Dining Services Staff
Dining Services Staff Wanted
Take Your Dining Career to New Heights at Skyline
Ready to be a part of Skyline’s exciting new Dining Team and take your career to new heights? Opening in September, Skyline’s Olympic Tower features a brand new kitchen with state-of-the-art equipment, the elegant Sound Bar with a noteworthy wine list, and the full-service Sound Bite restaurant offering upscale cuisine in a modern, luxury high rise retirement community with sweeping Seattle views.
Skyline’s Job Fair—Worth Your While
Join us for Skyline’s job fair on August 5th & August 19th from 10AM-2PM—where you will have a chance to see Skyline, get a feel for our tightknit community, interview in person, and meet your prospective employer. Come visit us and leave with valuable information, and potentially a new position! R.S.V.P. now to reserve your interview time by emailing Sara Mooney at smooney@skylineseattle.org.
The Skyline Difference: Making Work Meaningful
Join the growing Dining Services team at Seattle’s premier luxury high rise retirement community—Skyline on First Hill. Offering competitive wages, full benefits, flexible schedules, no late nights, and excellent work/life balance, Skyline offers the best of our profession—exclusive high end cuisine made with fresh ingredients from a respected culinary institution, but there’s more. Getting to know our eclectic mix of interesting, charismatic, well-educated residents on a daily basis, hearing their stories, and sharing stories of your own builds meaningful relationships most staff would never experience in a typical restaurant environment. Our work is both rewarding and much appreciated by our residents.
In addition, unlike the rest of the restaurant industry, Skyline has remained unaffected by pandemic layoffs and closures, offering job security in a warm and welcoming environment. We are growing and expanding which opens up exciting possibilities for advancement throughout Skyline and our parent company, Transforming Age.
We are hiring now through mid-August for September start dates. Attractive signing bonuses are available based on experience. See Skyline’s positions available below along with inspiring notes from our dedicated dining staff:
Sous Chef
Responsible for all food production, presentation and Heart of the House activities, Skyline’s Sous Chef should demonstrate a Culture of Excellence in commitment, respect, compassion, dedication, teamwork and quality for our residents. The Sous Chef should promote creativity in a motivating environment that encourages employee involvement; attend all in service and trainings according to company standards and requirements, and ensure proper documentation of temperature logs, tasting panel logs and cleaning schedules. Sous Chef should be willing and eager to work with seniors who have high standards and expectations in quality of food and service.
“I’ve been at Skyline for over 7 years being promoted from Sous Chef to Executive Sous Chef. I like working here because of everyone’s beliefs and values. The difference here is the magic of the community and knowing that what you do when you come to work every day is appreciated and taken to heart.” - Nace Hailey, Executive Sous Chef
Lead Cook/Cook
Skyline’s Lead Cook should prepare meals that meet or exceed the hospitality standards set by our community and the industry; demonstrate Culture of Excellence in commitment, respect, compassion, dedication, teamwork and quality to our residents; and assist with proper documentation of temperature logs, tasting panel logs and cleaning schedules. Our Lead Cook should promote the Mission, Vision and Values of Transforming Age, and be willing and eager to work with seniors who have high standards and high expectations in quality of food and service.
“I’ve been at Skyline for 10 years. The atmosphere makes you feel at home and residents make you feel like family.” -Ramon Carpio, Lead Cook
Server
A server at Skyline should serve residents meals in a professional and pleasing way, and conduct himself/herself in a manner which contributes to an environment that exudes the quality and high standards of our residents’ expectations. Responsible for ensuring the proper service throughout our dining rooms and maintaining proper cleanliness and overall appearance of dining room, waitstaff should assist all food servers with dining services to residents as needed. A server should greet all residents and guests with a professional and friendly demeanor and carry out the Culture of Excellence program through commitment, respect, compassion, dedication, teamwork and quality for our residents.
“I have worked with the company for the past 5 years starting out as a server, being promoted to Lead Server, and eventually Supervisor. I enjoy working at Skyline because of the benefits: they assist with my tuition, are very flexible with my schedule, and we support each other. I look forward to continuing to grow here.” -Matthew Isip, Dining Services Supervisor
Dining Room Manager
Skyline’s Dining Room Manager should manage traffic flow and balance serving responsibilities among food servers; greet all residents and guests with a professional and friendly demeanor; and carry out the Culture of Excellence program through commitment, respect, compassion, dedication, teamwork and quality for our residents. Our manager should ensure the proper set-up and clean-up of the dining room while maintaining the or exceeding our hospitality and service standards; be responsible for all POS functions including resident history, point transfers and refunds and ringing in orders; maintain or exceed standards of appearance, cleanliness, personal sanitation and hygiene and ensure all team members are in uniform.
“I’ve been with Skyline for 7 years—promoted four times from server to manager now. I love the connection with our residents, we have a diverse culture. We don’t just know each other on a professional level but a personal level as well. I’m also grateful for the flexibility management has provided to me. I’m currently enrolled in school and they work with my schedule and help pay tuition fees.” -Sofia Leguizamon, Dining Services Manager
For more information and to apply: https://www.skylineseattle.org/career/