Kitchen Operations Lead

Opaa! Food Management; Anthony (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Opaa! Food Management, Inc. seeks a Kitchen Manager to direct day-to-day kitchen operations, ensure safety and health compliance, and uphold Opaa! standards. This role oversees staff, production, inventory, and daily reporting, with attention to quality, service, and nutritional guidelines.

The position requires strong leadership, training abilities, and vigilance in maintaining HACCP, HHFKA, and CACFP compliance across operations in various sites.

Qualifications

• Must meet health and safety standards and HACCP compliance.
• Experience supervising kitchen staff and coordinating food prep.
• Ability to train staff and ensure proper inventory controls.

Responsibilities

• Monitor food preparation to maintain quality and sanitation.
• Promote customer service by resolving food quality and service issues.
• Coordinate daily transportation of meals to satellite buildings when applicable.
• Conduct daily safety and production meetings with kitchen staff.
• Train, cross-train and certify all kitchen positions; supervise production flow.
• Ensure cleanliness and organization of kitchen and storage areas.
• Maintain compliance with recipes, timekeeping, HACCP, HHFKA, and CACFP.
• Oversee production records, inventory counts, and FIFO in storage.
• Enter participation counts and complete required logs; reconcile dish counts.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Food safety

Team management

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Relevant Experience

Tools

Boss system

ADP timekeeping

Meal counting software

Job description

Opaa! Food Management, Inc. seeks a Kitchen Manager to direct day-to-day kitchen operations, ensure safety and health compliance, and uphold Opaa! standards. This role oversees staff, production, inventory, and daily reporting, with attention to quality, service, and nutritional guidelines.

The position requires strong leadership, training abilities, and vigilance in maintaining HACCP, HHFKA, and CACFP compliance across operations in various sites.