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When our community of well-traveled, outdoor-loving seniors aren’t visiting other parts of the world, you’ll find them socializing over dinner, hiking a nearby trail or just enjoying the spectacular views. As the area’s first Silver LEED-certified Life Plan Community, our campus and natural setting reflect our residents’ love of the Pacific Northwest. You won't find our unique combination of an all-inclusive lifestyle, superior hospitality, and beautiful location anywhere else. We are currently seeking an experiencedSous Chef to work in our Health center. If you’re looking for a different perspective on senior living come join us today!\nYou will enjoy:\nMedical, Dental, and Vision Insurance\n Now Offering DailyPay!\nLife and disability insurance\n401(k) with company match\nHealth Savings Account & Flexible Savings Account\nEmployee assistance program\nPTO and eight paid holidays\nPet insurance and employee discounts (including wireless plan and retail discounts)\nTuition reimbursement\nFree Lyft rides if needed, to and from the Issaquah Transit Center.\nFree Underground parking\nFree meals\nCitizenship application reimbursement\nGym access\nShower facilities\nPre-paid bus pass\nYour personal and professional growth is important to us, so we provide continual professional training and career advancement opportunities.\nYou will enjoy being part of a great team in a fun, engaging work environment!\nWho you are:\nAbility to understand and follow instructions in English, communicate effectively and perform simple arithmetic. Ability to understand measurements and conversions.\nExcellent communication and team leadership skills, focusing on problem-solving and mentoring to achieve department goals.\nTwo to three years' experience in a high-volume hotel, restaurant, or club with fine dining preferred.\nCulinary education and supervisory background are desirable.\nOne-year prior experience as a Sous Chef in high volume hotel, restaurant, or club with fine dining preferred.\nAbility to plan and organize work to interpret instructions, recipes, specifications, and standards. Knowledge of kitchen equipment operations and maintenance. Some knowledge of nutrition and diet. Health care experiences desirable.\nGeneral Summary:\nThe Sous Chef is responsible for the daily operations of the Timber Ridge kitchens. The Sous Chef supervises all kitchen team personnel and assists the Executive Chef in hiring, scheduling, training, development, and discipline. In addition, the Sous Chef plans, develops and implements weekly menus as required.\nEssential Job Duties:\nWorks with Executive Chef and F&B Director to lead and develop team.\nEnsures adequate daily staffing and supervises the team\nUtilizes leadership skills and motivation techniques to maximize team members performance.\nMeets and exceeds residents' expectations by ensuring the department follows the best practices.\nActively participates in hiring new staff, department training and coaching.\nSupervise the transportation staff and conduct annual performance evaluations, monitors performance and corrects issues in a timely manner.\nprovides staff and team with the skill and training to execute value-added customer service.\nMonitors trends in the industry and recommends appropriate actions to maintain the competitive status and profitability of the operation.\nInspects the daily set-up of food venues for all food production lines. Ensures accurate temperature control and that all food items are held in the proper “food safety zone”\nInforms the Executive Chef of all activities and operational problems, making suggestions for improvement and corrections as needed.\nAssist in budgetary and payroll expense control as required.\nAssures proper safety, hygiene, and sanitation practices are followed.\nAssists in creating, planning, costing, and executing menus, theme buffets, specials, and holiday menus. The ability to provide creative menu input (including different ethnic cuisines) is essential.\nDevelops new recipes, including daily entree specials that exceed resident expectations while maintaining budgeted food cost goals.\nAssists the Executive Chef in executing all catered and special functions and executing new menu rollouts.\nResponsible for taking quarterly food inventory.\nAssists with food orders, production sheets, and related material. Understands food cost and hot to cost recipes correctly.\nEnsures that each plate leaving the kitchen meets high presentations standards, is a quality product, and is adequately portioned. Trains the Expo position to ensure that ll plating quality and food consistency standards are met, including service timing and garnishing.\nResponsible for mentoring and training all kitchen employees. Must lead by example concerning attitude and performance. Must gain the respect of the kitchen staff and positively manage them.\nAssist the Executive Chef with appropriate disciplinary measures as necessary.\nParticipates in daily pre-shift meeting and discusses any changes in the operations, including that day's specials.\nAttends the weekly Food and Beverage Leadership meetings.\nOther Duties:\nMaintains acceptable standards of personal hygiene and complies with the department dress code.\nParticipate/cook on the line as needed.\nWill assist to unload and store delivery items as needed.\nAssists in maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction for our residents and their guests.\ninteracts with residents and their guests each meal period and solicits feedback. Resolves any issue before the residents depart from the dining room(s). Documents and reports back to Executive Chef on matters corrected.\nMaintains the facility's appearance, cleanliness, and service at or above Health Department standards through routine, daily cleaning procedures. Ensures that all daily cleaning checklists are completed to standard. Maintains all kitchens in “state survey” ready compliance.\nCompletes a daily inspection of all food storage areas and corrects any deficiencies.\nUses time, material, and equipment properly to eliminate waste and unnecessary expenses.\nMaintains good working relations with employees; models leadership in promoting unity of effort, group pride, harmony, and teamwork.\nEnsures that all food and beverage department employees swipe in and out for their 30-minute rest period within the required compliance time frame.\nAttends in-service training and education sessions as assigned.\nAssist in establishing “Best Practices” goals for kitchen employees.\nPerforms specific work duteis and responsibilities as assigned by the Executive Chef.\nMust be available to come into Timber Ridge without notice when the business demands require.\nPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS:\nMust be availabel to come into Timber RIdge without notice when the business demands require and may be required tow ork evening, weekend, and holiday shifts. Must be able to stand or walk for upt o 8 hours a day. Must be able to bend, stoop, and stretch frequently througout the day. Moderate to heavy physical effort needed infrequently. Manual dexterity for preparing food. Ability to use standard industiral kitchen appliances required. Must be able to lift 50lbs. independently. May be exposed to extreme temperatures (freezers and stoves-range burners) for short periods of time. May be exposed to industrial cleaning chemicals. 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