Assistant Food Service Manager

Job Description

Aramark Nexus is hiring an Assistant Food Service Manager for Caprock, a new hospitality and residential workforce community located outside Pampa, Texas. This full-time food service management role includes room and board, competitive salary, benefits, and the opportunity to help lead dining operations in a growing, high-volume hospitality environment.

The Assistant Food Service Manager will support daily food service operations, residential dining, cafeteria service, front-of-house dining, prepared food service, and team leadership. This position is a strong fit for candidates with experience as a Food Service Supervisor, Dining Manager, Cafeteria Manager, Restaurant Manager, Food and Beverage Supervisor, Hospitality Manager, or Assistant Dining Services Manager.

In this role, you will help oversee the dining experience for residents living and working on site at Caprock. You will partner with the Food Service Director to lead team members, support service standards, maintain food safety and sanitation expectations, manage front-of-house execution, and help ensure meals are prepared and served with consistency, quality, and care.

This is a hands-on leadership position in a unique workforce housing and hospitality setting. The right candidate will be comfortable working in a fast-paced dining operation, coaching hourly team members, supporting daily meal periods, solving operational issues, and maintaining a strong customer service culture. Experience in restaurants, cafeterias, senior living dining, campus dining, healthcare food service, corporate dining, hotel food and beverage, or high-volume hospitality operations can translate well to this role.

Caprock is located outside Pampa, Texas, and room and board are included with this position. Candidates should be comfortable working in an on-site residential community environment where food service, hospitality, teamwork, safety, and resident experience are central to daily operations.

Compensation

The salary range for this position is $50,000 to $65,000 annually. This is Aramark?s good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting.

Room and board are included with this position.

Eligible employees may also have access to Aramark?s comprehensive benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, retirement savings plans such as 401(k), paid time off, work/life resources, and additional benefits. Benefits vary by location and are subject to legal requirements, eligibility status, and where the employee lives and/or works.

About Aramark Nexus and Caprock

Aramark Nexus supports hospitality, food service, facilities, and residential operations in workforce communities built for people who live and work on site. Nexus teams help create clean, safe, welcoming, and well-run environments where residents can rest, recharge, connect, and feel supported throughout their stay.

Caprock is a new workforce community located outside Pampa, Texas, designed to provide a comfortable and connected living experience for people working in the region. The community includes private, fully furnished rooms, Wi-Fi, climate control, on-site dining, housekeeping, laundry, transportation services, resident support, and security services.

As part of the Aramark Nexus team at Caprock, you will help deliver the daily hospitality experience that makes the community run. Whether through dining, service, cleanliness, safety, or operational support, every role contributes to the resident experience and the success of the site.

For candidates looking for a hospitality leadership role with room and board included, competitive pay, benefits, and the opportunity to grow with a new operation, Caprock offers a unique chance to build a career with Aramark Nexus.

Job Responsibilities

Leadership

• Use Aramark's coaching model to engage and develop team members to their fullest potential
• Reward and recognize employees
• Ensure individual and team performance meets objectives and client expectations
• Plan and lead daily team briefings
• Ensure safety and sanitation standards in all operations
  
  

Client Relationship

• Identify client needs and communicate operational progress
  
  

Financial Performance

• Ensure the completion and maintenance of P&L statements
• Deliver client and company financial targets
• Adopt all Aramark processes and systems, understand performance metrics, data, order and inventory trends; educate teams on key levers to improve margins
  
  

Productivity

• Bring value through efficient operations, appropriate cost controls, and profit management
• Follow the Operational Excellence fundamentals by meeting and maintaining food and labor initiatives
• Ensure entire team is trained and able to implement
• Supervise team regarding production, quality and control
  
  

Compliance

• Maintain a safe and healthy environment for clients, customers and employees
• Follow all applicable policies, rules and regulations, including but not limited to those relating to safety, health, wage and hour
  
  

Additional Responsibilities

• Lead the front of the house of the dining operation (Cafeteria/ Residential Dining Facility) in conjunction with the Food Service Director
• Plans, directs, and coordinates food service activities in order to deliver a finished product to the customer
  
  

At Aramark, developing new skills and doing what it takes to get the job done make a positive impact for our employees and for our customers. In order to meet our commitments, job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice.

Qualifications

• Requires at least 1 year of experience
• Requires at least 1 year of experience in a management role
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills 
• Ability to maintain effective client and customer rapport for mutually beneficial business relationships
• Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service using Aramark's standard service model
• Ability to maintain an effective working relationship with other departments to a unified food service experience for all customers
• Requires occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 lb.
• Must be able to stand for extended periods of time.

Education

About Aramark

Our Mission

Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.

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About Aramark

The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing -a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at or connect with us on, and.