Lead Kitchen Technician

The Lead Kitchen Technician will run the kitchen, ensure recipes are being followed with strong leadership skills to manage the kitchen assistants and inventory costs for high-volume cannabis-infused products.

Responsibilities:

• Effectively manage food preparations, production and controls
• Lead the kitchen team with hands on tactics while implementing production processes and schedules; sources high-quality ingredients for a fast-paced kitchen.
• Responsible for hiring assistants, purchasing equipment and building out the operations of the kitchen.
• Trains and oversees staff in producing artisan, high-quality, medically infused products.
• Works with Processing and Packaging to prepare and package products according to the company's internal schedule and within food safety standards and regulations.
• Requires a flawless understanding of food safety standards and professional hygiene.
• Engage in appropriate planning with the Lab Manager so that they can adequately orchestrate timing, the product line mix and the quantity to be made.
• The appropriate use of scales will be necessary to ensure consistency of the cannabis-infused portion of the product and for portion control.
• Ensures that ingredients are ready for use each day.
• QA/QC duties that require analytical testing for quality and consistency.
• Maintaining inventory records of supplies, materials, and equipment.
• Storing supplies and equipment, disposal of waste according to guidelines, and keeping the kitchen working areas immaculate.
• Maintaining material safety data sheets for all department chemicals and products.
• Maintaining highest level of compliance to ensure processing operation is fully compliant with state regulations, federal and state laws.
• Assures that operation adheres to all business and industry license requirements-able to produce documents as proof immediately upon request.

Skills:

• Strong organizational skills are mandatory; required to turn out large quantities of product under tight time constraints.
• Have supervision over the kitchen staff while coordinating schedules with the Lab Manager and Packaging team.
• Excellent math or computer skills to calculate recipes and to product the correct quantity of finished product.
• Health and safety practices and precautions applicable to a kitchen.
• Proper and safe handling and disposal of harmful chemicals, substances, and hazardous wastes.
• Record keeping procedures.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to perform repetitive techniques accurately and consistently.
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time, along with frequent bending.
• Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less),
• Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items, work with fingers.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and push up to 100 pounds with assistance.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years' experience working in food preparation in restaurant or hospitality environment.
• Previous leadership experience.
• Experience cooking with cannabis preferred.
• Experience grooming kitchen staff for success.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Good organizational skills to create an organized kitchen for the highest level of productivity.
• Excellent planning skills to make the daily operations go smoothly.
• Recognize time constraints and effectively execute fulfilling orders in a timely manner.
• Creative and positive attitude.