Restaurant Assistant Kitchen Lead - NY

CoreLife Eatery; Town of Brighton (NY); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

CoreLife Eatery is seeking an Assistant Kitchen Manager to keep a busy kitchen running smoothly with strong leadership and a relentless focus on cleanliness and sanitation. You will supervise and train kitchen staff, oversee line accuracy, and enforce safety and quality standards while delivering timely service to guests.

You should be prepared to cover the Kitchen Manager during peak volumes or requested time off, assisting across all kitchen areas and stepping in as needed to maintain high

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with some culinary coursework or training.
• Experience in hospitality, food service or customer service preferred.
• Fluent English speaking and written communication required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and supervision to the kitchen staff.
• Help manage and train staff to ensure timely, courteous, efficient service.
• Enforce proper sanitation standards and keep areas clean and sanitary at all times.
• Support and cover the Kitchen Manager during high volume periods or time off.
• Step in across kitchen areas when necessary.

Skills

Leadership

Staff training

Time management

Customer service

English proficiency

Education

High school diploma or GED

Culinary coursework or training

Job description

The Assistant Kitchen Manager ensures that the kitchen operates smoothly and in a high state of cleanliness and provides strong leadership and supervision to the kitchen staff. He or she helps manage and train the staff to ensure they provide exceptional service to customers in a timely, courteous, efficient, and accurate manner and that they follow proper sanitation standards and keep all areas clean and sanitary at all times. This person should be able and willing to support as well cover for the Kitchen Manager during high volume occurrences or time off. Ready and willing to step in all areas of the kitchen when necessary.

The ideal candidate for this position has a high school diploma or high school equivalency diplomawith some additional culinary coursework or training and at least one year of restaurant experience. Previous management experience in a hospitality, food service, or customer service position is highly preferred. Fluent English speaking and written communication skills, good time management skills, and professional dress, speech, and behavior are all required for this position.