WHAT DOES A DINING ROOM SUPERVISOR DO?

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Updated: Mai 26, 2025 - The Dining Room Supervisor oversees all Guest Service operations in Windows on the Water Restaurant and other dining areas, ensuring exceptional customer service and adherence to park standards. Responsibilities include recruiting, training, and developing the Dining Room team while managing guest concerns, budgets, and supply inventories. The role also collaborates with the Chef and Park Management to develop menus and set departmental objectives, work schedules, and policies.

A Review of Professional Skills and Functions for Dining Room Supervisor

1. Dining Room Supervisor Duties

  • Meeting Coordination: Attends various meetings concerning residents, associates or dining services.
  • Team Leadership: Hold meetings or in-services with associates.
  • Event Participation: Actively participates in special functions and community events.
  • Schedule Management: Maintains schedule for servers and dishwashers.
  • Facility Maintenance: Ensures Dining room is properly cleaned/set/maintained between meal times.
  • Supervision: Supervises culinary assistants to ensure that dishes, utensils, pots and pans, etc. are washed correctly at the proper temperatures and are stored correctly.
  • Quality Assurance: Assures all associates follow the supervisor's checklist.
  • Work Completion: Complete all work including prep work and cleaning schedules.
  • Meal Quality Checks: Checks on Assisted Living meals when on duty.
  • Audits: Performance audits, sanitation, and food safety audits.

2. Dining Room Supervisor Details

  • Supply Management: Transports cleaning supplies and food items to Assisted Living.
  • Menu Management: Prints and changes menus for IL Dining Room.
  • Report Handling: Fills out accident/incident reports and/or worker's compensation forms when an employee is injured.
  • Meal Service Supervision: Supervises meal service to ensure that room trays and dining room meals are set up according to diet slips and are accurate.
  • HR Collaboration: Works collaboratively with Human Resources on hiring and retention of employees and achievement of facility goals and benchmarks.
  • Team Management: Assumes responsibility for servers and dishwashers when there are call-offs and a replacement cannot be found.
  • Message Handling: Takes accurate phone messages for the Dining Services Department.
  • Cleanliness Maintenance: Assures that the cleanliness of the department is maintained at all times.
  • Furniture Maintenance: Provides care and maintenance of chairs in the Main and AL dining rooms.
  • Dining Room Presentation: Responsible for the presentation and cleanliness of the Dining Room and linens.
  • Person-Centered Care (PCC): Supports the philosophy of person-centered care (PCC) by actively participating in the person-centered care process.
  • Care Practice Development: Fosters development and enhancement of person-centered care practices.

3. Dining Room Supervisor Responsibilities

  • Guest Service Management: Manages all Guest Service operations in Windows on the Water Restaurant as well as other Dining areas throughout the park.
  • Customer Service: Maintains exceptional levels of customer service.
  • Compliance: Ensures compliance with park standards.
  • Team Recruitment and Development: Assists in the recruitment of the Dining Room team as well as manages, trains and develops each member of the team.
  • Guest Relations: Handles guest concerns and comments in a timely and courteous manner.
  • Budget Management: Works with the Chef and Park Management to stay within budgeted guidelines about food, liquor costs and payroll.
  • Department Planning: Sets departmental targets and objectives, work schedules, budgets, and policies and procedures.
  • Menu Development: Assists in developing menus with other members of Dining Room, Kitchen, and Park Management team.
  • Inventory Management: Accountable for regular dining room supply inventories.
  • Supply Management: Maintaining adequate supplies of dishes, utensils, etc. in all dining areas throughout the park.
  • Sales and Revenue Maximization: Works to lead and work with other team members to maximize sales and revenue in the restaurant and other dining areas.

4. Dining Room Supervisor Job Summary

  • Performance Appraisal: Carries out annual and mid-year appraisals with team members under responsibility.
  • Guest Satisfaction: Evaluates guest satisfaction levels with a focus on continuous improvement.
  • Communication: Ensures communication channels are maintained and open with Kitchen and Group Sales personnel along with other supervisors and park management staff.
  • Environmental Awareness: Be environmentally conscious while staying within the guidelines and budgetary goals of the park.
  • Certification Management: Maintain a valid KY Server Training in Alcohol Regulations (STAR) certification.
  • Team Supervision: Assist in direct supervision, training, and scheduling of wait staff, model good employee morale, and provide hands-on support.
  • Operational Procedures: Perform opening and closing procedures for the department.
  • Event Execution: Assist in executing special events and functions.
  • Task Management: Accurate and timely completion of assignments and duties.
  • Food Safety: Adherence to food safety standards and allergen information as regulated by the department.
  • Uniform Compliance: Follows uniform guidelines.

5. Dining Room Supervisor Accountabilities

  • Venue Appearance: Assumes responsibility for the appearance of dining venues.
  • Task Assignment: Assign side work to Dining Room Servers and remain in the dining area throughout meal service.
  • Training: Conducts monthly pieces of training on meal etiquette, serving techniques, therapeutic diets, and sanitary standards regulating food handling and serving, documents attendance records of training.
  • Service Review: Performs service review orientation (line-up) before meals.
  • Sanitation Standards: Inspect serving lines for adherence to dress and sanitation standards.
  • Food Presentation: Coordinates with food production supervisor to ensure palatability and appropriate presentation of food.
  • Resident Care: Reports concern related to changes in residents' dining habits, deteriorating self-care, and/or conversations indicating unhappiness or loneliness.
  • Event Coordination: Meets with residents and guests to arrange for private events.
  • Staffing and Event Management: Ensuring adequate staff is assigned for the event and that the dining venue and meal selections meet expectations.
  • Follow-Up: Follows up with the event host regarding concerns.

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