Food Service Team Lead: Growth & Impact

Aramark; Norristown (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark seeks a full-time Food Service Supervisor to lead our kitchen and dining operations. You will work with a manager to coordinate schedules, supervise staff, ensure safe food handling, and maintain inventories and logs while delivering quality service across catering events.

You will foster teamwork, mentor employees, and support successful daily and event-driven catering initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Must read, write, and understand verbal instructions.
• Must complete a sanitation course either before or during first year.
• Must be knowledgeable in operating an efficient cost-effective program.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic.
• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Ability to resolve interpersonal situations.
• Strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce and maintain work schedules and may prepare production packets (Production sheets and recipes).
• Direct daily activities.
• Maintains food production that ensures the safety and quality of food according to policies, procedures, and department requirements.
• Ensure that food items are stored in a safe, organized, and hazard-free environment.
• Maintain all serving schedules; ensure that all food items are served per menu specifications in a safe and appropriate manner following Aramark policies and procedures.
• Maintain a sanitary department following health and safety codes and regulations.
• Maintain accurate inventory on a weekly basis.
• May prepare orders as needed to ensure accurate production for location.
• Supervise and evaluate employees; counsel; promote employee growth, efficiency, morale, and teamwork.
• Maintain a safe and hazard-free working environment.
• Train/mentor other food service workers.
• Maintain logs on all maintenance required on equipment within the department.
• Ensure all food safety/temperature logs are completed with appropriate corrective action, as necessary.
• Perform preventative maintenance checklist.
• Recommend replacement of existing equipment to meet needs of facility.
• Proficiency in multi-tasking.
• Perform other duties as requested by the Food Service Director or Manager whenever his/her skill and/or experience would be vital to initiate, coordinate, or complete any given program.
• Must fill in for absent employees at location, as necessary.
• Maintain knowledge of daily catering events and confirm they are prepared and delivered on time.
• Be able to work occasional night and weekend catered events.
• Attend food service meetings with staff.
• Maintain communication with staff (including office staff, e-mail, phone calls, inter-office mail, etc).
• May perform cashier duties as the need arises.
• Promote good public relations.

Skills

Verbal instruction comprehension

Arithmetic

Emotional control under stress

Interpersonal conflict resolution

Organizational skills

Education

Sanitation course completed

Job description

Aramark seeks a full-time Food Service Supervisor to lead our kitchen and dining operations. You will work with a manager to coordinate schedules, supervise staff, ensure safe food handling, and maintain inventories and logs while delivering quality service across catering events.

You will foster teamwork, mentor employees, and support successful daily and event-driven catering initiatives in a fast-paced environment.