Operations Leader, Food Production and Sanitation

SkyChefs; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SkyChefs in Seattle is seeking an Equipment and Sanitation Manager to lead maintenance, sanitation, and readiness of all equipment and facilities within a food production/airline catering environment.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, and accountability, with hands-on leadership of large teams and ongoing process improvement initiatives to drive efficiency and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of management experience in large-scale operations such as culinary production, logistics, warehouse, or similar.
• Experience in using and managing Variable Production Systems and schedules.
• Strong presentation, communication, training and interpersonal skills.
• Proven success in improving work processes and leading change in a complex, fast environment.
• Excellent analytical and conceptual skills.
• Demonstrable record of understanding and meeting customer expectations.
• Proven track record of understanding the drivers of product and labor cost variances.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and Windows-based computer applications.
• Experience working in high-pressure, time-sensitive environments.
• Exposure to process improvement or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience developing or improving operational processes and SOPs.
• Experience managing both salaried and hourly employees, including frontline supervisors with an oversight of 30+ team members in department.

Responsibilities

• Strategically plan, organize, and manage a department with regards to daily hours, schedules, productivity, quality and safety.
• Responsible for department costs to budget through effective manpower planning, scheduling and overtime usage.
• Ensure compliance with customer specifications, FDA, HACCP, safety, health, environmental and other regulations.
• Ensure on-time and accurate production in the preparation of food/equipment and catering of flights.
• Investigate customer quality issues, develop and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain an ongoing, positive and pro-active relationship with all internal and external customers.
• Attend the daily operations briefing.
• Ensure par levels of customer inventory and customer specific goods.
• Provide data for the development of an annual business plan and budgeting for the department.
• Ensure optimal deployment of human, technical and material resources in the department.
• Initiate and control continuous optimization of processes.

Skills

Presentation skills

Communication

Training

Interpersonal skills

Analytical thinking

Change management

Leadership

Budget understanding

Job description

SkyChefs in Seattle is seeking an Equipment and Sanitation Manager to lead maintenance, sanitation, and readiness of all equipment and facilities within a food production/airline catering environment.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, and accountability, with hands-on leadership of large teams and ongoing process improvement initiatives to drive efficiency and regulatory compliance.