{"id":1232626,"url":"https://alion.io/job/thistle-culinary-supervisor","title":"Culinary Supervisor","company":{"id":1902927,"name":"Thistle","domain":"thistle.co","url":"https://alion.io/company/thistle-co","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Paycom","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Burlington, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":69000,"max_usd":172000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":4852},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Slack","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-25T15:23:57Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-25","last_verified_at":"2026-09-25T23:07:28Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"TITLE: Supervisor, Culinary\nDEPARTMENT: Kitchen\nREPORTS TO: Manager, Culinary\nWHO WE ARE:\nThistle makes it easy to eat well - without overthinking it. Thistle was founded in 2013 with a mission to help people get and stay healthy while improving the sustainability of our food system. Thistle delivers fully prepared, healthy-by-default meals, snacks, desserts, and organic cold-pressed juices. We believe the health of people starts with eating real, whole foods, in the right balance, without the friction. We’re building a future where nutritious, sustainable food is accessible, craveable, and part of everyday life\nAbout the Role\nReporting to the Culinary Manager, the Culinary Supervisor is responsible for supervising a team consisting of Culinary Leads and Associates on the production floor. Culinary Supervisors ensure the food production function is performed satisfactorily in the Kitchen which includes prep, hotline, staging, dish-room, blixer and organization of the Cold room produce area in partnership with Warehouse.\nHow You’ll Make a Difference\nPeople Supervision:\nProvide Culinary Leadership in overseeing production process on kitchen floor which includes: Production execution, Quality Control/Quality Assurance and time tracking\nEnsure employees are following GMPs ensuring that products are consistently produced and controlled according to policy\nMaintain working knowledge of and assist with implementation of new and existing SOPs and policies across production teams; ensure processes and policies are adhered to at all times\nProvide daily oversight of culinary production leads and culinary production staff to ensure that all recipes and specifications are always followed\nSupport in instructing and guiding proper food handling, production, storage, service and execution\nMaintain strong communication with Culinary and cross-partnering managers\nSupport in setting production objectives and implement action plans for achieving set targets\nProduction Oversight:\nEnsure consistency, quality and accuracy of product produced and delivered\nKeep all kitchen spaces to the highest level of cleanliness in accordance with local and HACCP health codes and guidelines\nDriving and challenging production for better efficiency and accuracy to accomplish targeted goals for the shift.\nUnderstanding and communicating which meal the line will be working on and address any major allergies, meal specifics and/or other pertinent information\nEnsure that Sanitation buckets, cleaning solution and materials are on the line prior to production as well as making sure all GMPs are followed.\nUnderstand targeted weight volume needed to fulfill meal and anticipate early enough to provide Kitchen ample time to supplement the short called out\nEnsure all documentation, Quality Control and Quality Assurance are conducted, completed and submitted on time.\nCommunicating break and lunch time allotted and expectations of when to return to the line. Ensuring that all associates returning are on time and accounted for.\nUpdating Production Board with Line progression numbers either every hour or 2 hours.\nSubmit all Documentation into the Production Managers office and input metrics into appropriate digital forms\nEnsure that Meal Components are properly labeled with correct amount, date, meal code\nIdentify and communicate all shorts including, but not limited to, bin weights, components, meal count shorts, etc.\nProper updates and communication on Slack and other necessary methods such as the call-out line, phone, meetings, etc.\nWork cross functionally with the Production and development teams\nPrepare periodic reports to update upper management on food production activities\nEnsure products and raw materials are stored properly at optimum conditions\nAdditional duties that may be assigned\nSafety & OSHA Compliance:\nAttend consistent safety meetings once per week keeping track of policy changes and rollouts\nSupport Production leadership in ensuring OSHA compliance standards are adhered at all times by staff\nSupport Production leadership with internal QA Audits initiatives\nQualifications\nWho You Are \nHigh school diploma required\nAssociates Degree or Culinary Certificate preferred\n2+ years as a Sous Chef or Kitchen Assistant Manager in a catering, food manufacturing, or high-volume food production environment\nMust have strong culinary background, preferably having worked in a high volume, fast paced environment where accuracy and consistency of product are critical to success\nKnowledge of HACCP and safe food handling procedures\nMaster in executing food prep production tasks with minimal / no supervision and guidance\nMaster in reading and executing recipes accurately\nHighly proficient in executing all four (4) culinary competencies without supervision: Prep, Blixer, Hotline or Staging\nStrong proficiency in operating all commercial cooking equipment\nHighly proficient in understanding and updating all Culinary Dashboards\nComprehensive ability to pull and print Kitchen Printouts and recipes\nHighly proficient in executing production needs to accommodate Plating sequence order\nAbility to properly label and verify materials accordingly with minimal supervision\nAbility to communicate Culinary needs and challenges to the appropriate stakeholders with minimal supervisor and guidance\nStrong leadership skills in managing associates on the floor to hit throughput targets and efficiency goals\nStrong communication skills that put compliance first\nAbility to balance empathetic and direct feedback in order to, both support and advocate for the team and maintain consistent standards of performance.\nAble to escalate Employee-related concerns and/or issues to the appropriate parties with clear documentation and follow through\nAbility to form effective working relationships with a cross-functional team\nAbility to adhere to company SOPs and implement new initiatives as needed\nOur Culture\nDiversity, equity, and inclusion are essential values at Thistle. We know we do our best and most impactful work when we feel represented and belong. We're proud to actively recruit and hire talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”), including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, hairstyles, hair texture, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6712,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Food & Beverages","Vegan Food","Nutrition & Dietetics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T15:23:57Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":21,"reasons":["conf:6","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-26T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/thistle-culinary-supervisor","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/thistle-culinary-supervisor.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-27T01:59:46Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1785,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3215,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-28T00:00:00Z"}}}