Position: Executive Sous Chef
About: American Cruise Lines, the largest cruise line in the United States, is looking to add Executive Sous Chefs to our shipboard teams for the 2025 season. Our shipboard team supports a combined fleet of ships sailing through various itineraries across the nation from contemporary riverboats to paddlewheel queens for a steamboat experience. Exceptional cuisine is prepared by chefs with extensive culinary credentials and training from prestigious culinary institutes, using only the freshest ingredients to create delicious dishes for our guests and crew. The Executive Sous Chef will work closely with the Executive Chef to produce diversified menus and maintain high crew satisfaction through healthy, nutritious buffet-style meals. Responsibilities include overseeing food production, ensuring guest and crew dietary needs are met, maintaining kitchen hygiene and safety standards, and enforcing food safety practices. The position requires a minimum of 3 years of culinary experience in a resort, hotel, or cruise ship setting, ServSafe Manager Certification, transportation worker identification credential (TWIC), familiarity with food safety standards, multitasking abilities, and effective communication skills. The role also involves being an effective leader, passing pre-employment screenings, and having training and teaching experience. The job involves a work rotation of 6 to 8 weeks onboard followed by 1 to 2 weeks off, with job sites across the nation.
Requirements: Minimum 3 years of culinary experience in full-service resort, hotel, or cruise ship; ServSafe Manager Certification strongly preferred; Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC); Familiar with food safety standards; Must be able to multi-task, take direction, and be a team player; Ability to work with composure under pressure; Must possess problem-solving skills, self-motivation, and organization; Must be able to speak, read, and understand basic cooking recipes and adhere to directions; An effective leader with excellent time management; Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills; Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test; Complete criminal background check; Training and teaching experience; Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC); Ability to be on a work rotation of 6 to 8 weeks onboard followed by 1 to 2 weeks off
Benefits: health insurance, 401(k), flexible work schedule conducive to work-life balance
