Job Description

Please note, this position is located at Snowshoe Mountain Resort in Snowshoe, West Virginia

Year Round
We are looking for people who are passionate about life and what they do. People who love the mountain lifestyle and who want to be at Snowshoe! We seek qualified candidates that exemplify our Core Values of Performance, Integrity, Collaboration, Environment, and most of all Fun!

Our goal at Snowshoe is to provide exceptional mountain experiences for our guests, employees, and community. We do so by embracing authenticity, celebrating our differences, and finding ways we can all connect through our shared passion for the mountain. At Snowshoe everyone is welcome, and we encourage you to be yourself. Simply put, you belong up here and we can\'t wait to see you on the mountain!

Work, Play, Get Paid and Enjoy the Perks:

• Free skiing + riding privileges with direct to lift access at 14 iconic resorts including: Snowshoe Mountain, Stratton, Palisades Tahoe, Mammoth Mountain, Steamboat and more!
• 401(k) plan (Available to any employee over the age of 18)
• 12 Discounted Friends and Family $25 Winter Lift Ticket Vouchers
• 30% - 45% off Snowshoe food & beverage locations (excludes alcohol)
• 30% off soft goods and 15% off hard goods at Snowshoe owned retail locations.
• Pro Deals from some of the industries top brands such as Smartwool, Smith, Dakine and North Face

RESORT OVERVIEW, CULTURE AND VISION

Snowshoe is the premier destination for Mid-Atlantic and Southeast skiers, snowboarders and winter enthusiasts. We offer 257 acres of skiable terrain, 1500 vertical feet, 57 trails and the best snow around. Enjoy our world class events, cool mountain temperatures, beautiful vistas and 11,000 acres of unspoiled wilderness.

OUR VALUES

Our organizational values describe our shared beliefs...what\'s important to us as an organization; how we want to treat each other and our guests.

Integrity Performance Environment Fun Collaboration

POSITION SUMMARY

Join us in bringing a little spice to the mountain life here at Snowshoe as an Outlet Chef at our Sunset Cantina location. Sunset Cantina is centrally located in our main village area, known for delicious house-made margaritas, and serving traditional Southwest dishes with a twist. To provide an expedited and precise food product for Snowshoe Mountain, WV. Number of positions that report directly to this position: up to 30 (varies by outlet). Titles of positions that report directly to this position: Sous Chef/Line Cooks/Utility workers.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

This position is responsible for the following job results.

• Manage all aspects of the kitchen including operational, quality and administrative functions
• Actively seek verbal feedback from customers on a regular basis and respond to all guest queries in a timely and efficient manner.
• Ensuring adequate resources are available according to business needs
• Manage the provision of food to assigned outlet and taking action where necessary to ensure compliance with current legislation
• Control costs without compromising standards, improving gross profit margins and other departmental and financial targets
• Ensure team members have an up-to-date knowledge of menu items, special promotions, functions and events
• Maintain good communication and work relationships in all hotel areas
• Ensure that staffing levels are maintained to cover business demands
• Ensure monthly communication meetings are conducted and post-meeting minutes generated
• Manage staff performance issues in compliance with company policies and procedures
• Recruit, manage, train and develop the kitchen team
• Comply with public safety, fire regulations and all health and safety and food safety legislation
• Ensure maintenance, hygiene and hazard issues are dealt with in a timely manner
• Manage financial performance of the department so all planning is in line with resort objectives
• Ensure food control systems are adhered to so margins are on target
• Regular review of all menus with Executive Chef to confirm offerings are in line with market trends and company objectives
• Be environmentally aware
• Perform any other job related duties as assigned

This job description is an overview of the scope of responsibilities and is not intended to be an inclusive list of job tasks and expectations. With the evolution of this resort and position, the responsibilities of this position may change.

QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Strong knife handling skills
• Experience with ovens, grills, broilers, saute, fryers and other culinary instruments
• Knowledge of safe food handling
• Requires practical knowledge of the principles and practices within the food profession. This includes experiential knowledge required for management of people and/or complex problems and food and beverage management.
• Leadership skills to motivate and develop staff and to ensure accomplishment of goals.
• Ability to work effectively under time constraints and deadlines

DIRECT EXPERIENCE

Education:

• Two+ years of post-high school education, culinary education is desirable.
• Resort experience preferred.
• West Virginia Food Handlers Certificate required.

Experience:

• Five+ years of employment in a related position
• Experience managing a kitchen and developing staff
• Experience managing food costs
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
• Accountable and resilient
• Committed to delivering a high level of customer service
• Ability to work under pressure
• Intermediate food hygiene qualification
• Flexibility to respond to a range of different work situations

LEADERSHIP

• Understands business complexities and assumes responsibility for driving change
• Leads employees or teams of employees to achieve goals
• Guides employees through periods of change, even during difficult times or in the face of hard business decisions
• Exhibits honesty, integrity in an environment of mutual respect and trust, core values, reliability

ENGAGEMENT

• Is inquisitive and curious, always asking questions; Seeks new and/or different or ways to improve the business; Thinks outside the box
• Is recognized by others (internally and externally) as being engaged in their role, and someone who can often see things that others have not
• Inspires, motivates, develops, energizes, and creates engaged employees, with a solid record of employee retention
• Demonstrates true passion for the job, the resort, and the company overall
• Displays rigorous commitment to the environment, financial and safety of self, business, and inherent risks through stewardship.

COMMUNICATION

• Communicates clearly and appropriately - both orally and in writing
• Responds to questions or requests in a timely manner
• Conducts regular one-on-one and departmental meetings to ensure a good flow of information
• Recognizes and rewards the achievement of his/her team and others; Ensures thank-yous are delivered
• All communication is down home and strives to improve upon a high level of guest service in a friendly manner
• Proficient in use of technology to include Excel, Word, the Internet, desktop publishing and database management software programs. Is able to learn quickly those applications not known.

DELIVERY

• Achieves high-quality business outcomes for the division as well as delivering good results that help the business overall
• Delivers highly accurate end-work product personally and through overseeing others
• Able to analyze numbers and draw conclusions from statistical information
• Meets or exceeds financial goals, budgets, forecasts
• Creates successful strategies that produce results, but is also willing to accept responsibility for shortfalls when appropriate
• Ensures a guest driven atmosphere and improves commitment to a service level that exceed our guests\' expectations

FLEXIBILITY

• Adapts and is flexible to changing business circumstances across a season, a fiscal year, and/or multiple years; Exhibits willingness to change
• Adjusts budgets and reforecasts as needed across the year based on changing business needs
• Exhibits flexibility in their thinking, will bend when needed, and will lobby others to change when necessary
• Inspires a unified team through understanding was is required for successful, cooperative and fun team success

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Any employee or volunteer who operates a company vehicle including cars, trucks, snowcats, snowmobiles, or heavy equipment is required to comply with the Driver\'s Standards Policy. This policy also applies to employees or volunteers driving their personal vehicles for company business more than four times per month, averaging 30+ miles per trip. All drivers should receive a full copy of the Alterra Driver\'s Standards Policy; if you have not - please contact your Risk/Safety or HR/EE Department.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

This position may be required to work evenings, weekends and holidays.

Food Service Environment:

• Most work tasks are performed indoors. Temperature is moderate and controlled and the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Must be able to stand and exert well-paced mobility for up to 8 hours in length at a time over an average shift of 8 hours.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to climb or balance and taste or smell.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 40 pounds on a regular and continuing basis.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals.

• Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors and other employees.
• Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near vision and depth perception.

• Ability to wear personal protective equipment including but not limited to: non slip footwear and gloves.

Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near vision and depth perception. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily- reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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