Prep Cook-Camp Gordon

Dundee, NY (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4241+County+Road+25+Dundee+NY+USA+14837-9540)

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Position Highlights:

Location Name: Camp Gordon

Rate of Pay: $19.00 per hour

Hours of Work / Schedule: varied shifts Sun-Fridays beginning 6/24/24-8/7/24.

Part Time or Full Time Status: Full Time

Job Overview:

The Prep Cook establishes the kitchen workflow at his/her assigned unit to ensure that meals are prepared in an efficient and effective manner. The Cook may be additionally responsible for receiving supplies, verifying delivery quantity and quality, and ensuring all supplies are stored appropriately in accordance with health and safety regulations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities of the Prep Cook

• Responsible for planning and executing overall food preparation including defining the required steps for successful food preparation and delegating responsibilities appropriately to kitchen staff.

• Sample, smell and evaluates food to ensure conformance to recipes and standards of taste and appearance.

• Be knowledgeable of quality standards and required portion sizes and ensure food is served in compliance with both.

• Maintain an awareness of the physical location and productivity of all kitchen staff throughout their shift to ensure each employee stays on task with his/her individual responsibility.

• Ensure appropriate supply levels and maintained through effective ordering and inventory monitoring

• Responsible for inventory control including such things as, ordering food and supplies and effectively utilize food surplus to capitalize on investments made and control costs.

• Complete and maintain accurate daily production records as well as inventory files.

• Monitor all elements of the kitchen environment including the storage temperature of all food products; the temperature of water in dish machine and; and cooler and freezer temperature on a daily basis. Maintain environmental records as necessary.

• Responsible for sanitary conditions in all work areas that meet or exceed health department requirements.

• At the end of shift, check the entire facility for cleanliness of physical plant and all equipment. Verify that all security measures are in tack to guard against theft.

Requirements

Education and/or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Two to four years Cooking experience in the food service field with one year preferably in a supervisory capacity

• Knowledge of foodstuffs is essential with food production experience necessary

• Must possess basic math skills, ability to calculate production and recipes as required for guest counts

• Must be able to work at a moderate to fast pace

Physical Requirements

The on-the-job minimum physical requirements of the position based upon a typical workday.

• Occasional sitting

• Constant standing

• Frequent walking

• Frequent bending

• Frequent lifting up to 50 lbs

• Frequent carrying with both hands up to 50 lbs

Reaching, Handling, Finger Dexterity and/or Feeling

• Constant reaching by extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction

• Constant handling by seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with the hand or hands, but without finger dexterity

• Constant finger dexterity required to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hand(s) or arm(s); using a keyboard, for example

• Constant feeling to perceive an object’s size, shape, temperature or texture by means of senses in your skin

Communication

• Constant communication skills using the spoken word

• Constant hearing ability

Seeing

• Constant far vision (clear vision beyond 20 feet or more)

• Constant close vision (clear vision within 20 inches)

• Constant color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)

• Constant depth perception

• Constant ability to adjust focus

Working Conditions

The amount of exposure to the following environmental conditions based upon a typical workday.

• Occasional exposure to marked changes in temperature and humidity or extremes thereof

• Occasional work near moving mechanical parts

Noise Level: Moderate

We are an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Salary Description

$19.00/ hour