Cook

Sonic-Drive--in; Carlisle (AR); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

SONIC Drive-In in Carlisle, AR is seeking a Restaurant Cook who will cook, create, and package menu items, striving to beat your best record every shift, and communicate with the team to fuel a great guest experience. You’ll operate grill and fryer stations, portion items to product standards, check quality, and keep kitchen areas clean and safe while adapting to busy periods and irregular hours.

We value a contagious positive attitude, resilience, flexibility for night and weekend shifts, and

Qualifications

• Contagiously positive attitude.
• Ability to multitask, switching between tasks with ease.
• Flexible hours; night, weekend and holiday shifts.
• Effective communication skills; basic math and reading skills.
• Willingness to learn and grow.
• Team mentality and willingness to help where needed.
• Ability to follow directions.
• Respect for safety and sanitation standards.

Responsibilities

• Cooking, creating, and packaging delicious menu items.
• Operating grill and fryer stations and dressing items to order.
• Maintaining safety and sanitation standards.
• Cleaning assigned kitchen areas and disposing of trash.
• Communicating with the team to motivate and stay coordinated.
• Checking packaged items for quality and consistency.

Skills

Contagiously positive attitude

Ability to multitask

Team mentality

Effective communication

Basic math and reading skills

Flexible hours

Calm under pressure

Job description

As a SONIC Drive-In Cook, your primary responsibility is to provide every guest with a SuperSONIC experience by:

• Cooking, creating, and packaging delicious menu items
• Trying to beat your best record, every time
• Being proactive (If you're not busy now, you may be in 5 minutes!)
• Continuously communicating with the team to help motivate
• Maintaining SONIC safety and sanitation standards
• Preparing and portioning food according to product quality standards
• Operating grill and fryer stations and dressing items to order as needed
• Checking packaged menu items for product quality, accuracy, and consistency
• Cleaning assigned kitchen and restaurant areas, including trash disposal, mopping, sweeping, washing dishes, wiping counters, and sanitizing food preparation areas

What You'll Need:

• Contagiously positive attitude
• Ability to remain calm, especially in tough situations
• Resilient spirit, knowing everyone makes mistakes and can bounce back from a setback
• Eagerness to learn and grow
• Ability to multitask, switching from one task to another with ease
• Team mentality and willingness to help where needed
• Effective communication skills; basic math and reading skills
• Willingness to work flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts

The Fine Print:

As required by applicable law, SONIC Drive-In franchise organizations will make reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Each franchise organization is an independent employer and thus responsible for making its own employment-related decisions. Nothing in these materials should be construed as the franchisor being involved in or having control over a franchise employee's essential terms and conditions of employment.

Requirements:

SONIC Drive-In Restaurant Cook Requirements:

• Ability to work irregular hours, nights, weekends and holidays
• Ability to be flexible in all situations based on business needs
• Effective communication skills; basic math and reading skills
• Ability to follow directions
• Willingness to abide by the appearance, uniform and hygiene standards at SONIC Drive-In restaurants
• General knowledge and understanding of the restaurant industry or retail operations preferred, but not required

Additional Info:

Additional SONIC Drive-In Restaurant Cook Qualifications...

• Friendly and smiling faces that enjoy providing quality products for our guests!
• A willingness to cross-train at all stations—it never gets boring here!
• Motivated individuals who are team players and committed to keeping our drive-in clean and safe.

Sure, classic cars and vintage threads may be things of the past, but the SONIC Drive-In restaurant experience will always be groovy, right on, awesome, wicked, fab, the bees knees, cruisin . . you get the picture! It's downright sensational!!

SONIC and its independent franchise owners are Equal Opportunity Employers.

You are applying for work for a franchisee D.L. Rogers Corp of Sonic, not Sonic Corporate, or any of its affiliates. If hired, the franchisee will be your only employer. Franchisees are independent business owners who set their own wage and benefit programs that can vary among franchisees.

1495 N Bankhead Ave, Carlisle, AR, 72024