Cook III - Ada, United States - The Chickasaw Nation

Description

We are currently looking for a Part Time 38 Cook III to join our Ada Travel Stop Concessions team located at the Chickasaw Travel Stop #555.

Performs food preparation and service of all menu items as specified through recipes, pictures and additional instructions by the kitchen management team.

• Provides first class customer service - courteous and helpful to all internal and external customer types
• Answers questions in a courteous and professional manner
• Partners with internal and external services as needed to ensure appropriate referral is made
• Greets and engages with a smile
• Determines and meets needs
• Seeks positive experience and outcomes
• Completes all training and development requirements and participates in continuing education opportunities
• Works in a collaborative and supportive manner to support the productivity and safety of the work area, team members and customers of all types
• Shares responsibilities for maintaining adequate supplies and equipment
• Maintains general upkeep of work area and maintains a safe environment
• Observes and addresses potential environmental hazards and risks
• Maintains and promotes professionalism
• Punctual and consistent in meeting start time, work schedule, attendance and other assigned work time metrics
• Adheres to Chickasaw Nation dress code standards
• May provide break coverage for others as assigned
• May augment staff in other areas as needed based on staffing and needs ratio in regularly assigned unit
• Maintain knowledge of and follow all laws, rules, regulations, policies and SOPs for assigned area, e.g. MICS, TICS, hospital standards, health codes, food sanitation, accounting principles, etc.
• Assists in preparation of orders for food and food service products for cost effectiveness and efficiency of operation
• Ensures appropriate temperature, labeling and storage of food and food products to avoid contamination and ensure quality
• Maintains proper sanitation and safety practices
• Ensures cleanliness, maintenance, safety and sanitation of kitchen and or other assigned areas and reports all necessary problems immediately
• Cooks, prepares, assembles and plates all food in a tasteful and timely manner
• Works with Catering Team to execute catering needs
• Confidently opens and closes a kitchen and front of house production line
• Monitors ongoing quality through tasting, smelling, and observing food to ensure consistency with recipes and appearance standards
• Ability to prepare food for service including but not limited to chopping vegetables, preparing sauces, cutting fruit, preparing meats and stocking inventory appropriately
• Follows prescribed menus and recipes
• All other duties as assigned

• Follow instructions, both written and oral
• Ensures compliance
• Adhere to all scheduling and attendance requirements
• Focus on a single task for pro-longed periods of time
• Must be detail-oriented
• Ability to work independently
• Honesty, truthfulness, reliability, accountability
• Read, understand and apply regulations and policies
• Methods and practices used in food services
• Organizes work and assigned area logically and orderly
• Builds effective working relationships
• Organizational and time-management
• Ability to plan, organize and follow through on assignments
• Ability to train individuals or small groups on specific tasks or procedures and engage with different learning styles
• Communicates verbally with team, departments, guests and management

• Must be able to operate various kitchen equipment

• No prior experience required.

• High School, GED or Equivalent

• Pass general background check
• Standard Driver's License
• ServSafe Certification

• Fast-paced
• Food service
• Kitchen
• Organized
• Structured
• Team-oriented
• Various kitchen equipment
• Subject to kitchen hazards such as burns, knives, slippery floors etc.
• Communications written, verbal
• Communication with groups
• Effective work relationships inside and outside organization
• Interacts with clinical, support, technical, professional or management staff in a variety of settings and situations
• Pass pre-employment drug test
• Sometimes bend, kneel, stoop, push, reach
• Hand-eye coord, reach and grasp
• Manual dexterity
• Sometimes lift and or carry up to 50 lbs
• Light to non-strenuous work
• Able to smell and distinquish food flavor quality
• Standing up to 75% of shift
• Able to taste and distinquish food flavor quality
• Walk up to 75% of shift
• May work rotating shifts