Kitchen Lead

Notice of Support Staff Posting Position: Kitchen Lead Posting # 4002 -Macatawa Bay Middle School Posting Dates: Immediately–Until Filled Reports To: Food Service Director Beginning: May 26, 2026 Hours: 40 hours per week Monday - Friday School Year/Full Time Qualifications Experience working in a school kitchen or cafeteria preferred Job Responsibilities Team Leadership: Lead and support the kitchen staff, ensuring effective team collaboration and task completion in a timely, safe, and organized manner. Meal Preparation: Prepare, cook, and serve breakfast and lunch items according to menu plans and production schedules. Ordering & Inventory: Order all food and kitchen supplies for Macatawa Bay Middle School using GFS and other approved vendors. Monitor inventory and ensure proper food storage and rotation. Menu Planning/Lead Meetings: Collaborate with the Food Service Director, Assistant Director & other secondary leads to assist in planning balanced, appealing, and compliant school menus. Cash Handling & Financial Recording: Responsible for cashing out all kitchen cash registers daily and entering bank deposit records into district financial software. Compliance & Documentation: Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local food safety and nutrition regulations. Maintain accurate production records, temperature logs, and other required documentation. Additional Administrative Duties: Complete and review required reports and paperwork, including production sheets, inventory logs, and sanitation checklists. Physical Requirements and Working Conditions Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. Must be able to lift, push, pull and/or carry 20‑50 pounds. Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound. Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is subject to environmental conditions. The worker should provide consistent and in person reliable attendance. #J-18808-Ljbffr