This week’s featured job is a Sous Chef position for Culinary Services at Akers Dining Hall (job posting 962522). MSU Culinary Services prides itself on putting employees first, building great skills, and creating a fun and safe work environment. The Culinary Services Team works alongside Student Life and Engagement to ensure that the Spartan Journey is embraced through all aspects of the MSU experience, including the dining hall experience.

Culinary Services is looking for someone to oversee food production and menu development, ensuring that quality food meets all student dietary needs. In this position, you will coordinate meal prep and recipes with the team, monitor food inventory, ensure allergens are properly tagged, and work with the Executive Chef to modify menus based on customer feedback. You will also supervise the floor while redirecting and assessing employee placements based on dining hall needs. This will include conducting biweekly one-on-one meetings and annual performance evaluations.

As the Akers Dining Hall Sous Chef, you will train and direct your team to Deliver Outstanding Spartan Experiences. You will also maintain proper storage and communicate expectations of leftover food to the team. As the head of staff development, you’ll provide structured training to your staff and create a “Cooks Training Program” for student and on-call staff. Work hours are 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. with rotating weekends.

To apply for this position, you should have 2–3 years of culinary school experience and 3–5 years of related work experience in food production and supervision. You should have experience working with people of all social backgrounds and skills communicating with multiple cultural environments and identities.

Learn more about Culinary Services here. To learn more about this position or if you are interested in applying online, please visit the Careers at MSU website for more information! Applications require a resume and cover letter and must be submitted by July 2.