Head Chef

Are you the kitchen’s trusted player who keeps the strings in busy times? Do you want responsibility but also to roll up your sleeves and do the work yourself? You will help create smooth day-to-day operations, clear operating procedures, and a strong team culture from the ground up at Ståhlberg. As a Kitchen Shift Manager you are the right hand of the Kitchen Manager and lead activities at the practical level during your shift, ensuring work progresses with quality even under pressure. Responsibilities include ensuring smooth daily kitchen operations and quality, preparing meals and plating together with the team with hygiene standards in mind, distributing tasks and prioritising in the kitchen, supervising the kitchen team with the Kitchen Manager in an encouraging and solution-oriented manner, onboarding new staff during shifts, and substituting for the Kitchen Manager when they are away. The restaurant is open every day and shifts are mainly daytime, with occasional evening shifts as needed. We expect you to have prior experience in similar roles, reliability and a solution-oriented work attitude, experience in buffet lunch production, strong interpersonal skills and leading by example, a hygiene passport, a Salmonella certificate, fluent Finnish, and familiarity with Restolution POS and MaraPlan rostering software is considered an advantage. We offer a permanent, full-time role in a stable company, daytime work, a chance to help open a new restaurant and influence kitchen practices from the start, a varied role with opportunities to grow, and potential to develop into a supervisory position. Salary is determined based on skills and experience under the supervisors’ collective agreement. Please submit your application via the job link and contact Arwo Rekry for recruitment questions. Maria Tanner, tel. 041 310 6962. Ståhlberg is a long-standing lunch and coffee chain known for quality home-style food and smooth service across Pirkanmaa. Arwo Rekry Oy is a trustworthy, customer-focused partner with decades of experience in staffing across construction, infra, mechanical engineering, and services.