Culinary Lead

About the role

The Culinary Lead is responsible for ensuring a safe and sanitary work environment and monitoring proper food handling practices. They assign and oversee daily work to ensure tasks are completed, identify, address, and escalate workflow, non-routine issues, and safety concerns. They perform a variety of food service activities as delegated by the supervisor, including production support and catering. They safely clean and operate a variety of preparation and production equipment, interpret, implement, and follow HACCP and other food safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe and sanitary work environment
• Monitor proper food handling practices
• Assign and oversee daily work
• Identify, address, and escalate workflow, non-routine issues, and safety concerns
• Perform a variety of food service activities as delegated by the supervisor
• Safely clean and operate a variety of preparation and production equipment
• Interpret, implement, and follow HACCP and other food safety regulations
• Implement safety and improvement efforts to reduce cost, improve quality, safety, engagement, delivery, and efficiencies in the work

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent experience
• Minimum of three (3) years experience in the culinary field
• Demonstrated participation in Continuous Process Improvement activities
• Two (2) years of experience in department OR previous lead experience in food service
• Experience practicing whole foods cooking

Qualifications

• Washington State Food and Beverage Worker’s Permit, or obtain within 15 days of employment
• ServSafe certification, or obtain within 120 days of employment
• Cross-functional worker across multiple roles
• Experience working in healthcare or working with modified/restrictive diets and/or nutrition related terminology
• One to two (1-2) years experience training/teaching/coaching
• Ability to make substitutions in an ever-changing environment
• Attention to detail (ability to detect ingredient changes)

Skills

• Food safety regulations
• Continuous Process Improvement activities
• Whole foods cooking
• Training/teaching/coaching
• Substitution in an ever-changing environment
• Attention to detail

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• 403(b)
• Lifetime Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Reimbursement

Pay

Compensation Range: $24.77 - $37.16 per hour

Schedule

Full-time position

Benefits Information

Seattle Children’s offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 403(b), life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more. Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website www.seattlechildrens.org/careers/benefits.

About Us

Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we do at Seattle Children’s – to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Are you ready to engage with a mission-driven organization that is life-changing to many, and touches the hearts of all? #HOPECARECURE

Our Commitment

Seattle Children’s welcomes people of all experiences, backgrounds, and thoughts as this is what drives our spirit of inquiry and allows us to better connect with our patients and families. Our organization recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes based on merit without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.