What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sous Chef position at Hillsboro Hops?
Role: Sous Chef
Status: Permanent, Full Time
Reports To: Executive Chef
Status: Permanent, Full Time
Reports To: Executive Chef
Job Summary
The sous chef in a stadium setting will be responsible for assisting the Executive Chef in overseeing all culinary operations within the stadium, including food production, staff management, menu development, quality control, and sanitation, ensuring high-quality food is prepared efficiently during large events(games and concerts, etc) while adhering to strict health and safety standards; essentially acting as the second-in-command in the kitchen, managing daily operations and staff during high-volume periods.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
· Menu planning and execution: Collaborate with the Executive Chef and management team to develop and maintain menus for various events, including game-day specials, catering options, and concessions, ensuring variety and appeal to diverse crowds
- Staff management: In coordination with the Executive Chef, lead and supervise a team of cooks, which may include line cooks prep cooks, and concession stand cooks, ensuring proper training, task delegation, and performance evaluations, especially during peak event times.
- Food production oversight: Monitor food preparation processes, ensuring consistency in quality and adherence to recipes, while optimizing production flow to meet event demands.
- Inventory control: In coordination with the Executive Chef, manage food inventory levels, minimizing waste and ordering supplies to meet anticipated demand, while staying within budget constraints.
- Food safety and sanitation: Enforce strict food safety protocols, including proper handling, storage, and cleaning procedures, to maintain compliance with health regulations. Ensure all workstations, storerooms and concession/catering areas remain clean, sanitized, safe, and in proper working order at all times
· Food Quality Control: Maintain high standards of food quality and presentation, ensuring all dishes are prepared according to recipes and specifications while adhering to food safety regulations
· Cost control: Analyze food costs and identify areas for optimization, ensuring profitable operations
- Compliance: Ensure adherence to all health and safety regulations, including proper food labeling, and temperature controls
- Equipment maintenance: In conjunction with the Executive Chef, oversee proper care and maintenance of kitchen equipment to ensure efficient operations
- Communication and collaboration: Effectively communicate with the Executive Chef, other kitchen staff, and front-of-house personnel to ensure smooth event execution
- Other duties as assigned
Required Skills, Experience, and Certifications
To perform this job successfully, the candidate must be able to perform each essential duty above at the highest levels. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required
To perform this job successfully, the candidate must be able to perform each essential duty above at the highest levels. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required
- Minimum three (3) years experience in a high-volume full-service food operation
- Proven culinary skills with experience in high-volume kitchen environments
- Strong leadership and supervisory abilities to manage a large kitchen team
- Understanding of food cost management and inventory control practices
- High Level of Computer Literacy
- Must have knowledge of kitchen sanitation, operation, and maintenance of kitchen equipment
- Ability to obtain and maintain Oregon Food Handlers or Serve Safe Certification
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills to address challenges during busy events
- Ability to adapt to changing demands and work under pressure during high-volume events
- Must be flexible to work extended hours due to business requirements including nights, weekends, and holidays as dictated by event schedule (six-game homestands, concerts, etc.)
- Ability to read, speak, and write in English
- Must have sufficient mobility to perform assigned tasks including constant reaching, bending, stooping, wiping, pushing,g and pulling for extended periods.
- Must have the ability to lift, push, pull approximately 50lbs
- Must be able to stand or walk for long periods
- Must be available for all stadium events
Working conditions
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, hear; use hands and fingers, and handle controls. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stand, walk, and stoop. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Intellectual/social, physical demands, and work environment
The intellectual/social, and physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Intellectual/Social demands: While performing duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to multi-task and prioritize work under time limits and with moderate to high-pressure situations. Position requires constant attention to details and accuracy of specified standards or directions including: following simple to complex (more than 3 steps) instructions, and concentration which frequently extends beyond 30 minutes at a time. The position requires constant use of interpersonal communication skills with co-workers, guests, and management staff. Must be able to promote a positive employee climate and teamwork between a diverse population of employees. The position requires frequent ability to work on a task independently and frequently work as a part of a team for a variety of tasks. Ability to learn proper sanitation and cleaning techniques. The ability to frequently work with the general public in a stand is required.
Physical demands: While performing duties of the job, the employee will constantly be required to grasp, fingering manipulation of product, feeling, and lifting. The employee will frequently push, and pull carts of inventory and climb, stoop, and kneel to reach supplies and products. Exposure to a loud event-driven environment. Employees will frequently be required to lift up to 50 pounds and push/pull 150 pounds. Vision requires the ability to constantly adjust focus, peripheral vision, and close vision to stock products and operate equipment. The ability to frequently hear the communication of others in a loud environment. Employees will be required to stand or move about the building extensively and continuously on concrete floors.
Work environment: The duties of this position are performed both indoors and outdoors. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud depending on events in a stadium environment with thousands of guests in attendance. Consistently works in small workspaces or moves about in crowds of thousands of people. Occasional exposure and communication with intoxicated guests. This job description is subject to change.
The intellectual/social, and physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Intellectual/Social demands: While performing duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to multi-task and prioritize work under time limits and with moderate to high-pressure situations. Position requires constant attention to details and accuracy of specified standards or directions including: following simple to complex (more than 3 steps) instructions, and concentration which frequently extends beyond 30 minutes at a time. The position requires constant use of interpersonal communication skills with co-workers, guests, and management staff. Must be able to promote a positive employee climate and teamwork between a diverse population of employees. The position requires frequent ability to work on a task independently and frequently work as a part of a team for a variety of tasks. Ability to learn proper sanitation and cleaning techniques. The ability to frequently work with the general public in a stand is required.
Physical demands: While performing duties of the job, the employee will constantly be required to grasp, fingering manipulation of product, feeling, and lifting. The employee will frequently push, and pull carts of inventory and climb, stoop, and kneel to reach supplies and products. Exposure to a loud event-driven environment. Employees will frequently be required to lift up to 50 pounds and push/pull 150 pounds. Vision requires the ability to constantly adjust focus, peripheral vision, and close vision to stock products and operate equipment. The ability to frequently hear the communication of others in a loud environment. Employees will be required to stand or move about the building extensively and continuously on concrete floors.
Work environment: The duties of this position are performed both indoors and outdoors. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud depending on events in a stadium environment with thousands of guests in attendance. Consistently works in small workspaces or moves about in crowds of thousands of people. Occasional exposure and communication with intoxicated guests. This job description is subject to change.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.
