Lead Barista / Floor Supervisor

• Supervises approximately 40 student and temporary staff (hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating etc) and ensures staffing levels are appropriate and duties are being completed for each shift.
• Actively prepares specialty drink products (espresso, lattes, mochas, etc).
• Ensures excellent customer service.
• Controls labor and product costs.
• Monitors all equipment to ensure full operating capacity inclusive of the Micros point of sales system.
• Performs a variety of cashier and cash handling duties.
• Orders, stocks and inventories products and supplies.
• Maintains quality control.
• Ensures compliance with sanitation guidelines and food/beverage handling and storage FDA codes, and as directed by MSU’s Registered Sanitarian.
• Actively participates as a member of the team while performing other duties in support of the department’s mission.

• Work effectively and efficiently in close cooperation with CS staff in a team-oriented environment.
• Exhibit creativity in the culinary arts and exercise critically good judgment concerning taste, palatability and aesthetics of food quality.
• Strong commitment to customer service.
• Exhibit strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate employees to perform at and sustain a high level of quality.
• Highly motivated and work with minimal supervision.
• Consistently exercise initiative and good judgment.
• Maintain compliance of policy and procedure.
• Exhibit accurate record keeping skills.
• Prioritize and organize workload in order to complete tasks in a timely manner.
• Quickly adapt to changing priorities.
• Be knowledgeable about State and Federal health and food safety guidelines.
• Follow Food Safety Management Principles.
• Represent the department and the University to others in a professional and courteous manner.

• Shift is typically: Monday through Friday, 6am – 2:30pm. May change dependent on business needs.
• May be asked to work evenings, weekends, long hours, consecutive days during busy periods, and occasional holidays as the school and event schedule demands.
• May occasionally work outside and in inclement weather assisting with special events.
• Possess a 4-hour sanitation certification or have the ability to become certified.
• Must have the ability to understand and communicate in English with adequate proficiency to follow directions from supervisor, read and understand safety guidelines and directions to prevent accidents or injuries from occurring, and communicate effectively with customers (staff, visitors, students) by listening and speaking clearly to them.

This is a permanent position with the University. If you are a student of MSU and seek a student worker position, please go to: http://www.montana.edu/comeworkwithus/ .
Everyone is welcome to apply/interview for this position but the Culinary Services Department lacks the necessary funding to provide sponsorship at this time.

• Normal service areas, kitchen, cooler, freezer, dock environments
• Stationary and/or moving about for long periods of time
• Frequently moving, transporting, and placing containers/product weighing up to 50 lbs and occasionally up to 100lbs
• Occasionally moving product up and down stairs
• Bending, kneeling, stretching and general moving about while stocking products
• Gripping handles on small kitchen utensils and other equipment
• Performing repetitive motions related to job duties
• Regular exposure to cleaning chemicals