Lead Cook (8648)

Schedule/Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 9am-5:30pm/40

This position is responsible for:

Plans, prepares, cooks and serves nutritional meals and snacks in accordance with established guidelines and schedules; ensures all meals are prepared and served in a safe and presentable manner; cleans kitchen facilities, equipment, and appliances; maintains inventory of kitchen supplies and food in a neat and orderly manner; assigns, instructs and monitors work of other Cooks and Kitchen Assistants.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plans and posts menus and purchases food and supplies necessary for the preparation and serving of nutritional meals

• Maintains a high degree of cleanliness in the kitchen and dining room; ensures that all meals are prepared in a safe manner; ensures all personnel utilizing the kitchen practice proper personal hygiene; ensures compliance with health regulation.

• Assigns, instructs, and monitors work of other personnel utilizing the kitchen; ensures meals are prepared as planned

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Physical Requirements:

  Ability to meet attendance requirements

  Ability to arrive on time for all scheduled shifts

  Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language

  Ability to cook, taste, and smell food

  Duties are usually performed by frequent walking and/or standing, kneeling, or squatting relieved by lesser periods of sitting

• Physical ability to lift and carry and/or push/pull light objects (less than 25 lbs.)

• Working Conditions:

  Work is performed in a normal kitchen environment where there may be limited physical discomforts associated with working around hot stoves/ovens or cold freezers.

  Work may require driving a vehicle with exposure to the outdoors where there are physical discomforts associated with changes in weather such as rain, cold, snow, heat or discomforts associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

Employee Benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision

• 401K

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN YOU

High School diploma or equivalent,

AND

Three years’ experience cooking food for large groups with some experience coordinating the work of other kitchen staff,

OR

Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities

Licenses and Certifications:

ServSafe Certificate or willingness to acquire.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Veterans | Disabled