Back of House - Kalispel Cook

Kalispel Casino; Cusick (WA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Kalispel Casino in Cusick, Washington is looking for skilled food preparers responsible for ensuring food quality and safety. The role includes cooking, using various methods, and following recipes to meet specifications set by the Chef.

Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED and be able to work in a fast-paced kitchen environment. Preference will be given to individuals with previous high-volume cooking experience. Nights, weekends, and holidays are required.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Tribal Work Permit.
• Washington State Food Handler Permit within 14 days of start date.
• One year of related experience and/or training.

Responsibilities

• Ensure food quality standards are met.
• Follow food safety and sanitation guidelines.
• Prepare and display food to specifications.

Skills

Problem solving under pressure

Diverse cooking skills

High volume cooking experience

Mathematical concepts related to food

Effective communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Posted Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM

Summary of Functions

Responsible for the preparation, production, and/or displaying of all foods in an assigned area. Ensures standards and expectations of food quality are met during scheduled shift.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians- Internal Controls, and the Kalispel Casino Policies and Procedures.
• Ability to perform various types of cooking methods.
• Follow all recipes and procedures including measuring, mixing, carving, cutting, washing and other techniques required for a full-service kitchen.
• Prepares and display food to specifications set by the Chef
• Follows all food safety and sanitation guidelines set forth by the FDA.
• Performs quality control checks before and after production to ensure health and sanitation standards are followed.
• Available to work any changes in hours deemed necessary for business levels.
• Responsible for maintaining a consistent, regular good attendance record.
• May be required to be a panelist for the Internal Review Hearings.
• This job description does not list all of the duties of this position. You may be instructed by management to perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Responsible for the preparation, production, and/or displaying of all foods in an assigned area. Ensures standards and expectations of food quality are met during scheduled shift.

Education

• High school diploma or GED

Experience

• One-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with high volume cooking is helpful.

Skills

• Skill in identifying and resolving problems under pressure conditions.
• Diverse cooking skills and high volume experience preferred
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts related to food.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all levels of the organization and the public.
• Effectively communicate information through verbal and written correspondence.

Other Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Tribal Work Permit.
• Washington State Food Handler Permit within 14 days of start date.
• Available and willing to work nights, weekends and holidays as required.

Physical Demands

• Requires the ability to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 80+ pounds.
• Constantly requires the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discrimination in sound.
• Constantly requires verbally expressing or exchanging ideas of important instructions accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Constantly requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm.
• Constantly requires repetitive movement of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Occasionally requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time.
• Occasionally requires ascending or descending stairs or ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Occasionally requires raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires stooping which entails the use of the lower extremities and back muscles. Infrequently requires crouching.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, occasionally exposed to tobacco smoke. The employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, repetitive motions, extreme cold and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Travel Requirements

• Local travel is occasionally required.
• Travel outside of the state is infrequently required, typical travel time is generally less than a week.

Hiring Preference

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is an Equal opportunity employer. Consistent with federal law, the Kalispel Tribe of Indians applies Indian preference in employment.

General Sign-off

The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

Equal Opportunity Employer
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