Kitchen Operations Manager Jobs in Surrey, BC (NOW HIRING)

<strong>About us: </strong>Tacofino began as a food truck in the back of a surf shop in beautiful Tofino, British Columbia. We balanced surfing with creating world-inspired food with the best possible ingredients and serving it with love. We kept the spirit of where we came from alive and have since grown into a unique restaurant brand with locations across the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island and continue to grow today.<br><br><strong>Our values:</strong><ul><li>Creative quality food - We create original, quality offerings with unique flavours</li><li>Community - We partner with our communities to support impactful positive change</li><li>Inspired hospitality - We want to provide memorable experiences that cannot be found anywhere else</li><li>Our Team - We achieve our goals by embracing people for their individuality and supporting their personal and professional growth</li><li>Environment - We strive to make positive sustainable decisions whenever possible</li></ul><br><strong>About you: </strong>You are passionate about food preparation and management. You want to play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation and success of our kitchen.<br><br><strong>What we offer:</strong><ul><li>Positive workplace culture</li><li>Work/life balance</li><li>Competitive Salary</li><li>Eligibility for extended health, vision, and dental benefits</li><li>Eligibility for maternity/parental leave top-up program</li><li>Eligibility for discretionary incentive program</li><li>Eligibility for Employee and Family Assistance Program</li><li>Opportunities for continued growth</li></ul><br><strong>You will be:</strong><br><strong>People</strong><ul><li>Supporting the Restaurant Operator in providing leadership to a team to ensure production goals are met and managing day-to-day kitchen operations</li><li>Maintaining strong and positive communication with team members</li><li>Being involved in the training of team members and offering continued growth opportunities for improvement</li><li>Ensuring team members are following appropriate policy and procedure and upholding positive workplace values</li></ul><strong>Kitchen Operations</strong><ul><li>Ensuring high-quality and consistency of food</li><li>Work toward efficiency and managing location costs, including food, beverage, and labour</li><li>Providing support with administrative tasks</li><li>Helping support daily prep, reviewing inventories, and ordering to support product on hand while minimizing food waste</li><li>Ensuring safe food handling procedures are being followed</li><li>Ensuring compliance to Tacofino’s health and safety standards,Health and Safety Plan, and HACCP</li><li>Ensuring proper storage procedures are being followed</li><li>Other duties as required</li></ul><strong>You have:</strong><ul><li>1 year experience of providing supervision and direction within a fast paced culinary environment</li><li>Passion in creating great guest experiences in both food and hospitality</li><li>Providing support in onboarding, ongoing training and development, and increasing product knowledge within the team</li><li>Experience in providing feedback, training, and support to team members</li><li>Experience in positive and clear communication and encouraging feedback and questions from your team</li><li>Values diversity, equity and inclusion by learning and adapting to individual learning and communication needs, alignment to goals, and contributing to a positive workplace experience</li><li>A demonstrated passion for soulful food, people, and being a part of the restaurant industry</li><li>Eagerness to gradually take on more responsibility and for continued growth</li><li>Experience with an inventory management system ie optimum control or Market Man</li><li>Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize</li><li>Attention to detail</li></ul><br>Learn more about working at Tacofino by visiting this link: <a href='https://sway.office.com/rMgupkKaqzyVW4cJ?ref=Link'>https://sway.office.com/rMgupkKaqzyVW4cJ?ref=Link</a><br><br>At Tacofino, we believe our people are what makes us great. If you are a positive person with a strong work ethic that is looking to come to join a fun workplace culture, then we invite you to apply for this role by submitting a cover letter and resume.<br>We believe in creating an inclusive environment and welcome all qualified applicants to apply.<br><br><br>