Air Culinaire Worldwide premier inflight caterer is seeing talented Sous Chef with a love of food, customer service and drive for excellence to join our small team in San Jose.
Job Purpose:
The Sous Chef is responsible for managing all cooks, prep-cooks, garde manger, and dishwashers for their assigned
shift. This position will plan and assign work, implement policies and procedures and recommend improvements in
methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions
Responsibilities and Associated Duties:
The Sous Chef’s primary responsibility is to oversee the preparation of hot food and related inventory levels of the kitchen
while maintaining Air Culinaire Standards while holding responsibility for direct reports. Reasonable accommodations
may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essentialfunctions.
• Ensure effective employee relations. Provide employee coaching and development. Makesemployment
decisions. Resolve employee issues through problem resolution.
• Balance quality, productivity, cost, safety and morale to achieve positive results in all areas. Work to
continuously improve in all areas.
• Manage departmental performance measures, including visual controls and provides regularprogress
reports to manager.
• Track and manage attendance and timekeeping of direct reports
• Quality Control each order for adherence to Corporate and Government guidelines.
• Maintain consistency in food quality standards to include HACCP food safety standards.
• Rotate all products. Label and date all food in kitchen.
• Use preventative maintenance with all kitchen equipment.
• Train direct reports on potential hazards and general safety and SOPs.
• Dress professionally and within the guidelines of Company procedures including the companyapproved
uniform.
• Carry company provided telephones/radios at all times when on duty out of the office and communicate
with local operations and the company call center as required or needed.
• All other duties as assigned by the Kitchen Manager or Executive Chef.
INDIVIDUAL/FAMILY HEALTH CARE BENEFITS
Medical
Dental
Vision
Company Paid Short/Long-Term Disability Insurance
Company Paid Basic Life Insurance
Pet Insurance
401K RETIREMENT PLAN
Company Match is 100% of the First 6% of Participant Contributions
PAID TIME OFF & EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE
The Total Annual Accrual of PTO Hours is 128
Floating Holidays
YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT
Not a Seasonal Position
All Overtime Fully Paid