Job Overview

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Employment Type

Full-time
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Compensation

Hourly
Range $19.00 - $22.80
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Benefits

Paid holidays
Paid Time Off
Annual anniversary rewards
annual scores reward
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life insurance
401(k) employer match
Tuition Reimbursement

Job Description

Atria Senior Living is a leading senior living community known for fostering environments where employees and residents alike can thrive. With a commitment to creating vibrant communities, Atria Senior Living offers a supportive and engaging workplace that encourages professional growth and personal well-being. The company places strong emphasis on delivering outstanding resident care while ensuring that employees benefit from a healthy work-life balance and access to competitive benefits. As part of a large family of brands, Atria Senior Living operates numerous communities where teamwork, respect, and innovation are core values.

This particular opportunity is for the role of Sous Chef within the Dining Services team at Atria Senior Living. The Sous Chef position is integral to maintaining high standards of food quality and safety, ensuring that residents receive nutritious and appetizing meals prepared with care and professionalism. This full-time role offers a competitive hourly wage ranging from $19.00 to $22.80, depending on prior experience. The successful candidate will play a key role in overseeing kitchen operations, supporting menu planning, and maintaining sanitation standards that meet Atria’s high expectations.

As a Sous Chef at Atria Senior Living, you will be responsible for preparing meals that not only meet dietary requirements but also delight residents with attractive presentation and flavor. You'll work closely with the Executive Chef and other food service staff to guarantee the smooth functioning of kitchen operations. This role includes supervising food preparation, ensuring portion control, and maintaining compliance with food safety and sanitation regulations. In the absence of the Executive Chef, the Sous Chef will step up to manage staffing, payroll, ordering, inventory management, and administrative duties necessary for kitchen operations.

Atria Senior Living values its employees deeply and offers an excellent benefits package including paid holidays, paid time off, health dental and vision insurance, life insurance, and a retirement savings plan with employer match. Additional perks include tuition reimbursement for U.S.-based employees and rewards to acknowledge employee anniversaries and community survey performances. The work environment promotes career advancement opportunities, employee recognition, and a strong focus on both resident and employee satisfaction.

In this role, you will be a key member of a community dedicated to making a positive impact on residents’ lives by providing exceptional dining experiences. Your leadership, culinary skills, and commitment to food safety will contribute directly to the comfort and enjoyment of those living at Atria. If you are passionate about culinary arts, thrive in a team-oriented setting, and want to make a meaningful difference, this opportunity with Atria Senior Living is an excellent career path.

Job Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Minimum 2 years' experience in industry or full-service restaurant cooking
  • Effective communication in English
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Experience mentoring and directing others
  • Ability to prepare and follow recipes
  • General knowledge of sanitation and safe food handling practices
  • Basic computer skills

Job Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Minimum 2 years' experience in industry or full-service restaurant cooking
  • Effective communication in English and excellent customer service skills
  • Experience mentoring and directing others
  • Ability to prepare and follow recipes
  • General knowledge of and ability to conform to sanitation and safe food handling practices
  • Basic computer skills

Job Duties

  • Review menus and food-production instructions and prepare meals following Holiday menus and recipes while ensuring portion-control standards
  • Oversee preparation and set-up of service to serve nutritious food, attractively garnished in a punctual manner
  • Follow food safe handling procedures in preparation as well as proper procedures for covering, labeling, dating, and storing food
  • Accurately complete logs in a timely manner i.e., refrigerator, freezer and production sheets
  • Follow Holiday sanitation standards by effectively cleaning while working, including preparation and serving areas, pots and pans, kitchen surfaces, walls, and floors, using appropriate cleaning schedules and charts
  • In absence of the Executive Chef, oversee the food service staff and overall kitchen operations
  • Focus on resident satisfaction and resolve any food-compliant issues as needed
  • Perform administrative duties including menu planning, ordering, receiving, invoice processing, inventory, end-of-month report, staffing and payroll if needed
  • Other duties as assigned

Job Criteria

Experience

Mid Level (3-7 years)


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