Breakfast Cook

Hy-Vee; Vermillion (SD); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Hy-Vee is seeking a Breakfast Cook for the Market Grille. You’ll provide friendly customer service, prep a variety of breakfast items, and manage hot and cold foods per recipes. You’ll operate grill, ovens, and other kitchen equipment while maintaining strict cleanliness and safety standards.

Responsibilities include assisting teammates, ensuring prompt service, and upholding Hy-Vee policies. This role emphasizes a strong work ethic, reliability, and a customer-first attitude in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 6 months or less of similar or related work experience.
• Must be physically able to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Provide prompt, efficient and friendly customer service to shoppers.
• Prepare breakfast foods, vegetables and meats per recipes.
• Operate kitchen equipment like grill, ovens, toasters and steamers.
• Ensure proper sanitation and maintain clean work areas at all times.
• Work with team to ensure a positive and efficient dining experience.
• Assist in other store areas as needed.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Sanitation

Food prep

Attention to detail

Education

High school or equivalent

Tools

Grill

Toaster

Coffee machine

Oven

Steamer

Job description

Additional Considerations (if any): - At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise "a helpful smile in every aisle" and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.

Job Title

Breakfast Cook

Department

Market Grille

FLSA

Non-Exempt

General Function

Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service. Prepares various breakfast foods for the Hy-Vee Market Grille and is responsible for all hot foods and cold foods including available heat-and-eat varieties. The Breakfast Cook is responsible for prepping a variety of ingredients and assembling dishes according to restaurant recipes and specifications.

Core Competencies

• Partnerships
• Growth mindset
• Results oriented
• Customer focused
• Professionalism

Reporting Relations

Accountable and Reports to: District Store Director; Store Manager; Assistant Managers of Store Operations, Perishables, and Health Wellness Homes; Food Service Manager; Market Grille Department Manager, Assistant Market Grille Department Manager

Positions that Report to you

None

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides prompt, efficient and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern and patience in all customer interactions and treating customers as the most important people in the store.
• Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner, whether the encounter takes place in the employee's designated department or elsewhere in the store.
• Makes an effort to learn customers' names and to address them by name whenever possible.
• Assists customers by: (examples include) escorting them to the products for which they're looking securing products that are out of reach loading or unloading heavy items making note of and passing along customer suggestions or requests performing other tasks in every way possible to enhance the shopping experience.
• Answers the telephone promptly when called upon and provides friendly, helpful service to customers who call.
• Works with co-workers as a team to ensure customer satisfaction and a pleasant work environment.
• Prepares the cooking surfaces.
• Prepares vegetables, sides, meats and breakfast foods.
• Places food in hot cases, monitors amounts, and refills as necessary.
• Prepares items for the upcoming shifts.
• Ensures personal understanding of all aspects of the kitchen.
• Ensures personal understanding of all aspects of the kitchen.
• Understanding and practices proper sanitation procedures and ensures the work area is always clean and neat.
• Maintains strict adherence to department and company guidelines related to personal hygiene and dress.
• Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.
• Reports to work when scheduled and on time.
• Knowledgeable of all menu items and able to take guest' orders.

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides direct customer service when necessary.
• Orders product and supplies when necessary or notifies department head of needs.
• Assists in other areas of store as needed.
• Performs other job related duties and special projects as required.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Worker Characteristics

• Must have the ability to solve practical problems; variety of variables with limited standardization; interpret instructions.
• Must have the ability to do simple addition and subtraction; copying figures, counting and recording.
• Must have the ability to understand and follow verbal or demonstrated instructions, write identifying information, and request supplies orally or in writing.

Education and Experience

• High school or equivalent experience.
• Six months or less of similar or related work experience.

Physical Requirements

Must be physically able to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally; up to 20 pounds of force frequently; and up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Visual requirements include

vision from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet with or without correction, depth perception, color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), and field of vision.

Must be able to perform the following physical activities

Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.

Working Conditions

This position is frequently exposed to a cool and warm environment, dampness, noise from equipment, and vibrations from some equipment. There are possible equipment movement hazards from slicers and choppers. There is daily exposure to cleaning chemicals and solvents. This is a fast paced work environment.

Equipment Used to Perform Job

Grill, toaster, coffee machine, oven, steamer, chopper, hot case, kitchen utensils, knives, stove, chicken roaster, can opener and C.A.R.S. reordering system.

Contacts

Interaction with customers and fellow employees on a daily basis.

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen.