Cook (TI-43744)

CLOSING DATE:      Open until filled with weekly reivews

POSITION:                Cook

SALARY:                   $20.00 - $25.27, per hour DOE

REPORTS TO:         Food Service Manager

LOCATION:              San Poil Treatment Center, Keller, WA 

Basic Functions:      This is a non-Exempt position. Performs the day-to-day activities of the San Poil Treatment Center’s Dietary Department performing duties as a Cook with the preparation of meals under the direction of the Food Service Manager, washing dishes, pots and pans, trays and setting up.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Training: 

• Requires a high school diploma or equivalent
• Two (2) years of experience of restaurant type cooking in food service. Experience in an institutional, military, or large commercial kitchen a plus.
• May require a valid driver’s license and be eligible for the Tribes’ vehicle insurance.  
• Requires a Food Handler’s Card. First Aid & CPR Card.
• Requires a TB test with negative results within 15 days of hire. 
• Required to maintain all licenses and certifications throughout employment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Requires 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.
• Requires the ability to speak and read the English language.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Requires the ability to prepare, cook, and coordinate cooking processes so that nutritional meals are prepared and served on time.
• Requires the ability to complete assigned tasks with minimal supervision.
• The ability to understand specific verbal or written instructions and procedures.
• Requires the ability to guide and instruct residents in semi-skilled food preparation, service, and cleaning tasks.
• Requires the ability to perform basic mathematical operations to determine and proportions of ingredients with a minimum of waste.
• Requires the ability to cut, slice, and grind meat and poultry.
• Requires the ability to follow oral and written directions.
• Requires the ability to maintain personal cleanliness and neatness.
• Requires the ability to maintain effective working relationships with treatment center staff.
• Requires the ability to orientate the residents on post orders and kitchen rules and regulations.
• Requires the ability to maintain effective security of kitchen equipment and utensils.
• Requires the ability to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, taste, and smell.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls.
• Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Routinely required to perform manual labor associated with food preparation for large groups, and to stand for long periods of time.
• While performing the essential functions of the job, the employee if routinely exposed to hot equipment, cookware and utensils; is occasionally exposed to the possibility to injury from moving mechanical parts; and is occasionally exposed to fumes and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The employee may be required to work outside normal business hours, including rotating shifts, weekends and holidays.
• This position is identified as a safety sensitive position and is subject to pre-employment, post-accident, random, and reasonable suspicion drug testing. 
• Must have no history of substance abuse of a period of three (3) years prior to time of employment and must refrain from the use of illicit substances or prescription medications not prescribed by a health care provider during the term of employment.
• Must submit to and successfully clear an extensive criminal background inquiry (BIA, Tribal, & State ) and maintain clearance throughout employment.
• Work history must reflect better than average attendance. 

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.

THIS POSITION WILL BE SUBJECT TO PRE-EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND CLEARANCES.  THESE CLEARANCES MUST BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT EMPLOYMENT.

INFORMATION: Tanya Ives, HR Technician Senior, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Human Resources Office, P.O. Box 150, Nespelem, WA 99155, (509) 634-2201. tanya.ives.hrs@colvilletribes.com

Salary : $20 - $25