Sous Chef

culinary.

### Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Sous Chef to join our team at Zia Park Casino Hotel Racetrack. As a Sous Chef, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operations in the assigned outlet/s, coordinating activities and training of cooks, and other kitchen staff engaged in preparing and cooking foods for various outlets to ensure an efficient and effective food service and product.

### Key Responsibilities

- Responsible to the Sous and Executive Chef for the successful performance of assigned duties.
- Supervise and perform cooks and kitchen employees.
- Plans and coordinates menus along with Sous Chef and Executive Chef.
- Determines time and sequence of cooking operations to meet meal serving hours.
- Delegates to Cooks the responsibilities for preparation of foods via production sheets.
- Directs other kitchen staff engaged in preparing, cooking, and serving food.
- Maintains sanitation levels of all kitchens as described by the company, local and state health departments.
- Ensures that all budgeted food costs and payroll costs are maintained.
- Reviews menus and analyzes recipes.
- Trains, schedules, and evaluates kitchen employees.
- Responsible for maintaining and monitoring employees time.
- Trains kitchen personnel in safe operating procedures of all equipment, utensils, and machinery.
- Establishes maintenance schedules in conjunction with manufacturers instructions for all equipment.
- Must work well under pressure, and meet multiple and sometimes competing deadlines.
- Adhere to all corporate and local policies, procedures, and operating guidelines.
- Must at all times demonstrate ethical and cooperative behavior with guests, co-workers and leadership.
- Performs other duties as may be assigned by department and/or company management.

### Shift Lead Responsibilities

This position has shift lead responsibilities for the kitchen workers within their assigned outlet.

### Requirements

- Must be a minimum of 21 years of age.
- High school diploma or G.E.D required.
- Associates/Technical degree in culinary required.
- 5 to 7 years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Must possess Serv-Safe or equivalent certification, with a comprehensive understanding of all food safety and sanitation requirements.
- The position requires math skills as well as the ability to measure, and estimate, and the ability to multi task, posses proper knife skills, basic food knowledge inclusive of specifications (size, shape, color, package size, weight) as defined by hiring management.
- Position requires scheduling flexibility, may be required to work weekends, holidays, overnight, or overtime, based upon scheduling and business needs.
- Must be able to demonstrate and ensure that daily work performed is conducted within HACCP, NSF, OSHA, local department of health guidelines.
- Ability to read, write and speak English required.
- Strong customer service and interpersonal skills are required.
- Ability to work as part of a team and to promote cooperative approach between departments.
- Ability to work unsupervised.

### Physical Demands

- Frequent brisk walking, climbing stairs, bending, lifting, stretching, reaching, kneeling, squatting, and standing for long periods of time.
- Working in small, confined areas, with floors, which are or may become slippery in the process of conducting work activities.
- Walking and/or standing 95% of the time.
- Lifting from 75 to 100 pounds to stack, store or move materials, supplies and equipment.
- Push and pull carts and equipment weighing 250 pounds.
- Enter walk-ins of -10 degrees to working conditions of 110 degrees

### Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee mostly works inside the building. The employee is regularly exposed to airborne particles, toxic fumes and/or chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is loud.

Exposure to bright lighting.

Exposure to unrestricted second-hand smoke.

### Company Overview

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