What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kitchen Manager position at Spectrum Generations?
Are you an experienced culinary leader looking for a role that offers work-life balance, meaningful impact, and a predictable daytime schedule with no late nights?
Spectrum Generations is seeking a Kitchen Manager to lead daily weekday operations in our commercial kitchen, supporting Meals on Wheels, Social Dining, Adult Day Services, and other nutrition programs serving older adults throughout Maine. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on leader who enjoys managing people, maintaining high standards, and making a positive impact in the community.
Position Overview
The Kitchen Manager is responsible for overseeing food production, staff scheduling, inventory management, food safety compliance, and daily kitchen operations. Working closely with the Executive Chef and Nutrition Program staff, the Kitchen Manager helps ensure nutritious meals are prepared and delivered safely, efficiently, and with exceptional quality.
This is a working manager position. The Kitchen Manager is expected to be actively involved in daily food production and cooking while also providing leadership, supervision, scheduling, inventory oversight, and operational management for the kitchen team.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee daily kitchen operations, food production, and meal service.
- Actively prepare and cook meals each day, working alongside staff as a hands-on culinary leader.
- Supervise, schedule, train, coach, and support cooks, kitchen assistants, dishwashers, and volunteers.
- Ensure all meals meet established standards for quality, consistency, presentation, portion control, and temperature.
- Manage inventory, purchasing, receiving, storage, and cost-control efforts to support efficient kitchen operations.
- Develop staff schedules, coordinate coverage for absences, and maintain staffing levels necessary for uninterrupted meal production.
- Monitor and enforce food safety, sanitation, HACCP, and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Maintain production records, temperature logs, inventories, and other required operational documentation.
- Collaborate with Nutrition Coordinators and program staff to ensure meals are prepared, packed, and delivered according to schedule.
Qualifications
- Minimum three (3) years of commercial foodservice experience, including leadership responsibilities
- Associate degree in Culinary Arts (or completion of at least two years of college-leveleducation) or a verified culinary certificate from an accredited culinary program required.
- Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of food production, inventory management, purchasing, labor scheduling, and food cost control.
- Strong understanding of food safety, sanitation, HACCP principles, and regulatory compliance.
- ServSafe Manager Certification required or ability to obtain within six months of hire.
- Valid driver's license and current automobile insurance
Apply Today
Please submit your résumé along with a brief bio or short cover letter telling us a little about yourself and why you would like to work for your community. We enjoy learning what inspires our applicants, what motivates them to serve others, and what draws them to Spectrum Generations' mission of helping older adults remain healthy, independent, and connected.
Benefits:
- 12 Paid Holidays
- Dental Insurance
- Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401k (Employer match after eligibility is met)
- FSA
- HSA
- Flexible Schedule
- Professional Development
- Employee Discounts
- Employer Paid Disability Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
Spectrum Generations is fully committed to ensuring equal opportunity and equal consideration to all applicants and employees in the recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, transfer, layoff, or termination of employment and all other terms and conditions of employment. Accordingly, the terms and conditions of employment will be based on an applicant’s qualifications, relevant experiences, job performance, conduct, and competence. No applicant for employment or current employee will be treated less favorably than other employees or applicants by reason of race, color, religion, gender, national origins, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, military status, or any other status protected by law.
Pay: $52,000.00 - $58,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
Salary : $52,000 - $58,000