Executive Chef
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USD 73000 - 95000
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Job Description
Position Title: Program Executive Chef
Location: CONUS based and Antarctica
Reports to: Culinary Manager
Supervises: Non-Exempt Employees
FLSA Status: Exempt
Description Effective: August 2025
SUMMARY:
Responsible for the management and oversight of all culinary operations at McMurdo Station Antarctica. Duties include hiring personnel directing orienting training and evaluating team members. Responsible for assisting the Culinary Manager in developing and executing an annual operations plan maintaining a clean kitchen and dining room and ensuring the highest standard for quality product and customer service. The position is required to provide strong leadership and guidance to all employee while maintaining a high level of customer client and employee satisfaction. The Program Executive Chef is a champion of Gana-AYoo Limited and subsidiaries to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Leidos and USAP participants.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Responsible for maintaining a safe workplace program and ensuring that safety is the highest priority in the workplace
- Encourage open communication across business units to achieve goals and resolve issues
- Understands and complies with program management communication guidelines
- Assists Culinary Manager Program Manager and colleagues in executing at a high level all Statement of Work (SOW) objectives and requirements
- Assists with planning and implementation of Culinary Managers annual operations plan to include but not limited to menu development waste tracking depletion planning HAACP execution sanitation program and annual food order
- Oversees interviewing and hiring of team members both personally and through subordinate supervisors
- Directs a high quality cost effective food service program.
- Trains develops coaches evaluates assigns and directs work of subordinate supervisors
- Trains develops coaches evaluates assigns and directs work of all assigned food service personnel for all food service at McMurdo through subordinate supervisors
- Performs various inventory and quality control tasks as well as completes various inspection checklists
- Assures a high degree of sanitation is observed in all assigned areas or responsibility
- Plans a variety of nutritionally balanced attractive and cost effective meal menus.
- Develops appropriate recipes and makes sure all required supplies resources and materials are available when needed
- Ensures 100% compliance to menu plans and recipes with daily follow up and monitoring
- Oversees the weekly food order food depletion plan culinary waste program HAACP plan production records and other items as directed
- Maintains excellent client and employee communications program
- Continuously improves the quality and effectiveness of culinary services
- Oversees the McMurdo culinary survey to ensure customer and client concerns are responded to in an appropriate manner and time to include tracking analyzing and reporting on trends
- Ensures that all federal regulations are followed regarding food storage handling and preparation of food product. Reference TB MED 530 AR 40-657 and FDA 2017 food code
- Ensures that all federal regulations are followed regarding safety and sanitation of all small wares dining utensils and plate ware kitchen equipment and overall cleanliness of the Galley environment. Reference TB MED 530 AR 40-657 and FDA 2017 food code
- Serves as host to Army Veterinary Command food safety officer with respect to McMurdo Galley operations
- Coordinate and collaborate with Culinary Manager regarding purchasing the products and supplies necessary to include all food and equipment
- Coordinate and collaborate with the Culinary Manager to ensures goals vision guiding principles core values and directives are successfully executed in a timely manner
- Fulfills Culinary Manager duties when Culinary Manager is not available
- Writes routine and annual reports and correspondence
- Performs other duties as required
EDUCATION:
Two years of formal post-secondary training/education directly related to this field (or two years of additional related experience). Preference will be given to those candidates with national culinary certification. Preferred - BA degree in culinary arts or similar field of study.
CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS:
PMP preferred. ServSafe Manager Certification required.
EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum three (3) years of experience as a chef or manager in a high volume culinary setting
- Preference will also be given to those with prior work experience in a high production setting
- Demonstrated knowledge of supervisory skills knowledge of food preparation and quality control procedures
- Willingness to learn and adapt changes as needed
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Excellent interpersonal skills required to effectively motivate direct and lead employees
- Ability to identify and prioritize operational needs and assign/delegate appropriate resources to those needs
- A high energy level and sense of urgency in carrying out assigned tasks
- The ability to operate basic office equipment and software programs to include Microsoft Excel Word and Outlook among others.
OTHER:
- US citizenship or permanent residency required
- Willingness and ability to deploy to Antarctica required
Gana-AYoo Limited (GYL) an Alaska Native Corporation offers services with ongoing contracts in many facility types such as military training facilities emergency management centers and temporary field sites. GYL in partnership with ESS Support Services a Division of Compass Group will provide operational management support. ESS Support Services is the market leader in providing remote camp and catering services to clients wherever their location no matter how extreme the environment may be. Services extend across North America and include such diverse facilities as drilling mining construction pipeline and logging camps offshore governmental agencies and others. Payroll and benefits are supported by Compass Group.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
