Cook

Workstream; Huntington (TX); On-site; USD 16,531 - 22,041; Full time

Job summary

SONIC Drive-In is seeking a restaurant cook to oversee food production across grill and fry stations, ensuring orders are prepared to quality standards. Responsibilities include preparing, cooking, portioning, dressing items, and packaging for service while maintaining cleanliness and safety across work areas.

The role emphasizes flexibility with hours, teamwork, and adherence to uniform and hygiene guidelines, with opportunities to contribute to a fast-paced guest-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to work irregular hours, nights, weekends and holidays.
• Effective communication skills; basic math and reading skills.
• Willingness to abide by appearance, uniform and hygiene standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook food orders to meet quality standards.
• Handle food production, grill, fryer and related tasks.
• Package items and verify quality and consistency.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitize food areas.

Skills

Effective communication

Flexibility

Team player

Follow directions

Attention to cleanliness

Job description

Who says FUN and RESPONSIBILITY can’t hang together? At SONIC Drive-In restaurants, you’ll have all that, along with great pay, flexible hours, a cool uniform and the camaraderie of fantastic co-workers.

As a SONIC Drive-In restaurant Cook, you will oversee the Appetite Satisfaction Department, which involves operating the following stations: Food Production, Grill, Fryer and other tasks if applicable.

Cook tasks in the restaurant may include:

• Preparing and cooking food orders to meet product quality standards
• Food preparation and portioning
• Cooking on the grill
• Operating the fry station
• Dressing items to order
• Packaging all menu items and checking for product quality and consistency
• Cleaning including trash disposal, mopping, sweeping, washing dishes, wiping counter-tops and sanitizing food areas

Requirements:

• Ability to work irregular hours, nights, weekends and holidays
• Ability to be flexible in all situations based on business need
• 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 SONIC Drive-In Restaurant Cook Qualifications:

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

SONIC and its independent franchise owners are Equal Opportunity Employers.