Cook 1

OSU Oregon State University; Corvallis (OR); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Oregon State University’s University Housing and Dining Services is hiring for multiple full-time Cook 1 positions. The role supports the Cook 2, ensuring appealing and nutritious meals, proper cooking methods, and strict safety standards.

You will assist in training student staff, scheduling work, and supervising operations to maintain campus dining quality. Applicants should have 1 year cooking experience in commercial food service or a culinary arts certificate, with experience in high-volume

Qualifications

• One year of experience as a cook in a commercial food service facility, or a certificate of completion in culinary arts / Foods and Hospitality Service from a certified community college or technical school.
• Prior experience in a high-volume food service operation.
• Lead work experience in training, scheduling and assigning work.
• Cashiering experience and accurate cash handling skills.
• Ability to use a computer to fill out forms, complete timesheets and check email.

Responsibilities

• Meal preparation and cooking for dining center.
• Maintain standards of safety and sanitation.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• Instruct student workers and oversee their work.
• Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.

Skills

Cook experience

High volume service

Lead work

Cash handling

Computer skills

Education

Culinary certificate

Job description

Job Summary

This recruitment will be used to fill multiple full-time (1.00 FTE) Cook 1 positions for University Housing and Dining Services at Oregon State University (OSU). The purpose of this position is to assist the Cook 2 to ensure that customers of the dining center will get an appealing, nutritious and satisfying meal. This includes maintaining quality of service, preparation of menu items using good cooking methods as well as adhering to safety/sanitation requirements. This position in collaboration with management team is responsible for training and lead work (scheduling, assigning work, and approving work) of student employees. This position is required to support the established professional standards, policies and procedures of the work unit, department, and university.

Key Responsibilities

• Meal Preparation


• Maintain Standards of Safety & Sanitation


• Customer Service


• Instruct Student Workers


• Miscellaneous

Qualifications

• One year of experience as a cook in a commercial food service facility; OR Possession of a Certificate of Completion in culinary arts and/or Foods and Hospitality Service from a certified community college or technical school.


• This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per University Standard: 05-010 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.


• Prior experience working in a high volume food service operation.


• Lead work experience in training, scheduling, and assigning work.


• Cashiering experience, and accurate cash handling skills.


• Ability to use computer to fill out forms, complete timesheet and check e-mail.

Working Conditions/Schedule

This is a physically active job in a commercial kitchen. Incumbent will experience long periods of standing on a hard floor; working with commercial kitchen equipment; and fluctuations in work flow, temperature, and noise level. Must be able to work shift on your feet and perform frequent arm movements. The employee in this position will often be required to lift and/or carry objects weight up to 50 pounds, and push and/or pull carts weighing up to 50 pounds. Will require work in areas that prepare and handle raw meat, as well as most common food allergens, including gluten. Flexibility in work shifts in necessary. Shift and/or work assignment may be changed based on operational needs. Because we are responsible for providing all meals for the student residents; and because there are residents living on campus all year, seven days a week, early morning, evening, weekend, and holiday work may be required. Good attendance is crucial for stability and day-to-day business needs. Must follow attendance schedule and break schedules, and must be on time and in uniform when shift begins. This position is deemed essential and the incumbent may be expected to report to work during inclement weather, emergency and other University work curtailments or closures. This position will potentially serve as a back‑up person for the delivery of food and beverage items into access‑secured residence halls, where there may be minors present, and/or this position may need to regularly access storage areas in a residence hall without an escort. These security sensitive tasks will require passing a CHC.

Salary Range

$18.06 - $23.88

Anticipated Start Date

2026-12-27

Anticipated End Date

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

OSU is a fair chance employer committed to inclusive hiring.

We encourage applications from candidates who bring a wide range of lived experience including involvement with the justice system.

If this position has “critical or security-sensitive” responsibilities and/or driving duties and you are selected as a finalist, your initial job offer will be contingent upon the results of a job‑related pre‑employment check (such as a background check, motor vehicle history check, sexual misconduct reference check, etc.). Background check results do not automatically disqualify a candidate. Take a look at our Background Checks website including the for candidates section for more details. If you have questions or concerns about the pre‑employment check, please contact OSU’s Employee and Labor Relations team at [e-mail].

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

Treasurer Chief Budget Officer Senior VP of Finance & Administration and CFO AVP for Facilities & Infrastructure Chancellor and Dean for OSU‑Cascades Dean, Lois Bates Acheson Dean of the Gary R. Carlson, MD, College of Veterinary Medicine Vice Provost for Ecampus Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Vice Provost for University Information and Technology Working for Oregon State University is so much more than a job! Oregon State University is a dynamic community of dreamers, doers, problem‑solvers and change‑makers. We don’t wait for challenges to present themselves — we seek them out and take them on. We welcome students, faculty and staff from every background and perspective into a community where everyone feels seen and heard. We have deep‑rooted mindfulness for the natural world and all who depend on it, and together, we apply knowledge, tools and skills to build a better future for all.

Locations

Oregon State has a statewide presence with campuses in Corvallis and Bend, the OSU Portland Center and the Hatfield Marine Science Center on the Pacific Coast in Newport. Oregon State’s beautiful, historic and state‑of‑the‑art main campus is located in one of America’s best college towns. Corvallis is located close to the Pacific Ocean, the Cascade mountains and Oregon wine country. Nestled in the heart of the Willamette Valley, this beautiful city offers miles of mountain biking and hiking trails, a river perfect for boating or kayaking and an eclectic downtown featuring local cuisine, popular events and performances.

Total Rewards Package

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Basic Life.


• OSU pays 95% of premiums for you and your eligible dependents.


• Free confidential mental health and emotional support services, and counseling resources.


• Retirement savings paid by the university.


• A generous paid leave package, including holidays, vacation and sick leave.


• Tuition reduction benefits for you or your qualifying dependents at OSU or the additional six Oregon Public Universities.


• Robust Work Life programs including Dual Career assistance resources, flexible work arrangements, a Family Resource Center, Affinity Groups and an Employee Assistance Program.


• Optional lifestyle benefits such as pet, accident, and critical care insurance, giving you peace of mind and the support you need to thrive in all aspects of your life.


• Future and current OSU employees can use the Benefits Calculator to learn more about the full value of the benefits provided at OSU.


• The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who does not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

FACTS

• Top 1.4% university in the world


• More research funding than all public universities in Oregon combined


• 1 of 3 land, sea, space and sun grant universities in the U.S.


• 2 campuses, 11 colleges, 12 experiment stations, and Extension programs in all 36 counties


• 7 cultural resource centers that offer education, celebration and belonging for everyone


• 100+ undergraduate degree programs, 80+ graduate degrees plus hundreds of minor options and certificates


• 35k+ students including more than 2.3k international students and 10k students of color


• 217k+ alumni worldwide

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

At Oregon State University, no qualified person shall, solely by reason of disability, be denied access to, participation in, or the benefits of, any program or activity operated by the University. If requested, OSU will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants in order to provide access to the application, interviewing and selection process. You are not required to note the presence of a disability on your application to receive an accommodation. Please request any reasonable accommodations for disability as early as possible in the application and search process. Requests may be directed to the hiring unit, or to the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access at [phone]. See Request an Accommodation Procedures for the OSU policy.

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