Stewarding Supervisor

Estancia La Jolla, A Noble House Hotel offers a supportive, guest-focused work environment with competitive pay and benefits that help you stay taken care of. Join an award-winning team recognized as TOP Workplace in San Diego (2022-2025) and TOP Workplace USA (2023-2026) by Team Members. You will also enjoy health insurance benefits, PTO, complimentary parking, meals, and team member and family and friends hotel and restaurant discounts across the Noble House Hotels and Resorts family. After 1 year, you may be eligible for a matching 401k, plus On-Demand Pay (earned wage access before payday).

This onsite role in La Jolla, CA supports clean, safe, and smoothly run service operations across kitchens, bars, and steward service areas. As a Stewarding Supervisor, you assist the Stewarding Manager in directing the stewarding operation, maintaining sanitation standards, and ensuring health code compliance.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Stewarding Manager in overseeing and directing stewarding operations across all outlets, maintaining sanitation and cleanliness in kitchens, bars, and service areas.
• Assign and monitor completion of daily cleaning checklists.
• Monitor collection of trash for Food and Beverage.
• Ensure supplies and items such as chemicals, trash bags, detergents, towels, and equipment are delivered to the proper areas.
• Organize equipment and supplies to support orderly and efficient daily operations.
• Maintain health code standards in compliance with local, state, and federal rules and regulations.
• Participate in the interview and hiring process for line-level stewards; train team members and temporary labor to company standards; issue discipline when appropriate.
• Draft and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for equipment, chemicals, and supplies, then train stewards on SOP-related processes.
• Prepare schedules using a 10-day forecast, assess team working pace, and reallocate resources based on business needs.
• Maintain dish machine equipment according to manufacturer standards.
• Walk the service floor, moving between steward service stations to confirm line staff are in assigned areas and each area is adequately staffed.
• Enforce health code standards and act as a point of contact for administrative or government agencies during inspections.
• Oversee and manage staff for monthly deep-cleaning of scheduled areas.
• Serve as point of contact for outside vendor relations.
• Prepare and disseminate shift reports.
• Safety is an essential function of this job.

Requirements

• One or more years of related experience required.
• Prior lead or supervisory experience in a similar role is desired.
• Ability to lead others through mentoring and training to help staff meet or exceed guest expectations and deliver a high level of service.
• Knowledge and practical experience with basic cooking skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Ability to lift, move, pull, and push moderate amounts of weight.
• Highly responsible and reliable.
• Ability to work AM, PM, overnight shifts, weekends, and holidays as operational needs require.
• Experience in a hotel or resort environment.

Culture and Commitments

• Estancia La Jolla is part of Noble House Hotels and Resorts, a collection of luxury hotels and resorts in the Americas.
• We seek team members who share core values, are sharp and hardworking team players, and enjoy having fun.
• The hotel supports initiatives toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access, including an established hotel committee inviting a variety of thoughts, perspectives, and expressions.
• Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/V/D) and an equal opportunity workplace that does not discriminate based on protected characteristics.