Culinary Services Director

Maplewood Senior Living; West Yarmouth (MA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Culinary Services Director to lead dining operations in a vibrant senior living community. This role involves managing culinary services, ensuring compliance with health regulations, and creating innovative dining experiences for residents. The ideal candidate will bring a passion for service excellence, a collaborative spirit, and a commitment to enhancing the quality of life for seniors. Join a forward-thinking organization that values creativity, teamwork, and personal growth, while making a meaningful impact in the lives of others. If you are ready to drive innovation in senior living, this opportunity is for you!

Benefits

Health Insurance

401K with Match

Paid Time Off

Career Development Opportunities

Work-Life Balance

Competitive Compensation Package

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in food production or management required.
• Must possess a Serve Safe certification within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Oversee dining room service and culinary operations.
• Plan weekly menus and ensure compliance with sanitation regulations.
• Manage staffing and labor costs for culinary services.

Skills

Food Production Management

Menu Planning

Sanitation Compliance

Team Management

Customer Service

Education

Degree in Culinary Arts

Serve Safe Certification

Job description

Job Title: Culinary Services Director
Location: West Yarmouth, MA
Employment Type: Full Time - Salaried
Salary Range: Competitive

About Us:
Maplewood Senior Living is a leading operator of premier senior living communities across 5 states and Washington, D.C., featuring two distinguished brands: Maplewood and Inspīr. Known nationally for innovation in the senior living space, Maplewood is a growing company dedicated to excellence in care, offering personalized and thoughtful services in independent living, assisted living, and memory care.

Our success is built on a foundation of personalized, compassionate care and communities designed to enrich the quality of life for our residents. We foster a dynamic and supportive work environment that empowers our teams to excel, inspire, and make a meaningful impact every day. If you are passionate about driving growth and innovation in senior living, Maplewood offers the opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking organization that values your expertise. Join us and help shape the future of senior living!

Essential Functions:

• Is responsible for the overall financial and operational responsibility for dining room service and culinary operations.
• Creates and plans weekly menus within the community.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local sanitation regulations.
• Maintains cleanliness of all work areas.
• Conducts routine safety inspections of dining room, food storage areas, chemical storage areas, and food receiving area. Communicates “action items” to Environmental Services Director and Executive Director.
• Demonstrates attention to detail with regard to food quality, presentation, and dining room environmental standards.
• Develops and maintains quality, objectives, and standards.
• Meets with dining staff bi-monthly and reports minutes and action items to the Executive Director.
• Develops and maintains a good working relationship with administration and inter-department personnel, as well as other communities to assure that the services offered can be properly maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
• Prepares all monthly food service reports.
• Maintains food and supply expenses to budget or forecast.
• Places orders for food and supplies through authorized vendors.
• Completes physical food inventories.
• Plans, develops, organizes, implements, evaluates, and directs the operations in food and beverage services.
• Makes written and oral reports/recommendations to the Executive Director concerning the operations of the food service departments in the communities.
• Maintains daily log of freezer, refrigeration, hot and cold food holding temperatures.
• Assures that the communities maintain a clean and safe manner assuring that food service safety and sanitation are maintained to perform services.
• Supports the community and regional cluster sales efforts with marketing events, programs, etc. Provides support during sales/site visits.
• Other duties as deemed necessary and appropriate.

Communication:

• Possess a sincere passion for working with our senior population.
• Creative, energetic, enthusiastic, patient, flexible, encouraging, and team-oriented.
• Able to effectively manage dining room associates.
• Displays patience, tact, enthusiasm, and a cheerful disposition.
• Promote Maplewood in a positive manner and effectively communicate the organization's values to residents, visitors, co-workers, and the community.

Management Responsibilities:

• Manages the departmental staffing and labor costs, including overtime.
• Recruits and evaluates all culinary services staff.
• Assures dining associates are performing job-specific responsibilities.
• Responsible for overseeing culinary services calendar.

Education/Experience/Licensure/Certification:

• Degree in Culinary Arts preferred.
• 3 to 5 years previous experience in food production/management.
• Must have a Serve Safe certification or become certified within 90 days of hire date.
• Must have basic knowledge of food preparation procedures, proper dining room service etiquette as well as related Health Department regulations and guidelines pertaining to food service operations.

Why You'll Love Working for Us:

Innovative Culture: We are a group of smart, forward-thinking and compassionate pros dedicated to enhancing the lives of our residents through service excellence, creative and meaningful programs, and continuous innovation.

HEART: We recognize Humor, Empathy, Autonomy, Respect, and Trust as core values that guide our work.

Growth Opportunities: We promote and foster career development and continuous learning.

Work-Life Balance: We value autonomy, flexibility, and a family-friendly supportive workplace.

Competitive Comp and Benefits: We offer a competitive compensation package, bonus, health insurance, 401K with match, paid time off, and more. Inspir believes in rewarding top talent and dedication, depending upon years of experience and commitment to the company. Inspir strives for transparency, reviewing pay periodically, to be the industry leader in recruiting talent like you!

Qualifications

Behaviors

Preferred

Team Player

Works well as a member of a group.

Detail Oriented

Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well.

Licenses & Certifications

Preferred

Serve Safe Certificate.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)