School Kitchen Manager

CLLC WOODLANDS LLC; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 26,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus based on performance

Competitive salary

Employee discounts

Health insurance

Paid time off

Profit sharing

Job summary

CLLC WOODLANDS LLC is seeking a kitchen assistant in Spring, TX to assist with meal preparation for children, follow posted menus, and help maintain a clean, organized kitchen and classroom environment.

The role requires standing most of the day, safety awareness, and the ability to lift and move items. You will support budget-conscious meal planning and ensure proper food handling and sanitation practices are followed.

Qualifications

• Must be safety conscious at all times of self and others.
• Able to stand/walk up to 90% of the day.
• Ability to lift and carry items and interact with children as needed.

Responsibilities

• Menu is posted and followed, with substitutions documented.
• Meals and snacks prepared and served in a timely manner.
• Operate storage units, label, organize, and rotate food items.
• Inventory weekly and order items within budget guidelines.
• Use excess food in the menu to support cost control.
• Apply problem-solving to improve productivity and maintain cost control.
• Follow sanitation procedures per local/state requirements.

Skills

Safety awareness

Physical stamina

Team assistance

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Benefits:

• Bonus based on performance
• Competitive salary
• Employee discounts
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing

Education and Experience:

• At least 18 years of age (25 if responsible for driving a bus)
• Hold a high school diploma or equivalent
• Knowledge and understanding of all current State and Local regulations.

Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Menu is posted and followed, with appropriate substitutions made when necessary. Substitutions are documented properly.
• Meals and snacks are prepared and served in a timely manner.
• Effective use of storage units, and food is labeled, organized, rotated.
• Food and paper items are inventoried weekly and items ordered appropriately and in accordance with budget guidelines.
• Excess food items are used by working them into the menu, thus providing effective cost control.
• Uses problem solving skills to increase productivity, maintain working relationships, and maintain cost control.
• Safe, hazard free, uses good judgment.
• Consistently clean and maintained on ongoing basis, counters, shelves, floors, appliances.
• Follows Children’s Lighthouse Kitchen Manager guidelines, systems, and requirements.
• Uses proper sanitation procedures as required by local and state agencies.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must be safety conscious at all times of self and others. Will frequently lift as in lifting, carrying, shelving groceries, and lifting/carrying infants and children.
• Required to stand and/or walk up to 90% of the day, as needed.
• Must be able to stoop, bend and sit to prepare food, maintain kitchen, and assist in classrooms if allowed/needed.
• Able to physically and mentally interact and react to children on the playground and/or in the classroom and attend to their needs.

General Areas

• Completes and submits all records as required, including time sheets, menu postings, inventory, purchases, incident reports and any other required documentation.
• Helps to maintain ratios in classrooms by filling in for absent staff members when necessary, in the early morning and naptime hours as necessary, and assist with bus runs.
• Supports all Children’s Lighthouse policies and procedures as states in manuals, handbooks, and official memos.
• Has energy level to do the job
• Good role model including attendance, dress code, attitude
• Does not participate in gossip
• Open to change - Flexible and able to adapt
• Participates in extra-curricular activities of school
• Attends staff meetings
• Able and willing to accept direction, feedback, and evaluation
• Uses good judgment in all areas.
• Walkthrough counts and other management support duties as assigned.
• Completes additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.