Lead Kitchen Sous Chef - Train & Elevate Team

HH Jersey City; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 56,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401K plan

Tuition assistance

Discounted hotel rates

Training & development

Career advancement opportunities

Performance-based bonus

Job summary

Concord Hospitality is hiring a Sous Chef in Jersey City, NJ. This full-time role leads kitchen operations, trains staff, and ensures high-quality food presentation and timely service across outlets.

The position requires strong leadership, scheduling, and communication skills, with focus on maintaining standards, discipline, and profitability while supporting a collaborative, customer-focused team.

Responsibilities

• Trains all associates in the kitchen how to perform their job duties to the best of their abilities, including plate presentation, display work and all other areas that associates need to learn and grow in their position.
• Writes schedules, evaluates, and directs all personnel.
• Keeps open verbal and written communication between the management and associates.
• Writes and presents disciplinary action as needed.
• Provides associates with the tools and equipment they need to do their jobs.
• Takes immediate action on problems that are encountered in the kitchen.
• Participates in monthly department meetings, weekly staff meetings, weekly kitchen meetings, monthly kitchen inventory and the MOD program.
• Ensures all food served is of high quality, properly prepared according to recipe and is expedited to all outlets in a smooth and efficient manner.
• Assists in the establishment of goals, standards, and objectives, which will further the prestige and reputation of the organization as well as result in a more profitable operation.
• Supervises the entire kitchen staff in the absence of the Executive Chef. Also, all utility and sanitation associates; and to provide supervisory guidance, aid and counsel for all kitchen associates.
• Maintains all use records, roast meat charts, recipe cards, etc., at all times.Prepares recipe cards and picture presentation of all menu items.
• Ensures payroll hours are submitted to the Accounting Department on a timely basis.

Job description

Concord Hospitality is hiring a Sous Chef in Jersey City, NJ. This full-time role leads kitchen operations, trains staff, and ensures high-quality food presentation and timely service across outlets.

The position requires strong leadership, scheduling, and communication skills, with focus on maintaining standards, discipline, and profitability while supporting a collaborative, customer-focused team.