Sous Chef - Cactus

Do you want to work for a company where you can make a difference every day? Are you currently a Chef, Sous Chef or highly experienced lead line cook with talent but no opportunity to show it? If so, Cactus might be the next step in your career!

Cactus is looking for talented Chefs and Sous Chefs to join our team. The ideal candidates are experienced "hands-on" leaders who are energetic and self-starting with guest first operations focus. Candidates must have the capacity to build relationships, motivate others and create a culture of accountability. It is essential that the candidate is extremely positive, outgoing, a team player, and a strong and supportive leader. A high degree of accountability, integrity, and the ability to direct others to achieve company goals are key traits for success in this position.  Most importantly, candidates should have a passion for the industry and a strong desire to work for a company that does everything the right way.

Job Specifics:

• The Sous Chef and Chef are accountable for overall success of kitchen operations. We have taken great care to outline our specifications and detail our standards and the primary focus of our Chef team to ensure that these are always executed with integrity.
• Promoting a culture of accountability in which our purpose of Enabling Happiness and Ensuring Loyalty with Every Interaction can thrive.
• Providing training, leadership and coaching to all hourly employees to achieve the highest standards in all restaurant operations.
• Building relationships with others and fostering a positive environment where employees are enabled and motivated to obtain results.
• Ensuring financial success by driving sales and controlling costs to achieve the company s profitability goals.
• Working with others to assertively address and overcome all obstacles that face the business.
• Using data to make business decisions that optimize the health of the restaurants.

Requirements

• 3-5 years high volume, upscale Sous Chef experience with a strong track record of progressive career growth (within one company a plus).
• High energy works with a sense of urgency and has the capacity to self-motivate.
• Polished and professional presentation and approach.
• Strong leadership traits with the ability to drive performance results through motivating and coaching others.
• Detail oriented with high standards in service, organization, and operations
• Strong kitchen management experience.
• Proficiency with MS office suite (SharePoint, Outlook and Strong excel skills a plus).
• Strong written and oral communication skills. (Bilingual English/Spanish a plus.)
• Flexible schedule

Benefits

• We offer best in class base compensation with a bonus program that pays out 100% of funds every quarter.
• We cover 90% of health and dental benefits and offer PTO that you can (actually!) use.
• We have a great Human Resources and Training Director to ensure we handle ourselves properly and with the utmost integrity.
• We have a great training program, develop our people, and are dedicated to initial and ongoing training. We provide extensive training on every aspect of BOH operations as well as advanced lessons on restaurant finances.
• We are a purpose driven company and exist to Enable Happiness and Ensure Loyalty at Every Interaction. This purpose statement is more about how we treat each other. Ask any of our current employees and they’ll confirm we live our purpose, and all decisions are made through that lens. As a result, people love working here.
• We support our business! We have Regional Chefs that oversee 3-4 stores and work out of the restaurants daily. These same regional chefs also cover all vacations.
• We have a facilities Manager that works tirelessly to keep our restaurants in top shape. There is zero deferred maintenance or broken equipment in our company. If something is broken you simply open an app, log the request and it will get fixed (almost magically) immediately.
• The owners are actively involved in the business.
• We have a history of strong and steady growth. Our concepts are proven, and the owners have the desire and capital to grow, resulting in opportunity for career growth.