Kitchen Production Supervisor
About this role
My Healthy Penguin is hiring a Kitchen Production Supervisor to help lead our day-to-day kitchen
production operations.
This role is responsible for keeping the kitchen floor organized, productive, clean, and on standard during
assigned shifts. The Kitchen Production Supervisor will support the Head Chef / Director of Culinary
Operations by supervising cooks, helping execute the daily production plan, enforcing recipe and
portioning standards, maintaining food safety procedures, and stepping into a floor leadership role when
the Head Chef is not present.
This is a hands-on leadership position. The right person is comfortable cooking, directing a team, holding
standards, solving problems in real time, and keeping production moving in a fast-paced commercial
kitchen.
Key Responsibilities
● Lead cooks and kitchen production staff during assigned shifts
● Execute the daily production plan and help keep the team on schedule
● Ensure recipes, portioning standards, quality standards, and plating expectations are followed
● Monitor food quality, consistency, and presentation throughout production
● Train, coach, and support new and existing kitchen employees
● Enforce food safety, sanitation, HACCP, PFR, and company kitchen procedures
● Conduct line checks, quality checks, and end-of-shift kitchen inspections
● Help maintain FIFO, product rotation, labeling, storage, and organization standards
● Support receiving, storage, and inventory organization as needed
● Communicate production issues, staffing concerns, shortages, equipment problems, or quality
concerns to leadership
● Maintain a clean, organized, safe, and efficient work environment
● Participate in prep and cooking as needed to support production
● Step into floor leadership when the Head Chef / Director of Culinary Operations is not present
Qualifications
● Previous experience in a commercial kitchen, commissary kitchen, catering kitchen, meal prep
kitchen, or high-volume food production environment
● Prior experience leading, training, or supervising kitchen staff preferred
● Strong understanding of food safety, sanitation, labeling, storage, and production standards
● Ability to follow and enforce recipes, portioning standards, and written procedures
● Strong communication and problem-solving skills
● Ability to stay calm, organized, and productive in a fast-paced kitchen
● Reliable, punctual, hands-on, and comfortable holding others accountable
● ServSafe Food Manager certification preferred
Physical Requirements
● Ability to stand for extended periods of time
● Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
● Ability to work in hot, cold, refrigerated, and fast-paced kitchen environments
● Ability to bend, reach, push, pull, and move throughout the kitchen as needed
Reports To
Head Chef / Director of Culinary Operations
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the salary disclosed for the Kitchen Production Supervisor position at myhealthypenguin?
Where is the Kitchen Production Supervisor position at myhealthypenguin located?
Is the Kitchen Production Supervisor role at myhealthypenguin full-time or part-time?
Which team or department does the Kitchen Production Supervisor at myhealthypenguin belong to?
How do I apply for the Kitchen Production Supervisor position at myhealthypenguin?
When was the Kitchen Production Supervisor job at myhealthypenguin posted?
You'll be redirected to myhealthypenguin's official application page on bamboohr.