Sous Chef - Freedom Beat

**PRIMARY PURPOSE:** This position is responsible for directing the preparation and ordering of all foods during assigned shift, ensuring that all foods are of the highest quality and that all operations are efficient and effective. **PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:** - Maintain department objectives, standards, guidelines and budget to ensure proper management of department. - Monitor and evaluate food purchasing, staffing, food production and food inventory in order to control food and labor costs and waste, ensuring adherence to budget. - Hire, train, motivate, evaluate, and manage staff to ensure that employees receive adequate guidance and resources to accomplish established objectives. - Monitor and evaluate food preparation by observing cooking techniques and tasting results to ensure food quality and consistency according to standards. - Inspect restaurant kitchen areas and makes decisions for necessary corrective actions in order to maintain company and health department standards and avoid risk for citation and bad press. - Work with Executive Chef to analyze food costs and forecast business trends in order to make recommendations for revision of menu prices that will most appropriately meet company goals. **KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:** - Complete understanding of all operations of the kitchen, kitchen equipment and sanitation. - Demonstrated organizational skills, cleanliness, and proper etiquette to other employees and guests. - Must have experience in high volume type of environment. **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:** - 1-2 years of previous supervisory experience in a casino/hotel kitchen environment. - Current Health Card Required **PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:** - Requires mobility. - Ability for prolonged periods of time to walk, stand, stretch, bend and kneel. - Able to lift/carry 50 lbs. Push/pull 50lbs in assisting order inventory control. - Must be able to work any shift and long hours when necessary. - Ability to interact appropriately and effectively with guests, management, other team members, and outside contacts. - Work indoors and be exposed to various environmental factors such as, but not limited to, CRT, noise, dust, and cigarette smoke. *This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee in this position. It is not intended to give all the details or a step-by-step account of the way each procedure or task is performed. The incumbent is expected to perform other duties necessary for the effective operation of the department.* *Downtown Grand is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Downtown Grand will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current team members to discuss potential accommodation with the employee.*