Cafeteria Manager jobs in Elkhart, IN

This position is 182 Days - 8 hours per day

Wawasee Community School Corporation

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Cafeteria Food Service Manager

TYPE OF POSITION: Classified

REPORTS TO: Food Service Coordinator, Building Principal, Superintendent

POSITION PURPOSE: Under the direction of the Food Services Director, performs and oversees staff performance of various duties involving all stages of food preparation including receiving, storing, preparing, serving, cleaning and maintaining of food, supplies, equipment and facilities. Maintains the integrity and accountability of the school food services program through compliance with all federal, state and local regulations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provides input into hiring/selection of cafeteria employees.
• Plans, assigns, supervises workload and provides substitutes when needed.
• Performs duties of cooking, serving, cleaning and maintaining as required.
• Checks quantity of food and orders products as needed, inspecting them when delivered and entering data into back of house programs.
• Plans & directs preparation/serving of all food in the cafeteria, ensures that all meals are served in a timely manner.
• View, inspect and taste foods to determine quality, appearance and flavor acceptance.
• Provides direction and oversees staff in performance of all job duties ensuring proper Standard Operating Procedures, rules and regulations are followed correctly.
• Maintains a variety of records including but not limited to those related to production of food, ordering, safety, standard operation procedures.
• Ensures menus and recipes are followed according to procedure and without deviation.
• Ensure proper serving sizes and temperature guidelines are followed.
• Performs personnel related recordkeeping including but not limited to safety, discipline, evaluation and payroll, in a strictly confidential manner.
• Coordinates inventory, ordering and stocking of food and supplies as required for the prep site.
• Attending meetings and in-services as required
• Operates a variety of commercial equipment including but not limited to ovens, steamers, slicers, dicers, heating cabinets, kettles, mixers, microwaves, serving lines/bars, garbage disposals, dishwashers, carts, ice machines, etc.
• Coordinates and oversees cleaning and maintaining storage of storage areas, coolers and freezers, kitchen, serving areas and dining room.
• Coordinates with building staff & food service office for catering needs and special diet needs
• Responsible for opening the kitchen in the morning and securing and closing the kitchen at the end of the day, ensuring all equipment is shut down and/or turned off according to procedure.
• Ensure all food and leftovers are properly stored or disposed of and accounted for daily.
• Check all equipment to ensure safety, notify proper personnel when repairs/replacements are needed.
• Provides effective office organization and documentation of financial records.
• May be assigned to the following functions:
• Performing same or similar duties at other school sites
• Assisting in training of substitutes and volunteers
• Assisting in operations of kitchen in an emergency such as illness of co-workers
• Cross training to learn or teach various positions in the kitchen.
• Performs other reasonably related duties as may be assigned by the Food Services Director or building administrator.
• Positively promotes Wawasee Community Schools and the Food Service Department staff while interacting with students, staff, co-workers and guests.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma/ GED
• Serve Safe Certification
• Ability to supervise and direct staff.
• Knowledge of recipe conversion and sizing
• Basic knowledge of computer operation and functions
• Basic grammar, reading, math, interpersonal relations and organizational skills.
• Pleasant and courteous

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and use hand to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential function 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 occasionally works near moving mechanical parts, and is in an environment in which the room temperature may be affected by the appliances being used, and may be exposed to fumes, vapors, and varying temperature.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

TERMS: Length of year and rate of pay to be determined by the School Board.

EVALUATION: Evaluation of performance on this job will be in accordance with the provision in the policy handbook.