1st Shift Cook- Prep

Medium; North Jackson (OH); On-site; USD 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A meal delivery service in North Jackson is seeking a Prep Cook to be responsible for food preparation and adherence to safety and sanitation standards. Candidates should be team players with basic math and reading skills. This role involves various physical demands and requires standing, lifting, and operating kitchen equipment. If you are passionate about helping others, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively with others.
• Basic skills in weights and measurements.
• Experience or willingness to work as a prep cook.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain setup of the prep room.
• Ensure all batches are accurate and signed off.
• Adhere to safety, quality, and sanitation standards.

Skills

Team player

Basic reading comprehension

Basic math skills

Job description

Prep Cooks are responsible for preparing food and ingredients to be cooked in kettles of mixed in mixers.

Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to

• Prepare and maintain efficient setup of the prep room
• Understand kitchen needs for the day
• Initiate and ensure all batches are accurate and signed off
• Weigh prepped ingredients as needed
• Open boxed ingredients and decant into pans
• Ensure that equipment is returned to the dish room in an efficient manner
• Understand and operate stick blenders in a safe manner
• Inspect equipment after cleaning and before use to ensure that they are clean
• Adhere to strict safety, quality, and production standards including food sanitation (GMP) guidelines

Required Skills and Experience

• Be a team player, including the ability to communicate well with others
• Basic reading comprehension
• Basic math, weight, and measurement skills (pounds, ounces, etc.)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Prep cook experience

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to use hands to feel, grab, or operate objects, tools, and controls while reaching with hands and arms
• Frequently required to stand, communicate, and listen
• Occasionally required to walk, stoop, kneel or crouch
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Visual perception to perform job including peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Able to perform repetitive movements
• Able to work in variable temperatures (cold/hot)

Company Overview

Mom’s Meals is a home-delivered meal service providing fully prepared, refrigerated meal solutions direct to homes nationwide for over 25 years. We provide seniors, patients recovering post-discharge and those managing a chronic condition with tailored nutrition solutions to manage their specific needs. If you are passionate about the well-being of others and have a strong sense of community, Mom’s Meals could be the place for you! We are a family operated business looking for fun, compassionate, and friendly people who want to make a difference in the lives of others.

EEO

Mom’s Meals complies with all applicable federal and state non-discrimination laws. All qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regards to race, religion, national origin, ancestry, color, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or military status.