Cook

Pollo Campero; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 20,400 - 29,055; Full time

Job summary

Pollo Campero in Washington, D.C. is looking for a Kitchen Team Member to prepare high-quality food while adhering to strict hygiene and safety standards. Responsibilities include ensuring food quality, marinating chicken, and maintaining sanitation standards. Candidates must be at least 18 years old with preferred experience in similar roles. This is a hands-on position requiring physical stamina and flexibility to work various shifts, including nights and weekends. The pay rate is $17.95 per hour.

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.

Responsibilities

• Produce the highest quality food with precision and accuracy.
• Maintain verbal communication with FOH.
• Monitor the quality of food.
• Marinate and bread chicken.
• Inspect chicken properly.
• Ensure adherence to health and sanitation standards.
• Follow chicken forecast protocols.
• Filter oil to ensure quality standards.
• Clean equipment thoroughly.
• Maintain overall sanitation and cleanliness.

Skills

Verbal communication

Food 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 Rate

USD $17.95/Hr.