Kitchen Supervisor - Full Time

Principal Function : The Kitchen Supervisor is responsible for daily operations, menu planning, and order creation for all food service areas. The person in this role will train staff on the execution of menus throughout different segments of the business. They will be responsible for maintaining food safety standards in all food handling areas. This person should be detail-oriented and self-motivated to set and enforce standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities : Duties include, but are not limited to :

• Oversees the operations of the kitchen and back-of-house, ensuring that food is prepared safely, efficiently, and according to specifications or request.
• Ensures and / or maintains the safety and cleanliness of all food preparation, service, and work areas, tools, and facilities in accordance with all applicable health, safety, and hygiene codes and standards.
• ServeSafe Certification required.
• Creates and modifies menus based on food trends, food costs, and seasonal availability for both concessions operations and ticketed buffets / events
• Ordering, receiving and stocking of ingredients / supplies, ensuring that necessary ingredients are available as needed, while also minimizing waste.
• Maintains organized storage areas
• Manages all inventory. Responsible for limiting waste and controlling costs.
• Must be able to calculate cost of goods and maximize profitability of menu items.
• Maintains and inspects kitchen equipment, recommending repairs or replacements as needed.
• Communicates confidently with leadership and peers

Supervisory Responsibilities :

Skills and Abilities

Education and / or Experience : Relevant experience or training, which may be demonstrated via degree or certificate, completion of apprenticeship, or other experience necessary to become trained as a highly skilled professional cook.

Qualifications : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty according to the requirements of the organization. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

Competencies : To perform this job successfully, all employees at Conner Prairie should demonstrate the following competencies :

Job-related Competencies - To perform this job successfully, employees in this job should demonstrate the following competencies :

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

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently will stand; walk; and lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. The employee occasionally will climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and taste or smell.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less), distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more), color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point), depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships), and the ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus).

Work Environment : The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly is exposed to working in wet or humid conditions (non-weather), and outdoor weather conditions. The employee will occasionally work near moving mechanical parts, in high, precarious places, near fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold (non-weather), extreme heat (non-weather), risk of electrical shock, and work with explosives. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

Conner Prairie is generally open from 10 : 00 a.m. to 5 : 00 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday, this position will be required to work beyond these hours and when open for special events.