Food Unit Lead - Daytime Dining Supervisor

Chartwells School Dining Services K12; South Bend (IN); On-site; USD 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plan

Health and Wellness Programs

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Commuter Benefits

FSAs

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Chartwells School Dining Services K12 is hiring a full-time Food Unit Lead at the Career Academy Network of Public Schools in South Bend, IN. You will supervise cafeteria staff, ensure safe, high-quality meals, and maintain compliance with sanitation standards.

This role offers a daytime schedule (7:00 am–3:00 pm) with no nights or weekends, a starting pay of $16–$18 per hour, and opportunity to train and advance. Immediate hiring and online applications accepted.

Qualifications

• Prior supervisory experience is required.
• Experience with inventory, ordering, stocking, and menu management.
• Ability to coordinate staff and ensure quality customer service.

Responsibilities

• Provides quality customer service by attention to detail.
• Oversees preparation and service of food and beverage items in accordance with company standards for presentation, sanitation, safety and portion control.
• Helps plan menus.
• Ensures timely, efficient meal service; supervises serving of meals.
• Responds to customer complaints in person at the time of the complaint and via email for electronic complaints.
• Trains employees; assigns and coordinates work of employees to promote efficiency and excellence in food and service.
• Determines work procedures, prepares work schedules and expedites workflow.
• Uses proper systems for completion of required daily/weekly/monthly reports such as inventory-cash reports-production records, payroll and time-keeping.
• Responsible for proper cash handling as established by the Food Accounting Manual (deposits - petty cash - change funds).
• Orders food and other necessary supplies from approved sources or purveyors.
• Directs and participates in the overall sanitation and safety of the facility and employees in accordance with company standards and government regulations.
• Develops sanitation schedule and ensures food-service employees adhere to the schedule for cleaning of kitchen and dining area and washing of kitchen utensils and equipment.
• Issues written and oral instructions.
• Help select and orient employees; oversees staff training in areas of responsibility.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Inventory management

Menu planning

Ordering

Food service

Job description

Chartwells School Dining Services K12 is hiring a full-time Food Unit Lead at the Career Academy Network of Public Schools in South Bend, IN. You will supervise cafeteria staff, ensure safe, high-quality meals, and maintain compliance with sanitation standards.

This role offers a daytime schedule (7:00 am–3:00 pm) with no nights or weekends, a starting pay of $16–$18 per hour, and opportunity to train and advance. Immediate hiring and online applications accepted.