{"id":1482862,"url":"https://alion.io/job/blue-plate-chicago-event-supervisor","title":"Event Supervisor","company":{"id":1872187,"name":"Blue Plate Chicago","domain":"blueplatechicago.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/blueplatechicago","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Paylocity","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":7,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"junior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Chicago, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":25,"max":35,"currency":"USD","period":"hour","gross":null,"usd_annual":70000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":1,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-01T17:32:26Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-29","last_verified_at":"2026-10-22T21:57:46Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":113,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":112},"description":"Description\nFLSA: Exempt\nDepartment: Guest Services Reports to: Director of Guest Services\nCustomary Days: Sunday through Saturday Customary Hours: Varies to include evenings, holidays, and extended hours as needed\nAre you passionate about creating unforgettable experiences? Do you thrive in the fast-paced energy of Chicago's event scene, where every moment and every detail are an opportunity to create something special? If this sounds like you, then Blue Plate is where you belong!\nPosition Summary: At Blue Plate, a staple in Chicago's catering industry, we believe in creating extraordinary experiences that resonate with our guests long after the event. As an Event Supervisor, you'll play a key role in making these moments come to life, ensuring every guest leaves with a smile and a story to share.\nEssential Functions of your Role:\nArrive Ready: Show up on time at the venue, dressed according to Blue Plate’s professional uniform standards, and ready to lead the team.\nGet Your Assignment: Check in with the event packet, review event details, and connect with the sales team or client to ensure all specifics and special requests are covered.\n Lead the Setup: Direct the Front of House (FOH) team in setting up the event space according to the floor plan and timeline, ensuring efficiency and precision.\nRun the Show: Check in FOH staff, assign roles, and ensure everyone understands their responsibilities and service expectations.\nMaster the Menu and Flow: Conduct a pre-shift meeting to review the menu, service style, kitchen flow, and any special guest considerations, ensuring seamless execution.\nDeliver Exceptional Service: Monitor all FOH elements throughout the event, ensuring staff provide exceptional, timely, and professional service.\nEnsure Professionalism: Maintain high presentation standards by ensuring all FOH staff meet uniform and grooming expectations.\nKeep It Running Smoothly: Troubleshoot any service challenges in real time, adjusting as needed to uphold Blue Plate’s quality standards.\nManage Staffing and Budget: Monitor staffing levels to ensure efficient labor use while maintaining service quality and adhering to event budgets.\nWrap It Up: Supervise event breakdown, ensuring equipment is used, cleaned, and stored properly, and that the venue is left in pristine condition.\nStay Accountable: Conduct a final walkthrough with the venue representative, complete inventory and event summary reports, and submit required paperwork to the service department.\nComplete Event Documentation: Fill out event summaries, performance notes, and any necessary paperwork, submitting them to management at the end of each shift.\nSupport and Train: Lead on-site training sessions, attend Event Supervisor meetings, and help develop new team members to maintain Blue Plate’s reputation for excellence.\nBe a Team Player: Work independently and as a leader within a cohesive team, always striving for exceptional guest experience. \nBe Safe: Ensure compliance with safety, sanitation, and venue regulations throughout the event.\nStay Connected: Regularly check Blue Plate’s scheduling system to confirm shifts and stay updated on any event changes before arrival.\nPerform other relevant tasks as assigned by management to support event success.\nRequirements\nEducation and Experience: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.\nHigh school diploma or equivalent required.\n1-3 years of experience in Front of House and Back of House job duties, preferred. \nEssential Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nEmbody the Blue Plate Mission: Demonstrating a strong commitment to “care more” for others through exceptional food and service experiences that bring our partners' visions to life.\nLeadership & Problem-Solving: Ability to identify, address, and resolve challenges in real-time while escalating issues to leadership when necessary.\nQuick Thinking and Adaptability: Function independently and intuitively in a fast-paced, dynamic event environment.\nStrong Interpersonal Skills: Effectively communicate and collaborate with diverse teams, clients, and guests, fostering a positive and cooperative work environment.\nGuest Service Excellence: Maintain a welcoming and professional presence, ensuring guests have outstanding experience.\nService and Fine Dining Knowledge: Familiarity with high-end service standards, including the sequence of service, off-premises catering logistics, and proper etiquette.\nAttention to Detail: Ability to pin tables, fold napkins, and oversee table settings to Blue Plate’s exacting standards in a timely fashion.\nDependability and Responsibility: Exhibit reliability, accountability, and professionalism in all aspects of the role.\nEffective Communication: Clearly relay instructions, expectations, and event details to both staff and guests, ensuring smooth execution.\nTechnical Proficiency: Basic computer skills, including the ability to navigate event software and the internet as needed.\nTime Management and Organization: Ability to prioritize, multitask, and manage time effectively in a high-pressure setting.\nCommitment to Excellence: Consistently uphold Blue Plate’s quality and service standards while maintaining a positive attitude when interacting with clients, guests, and fellow team members. \nLanguage Skills: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.\nProficiency in English (reading, writing, and speaking) is required.\nBilingual skills are a plus. \nPhysical Demands: 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.\nWhile performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, taste and smell.\nThe employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to feel; reach with hand and arms, and stoop, kneel or crouch for 6 to 8 hours at a time.\nRegularly required to lift, push, pull and/or move up to 60 lbs.\nSpecific vision requirements include the ability to see at close range, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. \nWork Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nMay work in extreme heat and cold (non-weather and weather).\nMay work in wet conditions (non-weather and weather).\nNoise level is low to moderate.\nWill work near moving or mechanical parts.\nCompensation and Benefits:\nHourly Wage Range: $25.00 - $35.00 per hour, based on experience and qualifications.\nBenefits Overview: At Blue Plate Catering, we live our core values: Happy, Joyful & Fun; We Care More; Humbly Confident; Genuine & Authentic; Goes Beyond. Our comprehensive benefits package reflects our commitment to supporting our team’s well-being and growth. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k)-retirement plan, and paid time off (PTO) with sick leave. Additional perks such as commuter benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), free meals, and pet insurance options ensure our team feels valued. We also offer wellness rewards, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and resources to help you thrive in work and life.\nDEIA at Blue Plate: At Blue Plate, we are committed to fostering a workplace that celebrates Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA). Our core value, \"We Care More,\" guides us in creating an environment where all individuals are respected, valued, and empowered to thrive. We believe in intentional recruitment practices, partnering with community organizations, diverse job boards, and attending job fairs at schools that reflect a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Our hiring and selection processes are designed to be equitable, focusing on skills, potential, and minimizing bias, ensuring opportunities are accessible to everyone. From onboarding to ongoing development, we provide tailored resources, mentorship, and training programs to support our team members and cultivate an inclusive culture. We actively measure and analyze diversity metrics, using these insights to continuously improve and hold ourselves accountable in our DEIA efforts.\nBlue Plate’s mantra, \"Happy People Making People Happy,\" extends to our employees, clients, and partners. By honoring differences and listening thoughtfully, we build meaningful relationships and ensure everyone feels welcome and valued. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and walks of life to join our team in shaping memorable food and service experiences. Together, we are dedicated to going beyond to make a difference. Blue Plate Catering complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment, including protections related to race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, or pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9581,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Equity","Retirement plans","Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Events & Ticketing","Waste Management","Corporate Events"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-29T21:43:19Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":8,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.291,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":112,"expected_fill_days":27,"reasons":["conf:2","win:tail","crowd:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":70000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/blue-plate-chicago-event-supervisor","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/blue-plate-chicago-event-supervisor.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-23T01:31:09Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2493,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1872187},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1872187"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fblue-plate-chicago-event-supervisor"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fblue-plate-chicago-event-supervisor"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fblue-plate-chicago-event-supervisor"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/blue-plate-chicago-event-supervisor\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fblue-plate-chicago-event-supervisor"}]}