Kitchen Manager: Lead Kitchen Operations & Quality

Opaa! Food Management; Warner (NH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Opaa! Food Management, Inc. is seeking a Kitchen Manager to direct the day-to-day operation of school kitchens in our program.

You will ensure food safety, quality, and compliance with health regulations while coordinating meal preparation and distribution across satellite buildings. This role requires leading kitchen staff, managing records and inventory, training staff, and upholding Opaa!’s core values. The position offers full-time hours with duties that support student meals and program

Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED, or Relevant Experience Required.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence and effectively present information to others.

Responsibilities

• Monitor food and food preparation to maintain quality standards for preparation, presentation, and sanitation.
• Promote customer service by investigating and resolving food quality and service complaints.
• Coordinate the preparation and daily transportation of meals going to all satellite buildings, where applicable.
• Conduct daily safety and production meetings with kitchen staff.
• Demonstrate and promote Opaa’s Core Values; report concerns to the DNS immediately.
• Supervise kitchen staff in all areas of production; delegate workflow and inform DNS of personnel issues.
• Train, cross-train and certify all kitchen job stations; be prepared to perform any kitchen function.
• Ensure overall cleanliness and organization of the kitchen and storage areas.
• Maintain compliance with recipes, menu plans, timekeeping, HACCP, HHFKA and CACFP meal patterns.
• Submit hours worked and ensure logs are complete; maintain compliance with safety processes.
• Coordinate and submit food and supply orders; manage inventory and FIFO storage.
• Enter participation counts; ensure meals are reimbursable; communicate with building principal.
• Attend weekly Kitchen Manager meetings with DNS and perform other duties as assigned.

Education

High School Diploma, GED, or Relevant Experience

Job description

Opaa! Food Management, Inc. is seeking a Kitchen Manager to direct the day-to-day operation of school kitchens in our program.

You will ensure food safety, quality, and compliance with health regulations while coordinating meal preparation and distribution across satellite buildings. This role requires leading kitchen staff, managing records and inventory, training staff, and upholding Opaa!’s core values. The position offers full-time hours with duties that support student meals and program