Kitchen Director: Lead, Elevate Kitchen Team

Chick-fil-A | League City Towne Center; League City (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Chick-fil-A | League City Towne Center is seeking a BOH Director to lead kitchen operations with a focus on efficiency, safety, and staff development. The role emphasizes delegation, accountability, and maintaining high standards of cleanliness and organization across day and night shifts.

The ideal candidate will be organized, dependable, and capable of coaching and training kitchen personnel while managing labor costs and ensuring timely service for guests.

Qualifications

• Ability to delegate tasks.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Capable of monitoring costs.
• People-oriented, passion for people.
• Flexible schedule.
• Passionate about the kitchen.
• Perform under pressure.
• Organized
• Dependable
• Accountable

Responsibilities

• Conduct formal & informal meetings with kitchen staff.
• Sense of Urgency that creates surprisingly fast Speed of Service.
• Maintaining a work environment that promotes food safety and ensures a clean environment.
• Vigilant attention to the organization and appearance of the kitchen.
• Interview potential new kitchen personnel.
• Track speed of service reports.
• Develop daytime & night time check list.
• Orientation & training for all new kitchen personnel.
• Coaching, evaluating, and providing accountability for all kitchen team members
• Labor Cost efficiency. Getting everyone off the clock as close to their time as possible.
• Dedicate at least two hours per week to planning.
• Equipment cleaning daily, weekly, & monthly.
• Positional chart (can have delegator or trainer review).
• Waste tracking.
• Positive recognition of team members who do an outstanding job with the guests or each other.
• Provide vision and accountability for OE to kitchen team members.
• Ensure kitchen is opened/closed properly.
• Ensure team members adhere to holding times and timers for all food products.
• Order Produce. (Can have delegator or trainer review).
• Truck order, updating path, creating new labels
• Manage equipment repair and maintenance schedule weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually.
• Maintaining accurate transfer logs
• Have OE parameters tracked in the kitchen.
• Create a culture of continuous improvement (no shortcuts).
• Transition from breakfast to lunch is seamless and effortless.
• Implement and manage kitchen staff to be finished their tasks at their appointed time.

Skills

Delegate tasks

Interpersonal communication

Cost monitoring

People-oriented

Flexible schedule

Kitchen passion

Perform under pressure

Organized

Dependable

Accountable

Job description

Chick-fil-A | League City Towne Center is seeking a BOH Director to lead kitchen operations with a focus on efficiency, safety, and staff development. The role emphasizes delegation, accountability, and maintaining high standards of cleanliness and organization across day and night shifts.

The ideal candidate will be organized, dependable, and capable of coaching and training kitchen personnel while managing labor costs and ensuring timely service for guests.