POSITION DESCRIPTION
Oversee kitchen and dining operations supervises staff & manages food inventory ensuring compliance with food safety and nutritional guidelines handles budgets maintains equipment and serves as a liaison between staff administration and students.
Position Type: Cafeteria Manager |
Location: LakelandHigh School Salary: HVFMT Contract Reports To: Food Service Supervisor Status: 2025-2026 Start Date: As Soon As Possible Date Posted: 08/20/2025 Closing Date: Until Filled |
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum of High School Diploma
Preferred Associates Degree
Successful demonstration of school F&N Kitchen Manager experience and/or Restaurant Manager Experience
Successful completion of accredited food safety and sanitation classes preferred
Knowledge of school food service program and requirements
Successful demonstration of work experience in school food service
Serve Safe Certification
Successfully demonstrate basic computer skills required for online ordering email
Mathematical skills ability to determine meal and catering costs read profit and loss statements adjust recipe portions determine nutritional equivalents and serving sizes
Accuracy efficiency and timeliness in work habits
Knowledge of quantity food production menu development nutrition standards receiving storage and all food handling techniques
Ability to successfully train supervise kitchen staff
Ability to successfully develop teamwork in the workplace
Ability to establish and maintain professional and effective working relationships with program director school personnel food service staff students and parents
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Ability to maintain confidentiality with supervisor communication
Direct and coordinate all food deliveries
Assist staff with delivery duties such as putting away the order and organizing product space
Consistently follow all USDA regulations for breakfast lunch meal service and ala carte offerings
Consistently offer all items listed on menu including sampling special treats and marketing supplies
Assist with marketing sampling special days and development of new recipes
Assist director in menu development including alternate meal choices allergy menus and nutritional content such as carbohydrate counts
Successful demonstration of and understanding of effective food and labor cost measures
Ability to analyze reports and assist in cost control measures
Ability to determine ordering needs and work with vendors
Ability to plan organize and costing out catering events
Ability to assess and problem solve workplace situations and make logical decisions
Assist director with the planning and assigning or work schedules
Ensure labor and safety laws are being followed by employees
Train new employees
Assist director with any transfers promotions disciplinary action of food service employees under the managers supervision
Assist director with annual written performance appraisals of all employees under the managers supervision
Maintain an efficient and effective kitchen
Successfully demonstrate and facilitate teamwork and cooperation between all employees under the managers supervision
Knowledge and ability to perform the following food procurement food safety food storage and production areas:
Order bread milk menu items and a variety of snack items ensuring meal and menu items are met
Ability to requisition needs for equipment supplies and repairs
Follow HACCP guidelines for all food
Check in all orders at time of delivery and ensure invoices match and food is safe
Ensure all sanitation and health department regulations are being followed relating to inspections work practices and follow through
Maintain all production records
Maintain all food safety charts such as temperature logs etc.
Maintain and follow all food security measures
Ability to train and recognize USDA Reimbursable breakfast and lunch requirements.
Ability to train and recognize USDA Offer vs Serve breakfast and lunch requirements.
Support district and program initiatives to improve nutrition programs customer service costs and employee guidelines
Successful demonstration of high levels of personal interaction organizational skills marketing bookkeeping and customer relations in a service organization
Basic nutrition knowledge
Ability to work independent of continuous supervision
Ability to pass a written skills test
Successful demonstration of excellent written and verbal communication skills
Physical ability to lift 50 lbs.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:Associates Degree
CERTIFICATES LICENSES REGISTRATIONS: Successful completion of ServSafe Certifiation Training
LANGUAGE MATHEMATICAL AND REASONING SKILLS:Ability to speak and write to apply mathematical concepts to practical to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral format and deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit talk or employee is occasionally required to stand walk and reach with hands or vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust and focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Apply on-line at
A cover letter is required in order to be considered for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should outline skills and experience that directly relate to the qualifications for the position.
Inquiries should be addressed to:
Lori Lowe
Human Resources Administrative Assistant
2390 South Milford Rd. Highland MI 48357
248.684.8217 (TELEPHONE) 248.684.8266 (FAX)
E-MAIL:
Jeanette Wenger Chief Human Resources Officer and Title VI Officer
In compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Title II the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and the Americans with Disability Act of 1990 it is the policy of the Huron Valley School district that no person shall on the basis of race color religion national origin or ancestry sex age disability height weight or marital status be excluded from participation in be denied benefits of or be subjected to discrimination during any program or activity or in employment.
Cafeteria Manager Lakeland High School
