Job Information
Intermountain Health Sous Chef in Billings, Montana
Job Description:
Supervises culinary staff and provides culinary expertise in food preparation service, assuring proper production techniques, portion control and plating standards are applied according to menu, recipe, and department standards.
Essential Functions
Leads, guides, assigns work and follows up to ensure completion of assigned tasks
Supports a disciplined environment and provides after hours supervision in the absence of the supervisor or Chef
Maintains a station while supervising the operation
Mentors and develops staff using sound culinary principles
Uses culinary knowledge, enhances product quality by contributing ideas to menu cycles and recipe development
Prepares new recipes, documents result, and make recommendations for improvement
Ensures recipe compliance and portion control
Orders goods as needed; uses culinary math and historical data to calculate amounts
Reports equipment problems and documents history of repairs
Ensures proper food handling methods, product rotation and storage
Ensures department compliance with department, hospital, and regulatory guidelines
Ensures compliance with HACCP standards
Participates in the training of staff and performs supervisory functions
Enforces compliance with portioning and presentation standards
Skills
Food Handling
Food Safety and Sanitation
Food Production
Follows Instructions
Recipes – ability to understand, execute and develop
Reading
Organizing
Communication
Qualifications
Food Handler Permit (as required by State/County) or ServSafe certification is required by first day of work.
Demonstrated ability to read and communicate effectively in English.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and part of a team.
Demonstrated ability to utilize safe food handling techniques, in all applications
Understands workflow, prioritizes, uses timelines, understands deadlines
Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service (preferred)
Understands and prepares food according to modified diets using appropriate techniques where applicable (preferred)
Demonstrated ability to utilize commercial cooking equipment (preferred)
Five years supervisory experience, culinary degree, or certificate (Preferred)
Inventory control, purchasing, costing, and forecasting experience (Preferred)
Physical Requirements
Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.
Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment. Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.
Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemicals.
Physical Requirements:
Location:
Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital
Work City:
Billings
Work State:
Montana
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$21.17 - $31.13
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