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 Sous Chef is a working chef who assists with leading the day to day production and operations of a dining hall.
*Provides active supervision of culinary production and staff (estimated 50 full-time and 200+ student and temporary employees).
*Directly supervises a shift of up to 20 FTE consisting of various positions (Cook I, II, III, III Sr, Baker II, Baker III, and Production Mgr I) and indirectly a shift of up to 50 student and temporary staff.
*Assists with oversight of the staff including managing daily activities, evaluating and correction.
*Ensures staff is trained and following compliance guidelines.
*Monitors staff levels per shift in order to meet production needs.
*Performs a variety of administrative tasks (inventory, ordering, forecasting, etc) and payroll duties utilizing specialized software applications.
*Develops menus being mindful to stay within financial goals.
*Regularly assists dining hall operations in day to day activities as needed.
*Assists with development and execution of training of culinary staff (one on one and groups).
*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.