Cook

Pollo Campero; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 22,730 - 23,419; Full time

Job summary

Pollo Campero is looking for a kitchen team member in Herndon, Virginia, responsible for ensuring the highest quality food production and adherence to health and safety standards. Responsibilities include food preparation, monitoring food quality, and maintaining cleanliness in the kitchen. Candidates must be at least 18 years old, preferably with experience in similar roles. The position offers a pay range of $16.50 - $17.00 per hour, with flexible hours required including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Preferred: 1+ year of experience in similar roles.
• Ability to lift and push 50 lbs.
• Ability to stand for long periods.
• Flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Must follow company Personal Care and Hygiene policies.
• Must be able to produce authorized U.S. work documents.

Responsibilities

• Maintain verbal communication with FOH.
• Monitor the quality of food.
• Marinate and bread chicken.
• Ensure chicken is properly inspected.
• Follow receipts accordingly.
• Ensure restaurant adherence to health and sanitation standards.
• Follow protocol chicken forecast.
• Filter oil to ensure quality standards.
• Thoroughly clean equipment.
• Maintain sanitation, health, cleanliness, and safety standards.

Skills

Verbal communication

Quality monitoring

Teamwork

Interpersonal communication

Job description

Overview

The responsibility of our kitchen team members is to produce the highest quality food with precision and accuracy, continually observing and implementing the proper quality‑assurance and food‑safety procedures to satisfy restaurant demand and exceed customers’ expectations.

Responsibilities

• Maintains verbal communication with FOH
• Monitors the quality of food
• Marinating and breading chicken
• Ensuring chicken is properly inspected
• Following receipts accordingly
• Ensures restaurant adherence to health and sanitation standards
• Follow protocol chicken forecast
• Filtration of the oil to ensure quality standards
• Thoroughly clean equipment
• Maintains overall sanitation, health, cleanliness, and safety standards for food preparation areas, cooking services, and dishes and utensils.
• Follows and abides by all safety rules, policies, and procedures

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Preferred: 1+ year of experience in similar roles
• Ability to lift and push 50 lbs.
• Ability to stand for long periods
• Flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays
• Must follow the company Personal Care and Hygiene policies
• Must be able to produce authorized U.S. work documents

Expected Behaviors

• Have contagious energy
• Be a team player
• Must have great interpersonal communication skills to work with others
• Proactively help where it is most needed in the restaurant

Pay Range

USD $16.50 - USD $17.00 /Hr.

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