Supervisor - Kitchen

The Kitchen Supervisor oversees daily kitchen operations and supports the safe, efficient, and consistent preparation of food. This position ensures Team Members follow all food safety, sanitation, health, workplace safety, company, and operational requirements. The Kitchen Supervisor provides direction, training, and accountability to kitchen staff while maintaining food quality, cleanliness, proper equipment use, and compliance with applicable health and safety standards.

• Supervises daily kitchen operations to ensure food is prepared, stored, handled, and served in accordance with company standards and health and safety requirements.
• Ensures Team Members follow proper handwashing, personal hygiene, glove use, uniform, illness-reporting, and safe food-handling practices.
• Monitors food temperatures, cooling and reheating procedures, hot and cold holding, labeling, dating, product rotation, and proper food storage.
• Supports compliance with health department regulations, food safety procedures, sanitation standards, HACCP practices, and other applicable requirements.
• Conducts regular inspections of kitchen areas, preparation stations, storage areas, refrigeration units, dishwashing areas, cooking equipment, and service areas.
• Ensures all kitchen areas are clean, organized, and maintained according to established sanitation schedules and operating standards.
• Completes or verifies required temperature logs, cleaning schedules, sanitation records, inspection forms, and other operational documentation.
• Identifies and corrects food safety concerns, unsafe work practices, sanitation deficiencies, equipment hazards, and other compliance issues.
• Reports accidents, injuries, food safety incidents, equipment concerns, pest activity, maintenance needs, and other operational issues to management.
• Ensures Team Members properly operate, clean, sanitize, and maintain knives, slicers, ovens, fryers, mixers, dish machines, and other kitchen equipment.
• Reinforces safe chemical handling, proper personal protective equipment, spill response, fire prevention, and emergency procedures.
• Supports allergen-control procedures and helps prevent cross-contact during food preparation, cooking, storage, and service.
• Verifies that food products received, stored, prepared, and served meet quality, freshness, portion, temperature, and presentation standards.
• Assists with inventory control, receiving, product rotation, waste control, and maintaining appropriate levels of food and kitchen supplies.
• Provides training, coaching, and direction to Team Members regarding food safety, sanitation, kitchen procedures, equipment operation, service standards, and workplace expectations.
• Conducts pre-shift meetings and communicates daily assignments, safety expectations, menu updates, operational priorities, and service standards.
• Maintains communication with management and other departments regarding staffing, food production, equipment, guest concerns, and operational needs.
• Promotes a clean, safe, respectful, and team-oriented work environment.
• Addresses safety, sanitation, and policy concerns in accordance with company procedures and communicates issues to management as appropriate.
• Assists with opening and closing procedures, including equipment checks, cleaning, securing food and supplies, and verifying that the kitchen is properly prepared for the next shift.
• Maintains confidentiality of company, Team Member, guest, and operational information.
• Complies with all Morongo Casino Resort & Spa policies, procedures, standards, and applicable Tribal, federal, state, and local requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Provides daily direction, supervision, training, coaching, and support to kitchen Team Members.
• Holds Team Members accountable for food safety, sanitation, attendance, performance, safety, and compliance with company standards.
• Assists management with performance feedback, documentation, recognition, corrective action, and Team Member development.
• Promotes teamwork, professionalism, accountability, and a positive work environment.

• Knowledge of food safety, sanitation, kitchen operations, and safe work practices.
• Ability to understand and apply health department requirements, food safety procedures, and company standards.
• Ability to inspect kitchen operations and promptly correct safety, sanitation, and food-handling concerns.
• Strong communication, leadership, organization, and problem-solving…