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Cook

KFC
Cathedral, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/8/2026
TEAM MEMBER

Title:

Cook

Position Effective Date:

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Company/Department:

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Supervisory Role:

None

Reports to:

FLSA Status:

Nonexempt

EEO-1 Job Category Code:

9. Service Workers

Driving Capacity:

E - Never 0%

Workers' Comp Code.:

Other - Insert Code in Notes Section


JOB SUMMARY:

The incumbent is expected to prepare and cook food. Their main responsibilities include prepping sides and cooking chicken to recipes standards, making sure all product transactions run smoothly and every customer is satisfied with the service. Cooks are also responsible for maintaining a clean kitchen and cooking area.

WC Code 9079.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Team Player

Assist cashier/packline operator in

Ensure chicken is cooked to food safety standard.

Maintain times on chicken and sides.

Ensure cabinets are full with fresh product

Discard food waste properly.

Follow all company standards and procedures to prepare and fufill orders.

Maintain a clean working environment both inside and outside the store.

Wash dishes during slow periods.

Heat up or cook side dishes and prep for the day or next day.


CORE COMPETENCIES:

Adaptability & Accountability: Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, accepts criticism and feedback, changes approach or method to best fit the situation and takes responsibility for own actions.

Analytical Skills: Synthesizes complex or diverse information, prioritizes projects and determines the best way of meeting deadlines and requirements. Attendance & Punctuality: Schedules time off in advance, begins working on time, keeps absences within guidelines, ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent and arrives at meetings and appointments on time.

Business Ethics: Works with integrity, adheres to high ethical standards, upholds organizational values, and abides by written policies. Avoids the perception of conflicts of interests and abides by all regulatory requirements.

Communication: Expresses ideas and thoughts both verbally and in written form, exhibits good listening skills and comprehension, responds well to questions, writes clearly and informatively and edits work for spelling and grammar. Presents accurate numerical data effectively.

Compliance: Within specified functional area of authority, is personally accountable to understand and ensure regulatory and policy compliance with state and federal requirements in accordance with his/her respective job duties and responsibilities.

Confidentiality: Maintains a high degree of confidentiality.

Customer Service: The extent to which the Team Member provides prompt and high-quality service to team members, vendors and internal/external customers.

Judgment: Displays willingness to make decisions timely, exhibits sound and accurate judgment, supports and explains reasoning for decisions, includes appropriate people in decision-making process and takes responsibility for communication including what is heard.

Organization: Maintains clean, functional workspace, continuous workflow to meet daily/weekly/monthly deadlines.

Safety: Attends required safety meetings, follows the Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (IIPP) and reports unsafe conditions, keeps workplace in safe condition.

Teamwork / Morale: Treats others with respect and courtesy, gives and welcomes feedback, inspires the trust of others, exhibits tact and consideration, displays positive outlook and pleasant manner, offers assistance and support to co-workers, works cooperatively in group situations. Engages consistently in professional behavior.

Training: Completes company required training timely.

Leadership & Management: Reacts well under pressure and is accessible. Carries out required performance management processes and timekeeping responsibilities. Identifies disciplinary situations or employee conflict and manages communication appropriately. Assures confidential interchange with subordinates as appropriate. Demonstrates and instills in others an appropriate sense of urgency.

OTHER DUTIES:

Attends staff, departmental, and required meetings, and other duties as assigned.


EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION:

Previous customer service or cashier experience desirable

COMPUTER & SOFTWARE SKILLS:

Use of internet or apps is helpful

COMPUTER & SOFTWARE SKILLS DIRECTIONS:




Internet explorer

MS Word


TRAVEL:

No travel required

REASONING & MENTAL ABILITIES:

Uses critical thinking skills to interpret information furnished in written, oral or schedule form. Makes sound decisions and sets goals based on available information and evaluates situations and requirements to plan and adjust work accordingly.

Projects accurate future occurrences based on current or historic data. Must be able to work with supervision; able to make decisions about the severity of variable situations and evaluate the most appropriate response; able to make appropriate decisions related to customer requests.


HAZARDS:

Will be exposed to varying weather conditions, soil, pollen, grass and plant materials and fertilizer while working; will be exposed to cleaning solutions of home strength; may be exposed to industrial strength solutions for pest control, paints or solvents, biohazards such as bloodborne pathogens, sewage, or building waste.


EQUIPMENT USE:

Deep Fryers, pressure Fryers, ovens, soda machines.

SALARY RANGE:

$20 - $22/hour

At-will employment:

This position is an at-will employment opportunity. This means that either the employee or the employer may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice, as permitted by law

Salary : $20 - $22

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