Cafe Senior Cook

NU3S - Car Wash | Cafe | Auto Care; Hempfield Township (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Nu3s Market Café is expanding its kitchen team and seeks a Senior Cook who can run a station independently, maintain quality, and support the team during busy periods.

You’ll work with the Kitchen Team Lead and Head Cook to ensure recipes are followed precisely and portions are consistent.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of cooking experience in a café, QSR, or fast-casual kitchen.
• Comfortable working a station solo and keeping pace during rushes.
• Strong recipe-following and food-prep fundamentals.
• Some experience mentoring or informally leading other cooks a plus.
• Reliable, organized, and calm under pressure.
• ServSafe certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execute menu items to spec using recipe cards with attention to quality, consistency, and presentation.
• Run a station independently during service and help coordinate flow across the line.
• Collaborate with Kitchen Team Lead, Head Cook and kitchen staff.
• Help train prep and line cooks on recipes, procedures, and food-safety standards.
• Monitor food quality, portioning, and ticket times.
• Assist with inventory counts, ordering, and receiving deliveries.
• Keep the kitchen clean, organized, and up to health code standards.
• Flag issues or improvement ideas to the Head Cook.

Skills

Cooking experience

Solo station handling

Mentoring/leading others

Food safety

Education

ServSafe certification (preferred)

Job description

Nu3s Market Café has recently opened and is building out our kitchen team as we grow. We're looking for a Senior Cook who can run a station independently, keep quality consistent, and help steady the kitchen during busy stretches, someone who's ready to take on more responsibility without needing close supervision.

What You'll Do

• Execute menu items to spec using our recipe cards, with strong attention to quality, consistency, and presentation
• Run a station independently during service and help coordinate the flow across the line
• Work collaboraticely with the Kitchen Team Lead, Head Cook and kitchen staff.
• Help train prep and line cooks on recipes, procedures, and food-safety standards
• Monitor food quality, portioning, and ticket times
• Assist with inventory counts, ordering, and receiving deliveries
• Keep the kitchen clean, organized, and up to health code standards
• Flag issues or improvement ideas to the Head Cook

What We're Looking For

• 2+ years of cooking experience in a café, QSR, or fast-casual kitchen
• Comfortable working a station solo and keeping pace during rushes
• Strong recipe-following and food-prep fundamentals
• Some experience mentoring or informally leading other cooks a plus
• Reliable, organized, and calm under pressure
• ServSafe certification preferred

Why Join Us

Be part of a small, growing kitchen team at a new neighborhood concept combining a Market Café, Auto Care Center, and touchless car wash. Room to grow into more responsibility as we expand.