Dining Services Manager: Impactful Leader & Growth Driver

Brookdale Senior Living; Wake Forest (NC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Employee discounts

Referral program

Early wage access (hourly associates)

Critical illness coverage

Job summary

Brookdale Senior Living in Wake Forest, NC is seeking a Dining Services Manager to plan, coordinate, and oversee dining operations for residents and staff. The role requires ensuring quality meals, supervising staff, and managing budgets in a skilled kitchen environment.

You will train staff, develop menus, control costs, and uphold safety standards while delivering nutrition education to residents. Brookdale offers comprehensive benefits and opportunities for professional growth in a nationwide

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Two to four years experience in commercial kitchen, operation and line cooking, and/or training.
• Current ServSafe Certification required.
• State food service certification required, if applicable.
• ACF Certified Sous Chef (CSC) preferred.

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 knowledge

Supervisory management

Microsoft Office

Typing

Education

High school diploma or GED

ServSafe Certification

State food service certification

ACF Certified Sous Chef

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Brookdale Senior Living in Wake Forest, NC is seeking a Dining Services Manager to plan, coordinate, and oversee dining operations for residents and staff. The role requires ensuring quality meals, supervising staff, and managing budgets in a skilled kitchen environment.

You will train staff, develop menus, control costs, and uphold safety standards while delivering nutrition education to residents. Brookdale offers comprehensive benefits and opportunities for professional growth in a nationwide