Part Time Food Services Cook

Overview

LOCATION: San Poil Treatment Center

POSITION: Part Time Food Services Cook

REPORTS TO: Mary Jo Nee

Salary: $20.20 - $24.61 DOE

CLOSING DATE: Open Until filled with Bi-weekly reviews

Summary: The Food Services Cook is responsible for performing a variety of tasks related to the breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal service; setting up equipment and serving menu items; taking down, cleaning and storing serving equipment; operating a dish machine and ensuring dishes are properly sanitized; and maintaining freezers, storerooms and refrigerators in an orderly manner. The Food Services Cook will keep the kitchen area clean and sanitary in accordance with current federal, state, and local Tribal standards, guidelines, and regulations.

Advancement to the Food Services Cook is based on need and meeting the qualifications and ability to perform the functions of the position. The Food Services Cook works under the direction and supervision of the Food Services Manager.

• Prepares, cook, and season soups, meats, fish, poultry, vegetables, desserts, and other foods; substitutes meals when scheduled food supplies are not available.
• Taking down, cleaning and storing serving equipment; operating a dish machine and ensuring dishes are properly sanitized; and maintaining freezers, storerooms and refrigerators in an orderly manner.
• Reads recipes and/or product directions.
• Estimates food requirements.
• Operates a variety of kitchen utensils to weigh, measure, mix, wash, peel, cut, grind, stir, strain, season, and knead foodstuffs for cooking, serving and storing.
• Assists in the preparation of hot and/or cold foods, and properly stores food, utilizing knowledge of temperature requirements and spoilage.
• Inspects workstations for compliance with service standards.
• Keeps records and requisition for supplies/equipment as needed.
• Provides general stocking duties in service area.
• Serves and replenishes food from counters and steam tables, and breaks down stations at the end of meal periods.
• Brews coffee and tea. May be required to restock other beverage areas.
• Assists in inventory, checking, and storing foods and supplies. Follows FIFO method.
• Supervises residents, assisting in food preparation, serving, and cleaning of kitchen facilities and equipment; instructs and trains residents in the operation of equipment used in semi-skilled kitchen tasks.
• Performs meat cutting and baking duties.
• Helps in the preparation of routine records and reports.
• Attends all in-service training.
• Complies with all company safety and risk management policies and procedures.
• Reports all accidents and injuries in a timely manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position.

Education and Experience

The position requires a high school diploma or equivalent and 12-18 months of restaurant type cooking experience in food services. Experience in an institutional, military, or large commercial kitchen a plus. Must be a minimum age of 21 years old.

Licenses and Certificates

Requires a valid driver’s license. Food Handler’s Card. First Aid & CPR Card. Requires a TB test with negative results within 15 days of hire. Maintain all licenses and certifications throughout employment.

Knowledge and Skills

Knowledgeable of the practices, methods, and equipment used in preparing, cooking, and serving food in large quantities. Must be able to read and understand product labels, recipes, and menus. Must have knowledge of basic computer skills. Must have knowledge of behavior of persons in treatment facilities. Must have knowledge of sanitation methods in cleaning and caring of equipment. Must have knowledge of storing and inventory methods of large quantities of food.

Must be knowledgeable of the common weights and measures of food proportion requirements. Must be knowledgeable of the federal, state and Tribal standards, guidelines and regulations governing this facility. Must have knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions of kitchen areas and equipment.

Note:

Pursuant to Tribal Policy, if this position is safety sensitive it is subject to pre-employment drug testing. In addition, this position is subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing.

TRIBAL MEMBER AND INDIAN PREFERENCE WILL APPLY; PREFERENCE WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS WHO ARE MINIMALLY QUALIFIED.

If required of this position, you must possess and maintain a valid Washington State driver’s license and be eligible for the Tribes’ Vehicle Insurance. In addition, this position may be subject to pre-employment background clearances. If applicable, these clearances must be maintained throughout employment.

INFORMATION:
Brenda Van Slyke, Human Resources Generalist, Colville Tribe Health Care Authority, ,