Private Events Manager

PDR Supervisor

Position Summary

Trillium is looking for an experienced PDR Supervisor to join our team at our Canton location! In this position, you will be responsible for preparing, cooking, and garnishing various foods efficiently within the established standards in every aspect for dinner service and private dining. You will proactively prepare, delegate and organize PDR's and manage a prep list for yourself and others. You will lead by example, setting time marks for yourself and delegating to team members. This position will report directly to Back of House management.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Food Production

• Maintain food quality and nutritional standards
• Perform technical culinary food production, portion control, and service standards
• Follow production schedule
• Food preparation of meats/poultry/game/fish, vegetables, and fruits
• Lifting and moving equipment to and from work stations, stove, and refrigerator
• Stocks and maintains sufficient levels of food products at work station to ensure a smooth service period
• Follows proper plate presentation and garnish setup for all dishes
• Work with chef team at the end of the shift to help create prep list
• Check quality of mise en place before every shift and communicate issues to chef team
• Maintain stock level of product and communicate shorts with chef team
• Plan out weekly cleaning tasks
• Ensure proper cleanliness of line stations after each shift.

Private Dining

• Anticipate, organize and prepare needed platters, passed appetizers and other items on BEOs
• Delegate needed production items to available staff or management
• Ensure all items for parties are prepared and ready 15 minutes before service time
• Communicate with chefs PDR needs, plans and locations for items

Leadership

• Delegate prep projects to available staff
• Teach techniques and cooking methods
• Monitor food consistency and quality being produced
• Monitor sanitation and delegate cleaning tasks to team members
• Communicate with chefs needed notes for staff accountability

Food Safety

• Maintain food storage and handling procedures
• Maintain a clean and sanitary work station and equipment
• Maintain cooking temperature, product cooling, and labeling
• Properly store, rotate, and manage all food products following local, state, federal, and company guidelines and procedures

Additional duties may be assigned as necessary.

Desired Qualifications & Abilities

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 2 years' culinary training and experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Previous line cook experience in a modern dining restaurant preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to delegate to staff and communicate effectively to chefs
• Excellent understanding of various cooking methods, ingredients, equipment and procedures
• Excellent knowledge of food preparation and modern dining cooking
• Must be able to perform in a fast-paced kitchen environment
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Ability to effectively present information in one on one and small group situations to other employees of the organization
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations
• Strong team-minded approach to fellow workers
• Primary food quality work ethic
• Proficient knife skills and use of equipment
• Willing to work a flexible weekend schedule (Friday-Sunday) including nights and holidays
• Move lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 25 pounds without assistance and objects weighing in excess of 50 pounds with assistance

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits with no wait period
• 401k plan with generous match with no wait period
• Short & long term disability and life insurance
• Paid time off
• Annual Bonus Eligible
• Trillium Comp Card
• Trillium discounts
• PPE Reimbursement
• MBTA discounts
• Philanthropy program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Educational reimbursement
• Employee gym