Food Unit Lead - Lead Dining Service Team

Fresh & Ready Foods; Longview, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plan

Health and Wellness Programs

Discount Marketplace

Identity Theft Protection

Pet Insurance

Voluntary Benefits

Job summary

Compass Group in Longview, TX is seeking a full-time Food Unit Lead to coordinate activities of other food-service staff and ensure a positive dining experience for customers and visitors.

The role requires prior leadership experience, with a schedule that may include weekends and varying hours. The position emphasizes food preparation, service quality, sanitation, and team supervision in a temperature-controlled environment.

Qualifications

• Previous leadership experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provides quality customer service by providing one-on-one attention to detail.
• Oversees and participates in the 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 work flow.
• 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.

Job description

Compass Group in Longview, TX is seeking a full-time Food Unit Lead to coordinate activities of other food-service staff and ensure a positive dining experience for customers and visitors.

The role requires prior leadership experience, with a schedule that may include weekends and varying hours. The position emphasizes food preparation, service quality, sanitation, and team supervision in a temperature-controlled environment.