Cook (UN)

Job Title: Cook TEMPORARY

Department: Food Services 

Job Summary: 

This position will be preparing and cooking food items to ensure the highest quality service and experience for our customers. They help keep the kitchen organized and running efficiently. They ensure proper food handling, sanitation, and following food storage procedures. 

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

• None 

Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Set up workstations with all needed ingredients and cooking equipment 

• Prepare ingredients to use in cooking (chopping and peeling vegetables, cutting meat, etc.) 

• Cook food with various utensils or grillers 

• Check food while cooking to stir or turn 

• Ensure great presentation by dressing dishes before they are served 

• Keep a sanitized and orderly environment in the kitchen 

• Ensure all food and other items are stored properly 

• Check the quality of ingredients  

• Monitor stock and place orders when there are shortages 

Required Skills/Abilities:  

• Proficient written and oral communication skills according to skill requirements  

• Ability to function well in a high-paced and, at times, stressful environment  

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals   

• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs 

Education and Experience: 

• High school diploma or equivalent 

• At least two years of related experience required 

Physical Requirements:  

• Prolonged period of standing, bending, reaching, and working with hands  

• Occasional periods of prolonged exposure to loud noises   

• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds at times  

• Ability to stand, walk, and reach with arms and hands as necessary   

• Ability to hear and see, to position and safety requirement levels    

• Occasional exposure to elements such as heat, cold, noise, dust, dirt, and chemicals  

*THIS IS A TEMPORARY POSITION*

Special Qualifications/Requirements:  

• Must be able to successfully pass as required a federal, state, or local government's background investigation 

Disclaimer:  

The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities 

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. 

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner, discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) 

Job Description last Updated: 03/06/2026