DFAC Manager - Military Veterans

Purpose and Scope:
The Dining Facility (DFAC) Manager oversees daily operations of a dining facility, ensuring all standards are met or exceeded to provide quality service to the customer. This position is in support of the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program (AFCAP) and is located at Ascension Island Auxiliary Airfield (AAAF).

Essential Responsibilities:

• Operate and maintain the Ascension Base Dining Facility and associated food storage (dry and cold) locations/facilities including all aspects of running the Dining Hall such as the following: meal planning, food/supply ordering and storage (cool/dry), meal preparation/serving (line and boxed), salad bar, baking bread/deserts, clean up, and repair/replacement of furniture, equipment, & real property.
• Provide oversight, supervision, training, and direction to all company and subcontractor food service employees.
• Ensure effective use of resources to achieve highest standards of service to client specifications in production and adherence to Continuity of Operations (CONOPS) Menu or deviations as authorized by the government.
• Ensure compliance with client and company health, safety, and food sanitization regulations.
• Maintain all DFAC financial records in accordance with contract.
• Maintain excellent verbal and written communications with the client and Site Manager.
• Provide a monthly report of food production and food purchased locally.
• Ensure proper receipt, storage, inventory, and security of all subsistence delivered to DFAC.
• Ensure correct security of all assigned government property/equipment
  

Minimum Position Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Five (5) years of food services experience within the past ten (10) years.
• At least three (3) years supervisory experience at the manager or assistance manager level, of which all three years shall have been in managing cafeteria style or multi-entrée operations providing complete meal services (breakfast, lunch and dinner).
• A bachelor's degree in food management or five (5) years of military food service experience in the grade of E-6 or above may be substituted for the degree and manager experience.
• Current ServSafe certification.
• Required to understand and implement progressive cooking.
• Be familiar with Tri-Service Food Code and all other applicable regulations for Air Force food service operations.
• Excellent English communication skills and ability to interact effectively with customers and other personnel.
• Knowledge of food service and sanitation standards in a contingency environment. Good leadership and organizational skills.
• Strong ability to work and lead as a member of a diverse, dynamic team.
• Outstanding problem-solving skills and sound judgment.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for facility credentials/authorization at this work location.
• Candidate is required to be a USN to fill this position.
• Possess a valid state issued driver's license and passport.
• Ability to successfully pass contract medical requirements and maintain requirements for duration of deployment.
• Prior overseas government contracting experience preferred.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands:

• Ability to stand for long periods of time such as eight (8) to ten (10) hours, bend, kneel, and reach to store/retrieve supplies.
• Ability to lift, carry, and push supplies and boxes up to 50 pounds
• Good vision, reading ability, wrist movements, and physical feeling to operate food service equipment.
• Ability to talk and hear well to instruct employees and assist dining facility customers.
• Position requires shift work, days and nights.
• Plan for increased attendance during holiday meals such as Thanksgiving and Christmas and plan for additional service hours upon request.
• Living and working conditions at assignment location could be remote and uncomfortable.
• Long hours, exposure to weather and hazardous conditions.
• Personnel should be aware of moving on short notice and under adverse conditions.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
  

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks, and serving on safety committees and teams.

• Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

• Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to job.

This position is pending contract award.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran's status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language at EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans and Labor Laws Posters.