Sous Chef

Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman; Kapolei (HI); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman Ko Olina in Hawaii seeks a hands-on kitchen leader to assist the Chef, Sous Chef and Chef de Cuisine in coordinating all food service operations.

This role involves overseeing training and development of kitchen staff, supporting hiring decisions, managing inventory, enforcing MPK policies, and ensuring adherence to health and fire regulations while delivering guest-focused service under pressure.

Qualifications

• Must be guest oriented and able to work under pressure.
• Excellent written and oral communication with diverse staff.
• Strong leadership and coaching abilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Chef/Sous Chef/Chef de Cuisine in coordinating all food service operations.
• Support execution of the Business Plan through assigned action steps.
• Oversee and approve training and development of kitchen staff.
• Participate in hiring by interviewing and making recommendations.
• Participate in monthly inventory process.
• Manage kitchen and restaurant procedures during shifts.
• Provide direction to kitchen staff to ensure duty execution.
• Monitor compliance with health and fire department regulations.
• Identify and correct inventory, systems, and staffing issues.
• Maintain relationships with vendors and act as daily contact.
• Monitor labor costs to meet budget goals within MPK policies.
• Perform duties of Line Cook and other kitchen positions as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Conflict resolution

Coaching

Team player

Decision making

Staff development

Job description

Monkeypod Kitchen by Merriman - Ko Olina

• Assist the Chef, Sous Chef, and/or Chef de Cuisine in coordination of all food sevice operations.
• Support the execution of the Business Plan trhough completion of assigned action steps.
• Oversee and approve training and development of the kitchen staff.
• Participate in the hiring process by conducting interviews and making hiring recommendations. May assist Chef/Sous Chef/Chef de Cuisine in approving new hires as assigned by the Chef.
• Participate in monthly inventory process.
• Assist in the implementation and management of MPK policies and procedures; active management of kitchen and restaurant procedures throughout scheduled shift.
• Provide direction to kitchen staff, ensuring execution of all employee duties.
• Monitor kitchen operations to ensure compliance with health and fire department regulations.
• Anticipate, identify, and correct any issues with inventory, systems, and staffing.
• Establish and maintain a positive relationship with vendors and act as a daily point of contact.
• Monitor labor costs to attain budgeted goals within MPK policies and procedures.
• Complete the duties of a Line Cook and when needed is responsible to perform duties of all kitchen positions.
• Must be guest oriented, posess the ability to work under pressure, utilizes active listening and effective written and oral communication with a variety of people, must show positive leadership and management skills, must demonstrate effective conflict resolution skills as well as coaching and development of staff, must be a teamplayer and have good decision making and judgment skills.

Requirements

Must be able to work in a fast paced, high energy, moderately noisy environment containing multiple personality types. Can become crowded and can become high pressure.

Must be able to do the following constantly: stand, walk, use of hands/fingers, reach outward, lift/carry 11-20 lbs, push/pull 11-20 lbs.

Must be able to do the following frequently: reach above shoulder, bend, lift/carry 21-50 lbs, and push/pull 26-40 lbs.

Must be able to do the following occasionally: squaty or kneel, and climb.

Must posess: sense of vision (near, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception), sense of sound (hear verbal requests by guests, coworkers, and managers), sense of smell, sense of taste, sense of touch, and the ability to work Personal Protective Equipment (non slip shoes, back belt if lifting over 25 lbs, safety glove when using knife).