What perks can you expect?:
- Full benefits including medical, dental, vision; 401k; discounted gym memberships.
- The perfect place to put down roots, grow your career.
- Professional environment with a fun, progressive hospitality team at a National Park.
- Complimentary meals, lodging, laundry, and wifi during the summer operating season.
- The chance to work in an inclusive culture and make life-long friends.
- Opportunities for career growth or future work at other Pursuit locations
- Access to one of the world's most beautiful and iconic National Parks
What will be your daily pursuit?:
Your daily pursuit is crafting amazing Montana-inspired dishes for our guests and leading our team of culinary professionals!
What will your compensation be?: $60,000 annually
When does this adventure begin?: This is a regular full-time role posted to start January 6th, 2025!
What will you do in this job?: EMPLOYEE
- Provide key leadership and direction in all areas of the culinary programs at St. Mary Village including design, implementation, and support for dine-in, casual style bar & Restaurant, Coffee shop with pastries and grab-n-go options and a sandwich shop and ice cream outlet.
- Handle staff concerns in a professional manner and take fast and appropriate action to solve problems
- Design and/or implement sales goals and incentive programs to increase revenue
- Design and implement Montana-inspired menus, including specials, designed to wow guests and provide growth to each unique outlet
- Develop and execute strategies to achieve KPI's for the employee experience in SMV F&B including but not limited to Employee Engagement while also supporting the overall St Mary strategies & Team Engagement.
- Work collaboratively with F&B teams, including monthly inventories
- Design, coordinate and implement (on-going) Culinary training programs for seasonal culinary staff
Guest
- Keep up with culinary trends and our competitive set in Montana - make recommendations & changes as necessary
- Handle guest concerns in a professional manner and take fast and appropriate action to solve problems
Enforce all company policies and regulations to ensure good safety practices of staff and guests throughout the department
- Benchmark 3 rd party operations to develop and execute strategies in order to elevate the products and services we offer.
- Foster partnerships with local and regional farms and vendors
Finacial
- Provide key leadership and direction in all areas of GPC SMV (BOH) programs including design, implementation, and support
- Keep up with F&B trends and our competitive set in Montana - make recommendations & changes as necessary
- Ensure F&B controls are met by maintaining effective cost and portion control
- Responsible for ordering and maintaining reasonable inventory levels, taking weekly and monthly inventory in Craftable
P2P
- Work collaboratively with F&B teams across GPC and Pursuit
- Participate in company P2P Projects
- Assist in developing and executing SMV F&B P2P Definition of Success including tactics and KPI's for Community, Sustainability & Respect.
Other Areas
- Enforce all company, state, and federal regulations to ensure good safety practices of staff and guests throughout department
- Always have the guest and staff experience in mind
- Facilitate a positive environment and yes culture
- Assists with other responsibilities as requested
What skills and experience do you need for this job?:
- Culinary degree preferred
- 3-5 years of head chef or high-volume culinary management experience required
- Current Serv-Safe certification or food handler sanitation certificate required
- Efficient knowledge diverse culinary skillsets and ability to train others
- Diverse knowledge of cuisine, pairing, etc
- Effective knowledge of food and labor cost controls
- Demonstrate solid leadership skills - able to motivate others
- Work-ethic and commitment to the team and guest is key
- Be willing and able to work solo or as part of a team
- Be committed to Safety First and the highest quality of cleaning & sanitizing standards
- Be organized with a great eye for detail
- Be kind to others and always bring your best
- Be a good communicator, always suggesting ideas and solutions
- Be helpful and friendly, willing to go the extra mile
- Be relaxed, flexible and able to handle a few curve balls
- Be ready to have fun!
What will your work environment be like?: Beautiful. You'll be working in the iconic, unforgettable and inspiring location. Regardless of what your role is with us, you'll really get the chance to explore and see amazing scenery and wildlife in and around Glacier National Park.
Fun. You'll be meeting team members from across the globe and get to participate in tons of team events.
Independent. You'll spend your days in and around our amazing properties.
Remote. Our home is filled with trees, lakes, and blue-bird skies; rather than buildings, freeways, and smog.
Busy. You need to be prepared for a physical working environment with walking, stair climbing, bending, reaching, lifting (up to 50 pounds with assistance ) as required
We work as a team and believe that we succeed together - these job duties may change based on the needs of the team and company as a whole.
EEO: Pursuit is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics .
Pursuit places a high value on diverse backgrounds and experiences, recognizing that they serve as catalysts for creativity and innovation. We encourage individuals who are eligible to work in the USA to apply and join our inclusive team!
We are working to eliminate barriers for applicants and team members from equity-deserving groups. If you can't apply online or need accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact our Talent & Acquisition Team at .
We thank all candidates for their interest, however, please note that only applicants selected for further consideration will be contacted.
