Dining Services Manager: Elevate Resident Dining & Operations

Brookdale; La Crosse (WI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

401(k)

Associate assistance program

Employee discounts

Referral program

Early access to earned wages forHourly

Optional voluntary benefits including:

Job summary

Brookdale is seeking a Dining Services Supervisor to plan, manage, and coordinate dining operations across one or more locations, delivering high-quality meals to residents and staff. The role involves menu planning, cost control, and ensuring adherence to safety and sanitation standards.

The ideal candidate will have strong supervisory experience in a kitchen environment, familiarity with food safety, and the ability to train and guide dining services staff.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Experience in commercial kitchen operations or line cooking is preferred.
• Proven knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices.

Responsibilities

• Plans, manages, and coordinates activities of the dining services department at one or more locations, and provides food services for residents and employees.
• Develops standards for organization and supervision of dining services.
• Maintains quality dining services within the prescribed budget.
• Determines quality and quantity of food required; plans menus and controls food costs; may be scheduled to prepare meals.
• Oversees the food preparation and cooking, to ensure meals are prepared per company procedures.
• Makes frequent inspections of all work, storage, and serving areas to determine that regulations governing food safety and sanitation are followed.
• Prepares cleaning schedule, production worksheet and staff schedules.
• Maintains inventory of food and nonfood items.
• Selects, orients, and trains new employees in department; effectively delegates authority to dining services staff to ensure effective flow of materials and services.
• Develops and directs cost control system; prepares and submits department budget to director.
• Provides nutrition education and counseling for residents; presents dining services education program to dining services and other staff as needed.
• Ensures safe work procedures are developed and followed, to include those relating to employee injuries, prevention, and infection control.
• Ensures a continuous quality improvement program is in place and appropriate follow-up occurs.

Skills

Food safety

Culinary nutrition

Supervisory management

Microsoft Office

Typing

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Brookdale is seeking a Dining Services Supervisor to plan, manage, and coordinate dining operations across one or more locations, delivering high-quality meals to residents and staff. The role involves menu planning, cost control, and ensuring adherence to safety and sanitation standards.

The ideal candidate will have strong supervisory experience in a kitchen environment, familiarity with food safety, and the ability to train and guide dining services staff.