Pavilion Cafe Lead

Food Service Manager

Leads and works with the department to ensure high quality meals are being served to customers and team members of the Pavilion. Demonstrates a high level of professionalism and maintains a compassionate and pleasant disposition to assure customer safety and satisfaction. Purchase of inventory, reporting and stock rotation responsibilities.

Duties and Essential Functions

Understands and complies with work rules and safety regulations. Works any shift necessary for the adequate coverage of the department and additional hours if needed. Attends all mandatory training programs. Responsible for keeping work area clean and sanitized. Inspects all work surfaces and equipment to assure cleanliness, and safe and proper operation of equipment. Serves food to cafe customers and team members. Accurately inputs transactions in the register. Prepares reports for register transactions. Reads and records totals shown on cash register tape. Collects soiled meal trays from cafe table. Disassembles and reassembles parts of equipment to clean and operate. Immerses, scrubs, washes, wipes and manipulates equipment, parts, utensils, and dishes to clean. Follows written safe food handling procedures; washes hands frequently, handles dishes, equipment and flatware to avoid food contact surface contamination. Selects appropriate cleaning and sanitizing solutions, follows safety precautions when using hazardous chemicals, wears goggles, gloves, masks, or other personal protective equipment according to written instructions. Reads thermometer to measure temperatures of food and equipment to assure safe holding temperatures. Carries and safely handles hot liquids and foods. Safely manipulates knives to peel, chop and slice food. Prepares food items according to written instructions. Selects and manipulates dishes and utensils to portion menu items. Portions and measures menu items accordingly to production schedule or menu stated amounts. Inspects all work surfaces and equipment to assure cleanliness and safe and proper operation of equipment. Sweeps, mops, scrubs, and vacuums floors in department. Lifts trays of food or supplies weighing up to 50 lbs. Properly wraps, dates, labels, and initials food items for storage. Reads and interprets written directions to prepare food. Cleans and operates a variety of food preparation and ware washing equipment. Answers telephone calls in a polite and courteous manner. Accurately records messages. Performs necessary clerical duties as needed. Familiar with all functionalities of register system. Counts and matches items with written list to inventory stock, orders supplies as needed, and places items in assigned areas to organize stock. Compares purchases to package slips or invoices to receive food and supplies. Inspects food and supplies upon delivery, according to HACCP guidelines, to ensure that products meet specified standards. Stores and rotates stock. Cleans and organizes walk-in refrigerators, freezers, and dry storage areas. Collects garbage and lifts garbage into dumpster.

Education / License / Certifications / Other Requirements

Minimum requirement : High school diploma or general education degree (GED). 1-year food service experience. Achieves and maintains Food safety certification with / in 3 months of start. Preferred qualifications :

Working Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the primary functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet / and humid conditions and extreme heat. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and extreme cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with continuous noise from dishwashing machines, steam operated equipment, conveyers and cart transport. The department mandates a clean and sanitary work environment that requires each employee to bathe daily, restrain hair, and wear clean clothing daily to avoid contamination of food and work surfaces.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to climb, or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and / or move supplies weighing up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.