Food Service Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a Food Service Lead to manage day-to-day dining facility operations, including meal planning, inventories, and supplier orders to ensure safe, healthy meals for staff.

You will develop daily healthy menus featuring the five food groups, oversee U.S. and local contractors, train mess personnel, coordinate with base staff, and provide status updates while advising leadership on improvements. Occasional travel up to 90% may be required.

Qualifications

• Five plus years in food service industry experience.
• Two plus years in food service management.
• Experience with frontline or technical food service, cost control, budgets and scheduling production.
• Experience working with U.S. and Local National contractors in austere environments with quality control and safety standards.
• Knowledge of U.S. DoD Air Force food and health regulations (e.g., AFMAN 48-147_IP, AFMAN 34-240, TB MED 577).
• Ability to work independently and interact with all stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 90% to austere locations (South Asia) for deployments up to 6 months.
• HS diploma or GED is required.
• SERVSAFE certification or ACFEF Apprenticeship program completion.

Responsibilities

• Maintain day-to-day dining facility operations including meal planning and inventories.
• Order food from various vendors to ensure safe and healthy food preparation and delivery.
• Develop daily healthy menus featuring the five food groups for each meal.
• Oversee local/national contractors and provide training to mess personnel.
• Facilitate daily interactions with base staff and provide status updates.
• Develop innovative solutions to complex problems.

Skills

Food service experience

Food service management

Front-line food service

Cost control

Budgets

Production scheduling

Contractor management

DoD/AF food regs

Stakeholder management

Travel readiness

OCONUS project management

Multicultural experience

Conflict deconfliction

Menu development

Strategic requirements gathering

Communication

Education

HS diploma or GED

SERVSAFE certification or ACFEF Apprenticeship

Job description

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Maintain responsibility for managing day-to-day dining facility operations, inclusive of meal planning, performing inventories, and ordering food from various vendors to ensure 100% safe and healthy food preparation and delivery for staff members. Develop daily healthy items menu for each meal featuring the five food groups. Oversee local national and sub-contractors, provide training and assistance to mess personnel. Facilitate daily interactions with base staff, create status updates, track food service requirements, and make experience-based recommendations for improvement to program leadership.Develop innovative solutions to complex problems.

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience in the food service industry
• 2+ years of experience in food service management
• Experience in front-line or technical food service, cost control and budgets, and schedule production
• Experience working with a broad team of U.S. and Local National contractors, suppliers, and subcontractors in an austere environment, including quality control measures and safety standards
• Knowledge of U.S. and DoD Air Force food and health regulations such as AFMAN 48-147_IP, AFMAN 34-240, TB MED 577, or Tri-Service Food Code
• Ability to work independently and interact effectively with all food service stakeholders
• Ability to travel up to 90% of the time to austere locations in South Asia, including deployments of up to 6 months
• HS diploma or GED
• SERVSAFE certification or completion of a cook apprenticeship program such as ACFEF Apprenticeship program

Nice If You Have:

• 2+ years of experience with OCONUS project management
• Experience with the integration of multicultural environments and regulations through teamwork and social interactions
• Ability to de-conflict and manage competing requirements
• Ability to develop daily healthy items menu for each meal featuring the five food groups
• Ability to gather, consolidate, and organize strategic requirements
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to all stakeholders ranging from contractors to client senior management

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Food Service Lead

The Opportunity:

Maintain responsibility for managing day-to-day dining facility operations, inclusive of meal planning, performing inventories, and ordering food from various vendors to ensure 100% safe and healthy food preparation and delivery for staff members. Develop daily healthy items menu for each meal featuring the five food groups. Oversee local national and sub-contractors, provide training and assistance to mess personnel. Facilitate daily interactions with base staff, create status updates, track food service requirements, and make experience-based recommendations for improvement to program leadership.Develop