, increasing throughput, and initiating corrective actions when necessary.
• Evaluates menu options and availability of seasonal food ingredients, anticipates food consumption while minimizing waste, assists with placing orders with suppliers, schedules delivery of fresh food and beverages and oversees the receipt and content of deliveries, evaluates the quality of all products.
• Controls costs by reviewing portion control and quantities of preparation; minimizing waste; ensuring high quality of preparation.
• Avoids legal challenges by conforming to the regulations of alcoholic beverage commission, sales, and distribution to customers.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy restaurant environment by following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures, complying with legal regulations and regulatory safety standards.
• And all other duties as required.

Education, Experience, Specialized Skills, and Knowledge Requirements:

Minimum work experience includes 3 years or more of experience in the food & beverage segment of theme park or hospitality related industries. Experience with Point-of-Sale systems Self-motivated with excellent communication, organizational, and working knowledge of computers. Must possess the ability to produce clear and concise verbal and written reports. Understanding of team environment and the ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously. Must be able to stand on feet for long periods of time, and be able to communicate well with others. Days off will be granted dependent on the forecasted park occupancies and may not be consistent week to week. Being in the Theme Park business, Weekends and Holidays are peak times, and unlikely to be granted as time off.

This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee. The jobholder will be required to follow other instructions and to perform other duties as required.

EOE