The dining halls serve over 10,000 meals per day and are open 7 days a week from 7am – Midnight providing breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Late Night Bites. Specialty dinners are served multiple times a month highlighting Montana Made, holidays and other special events, and student/parent recipes.
Reporting to the Executive Chef, the Floating Sous Chef is a working chef who assists with leading the day to day production of a dining hall.
^Provides active supervision of culinary production and staff (45-50 full-time, 200+ student and temporary employees).
^^Directly supervises 3-5 Production Managers.
^^Regularly assists with oversight of the staff including managing daily activities, evaluating and correction, and ensuring staff is following compliance guidelines.
^^Assists with development and execution of training of culinary staff (one on one and groups).
^^Monitors staff levels per shift in order to meet production needs.
^Performs a variety of administrative tasks for production (inventory, ordering, forecasting, etc) and payroll utilizing specialized software applications.
^Regularly assists dining hall operations in day to day activities as needed.
^Performs daily quality inspections of production; ensures proper equipment operation/maintenance; and ensures staff are compliant with safety and sanitation guidelines.
^Ensures compliance with FDA codes and as directed by MSU’s Registered Sanitarian for sanitation guidelines and food handling and storage.
^Participates in execution of culinary production for Bobcat Football and other special events throughout the year.
^Interacts with and builds sustainable working relationships with students, campus constituents, vendors, and other industry partners.
^And contributes to the success of the department by performing other duties as needed in support of the department’s mission.