Cook I (85 North) (Multiple Positions)

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the University of Arizona's dining team as a Cook, where you'll create delicious meals for the Wildcat Community. This full-time position requires an ability to prepare a variety of food items while adhering to strict safety regulations. You'll enjoy competitive pay and outstanding benefits as part of a vibrant team focused on culinary excellence.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays

UA tuition reduction for employees and family

Access to UA recreation and cultural activities

Qualifications

• Knowledge of food service operations and preparation techniques.
• Ability to follow recipes and maintain sanitation.
• Skills in multitasking in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Prepare hot and cold food items per recipes, ensuring quality and safety.
• Coordinate food orders and maintain cleanliness in the kitchen.
• Prevent cross-contamination and ensure proper food storage.

Skills

Food safety knowledge

Knife skills

Large quantity food preparation

Communication

Multitasking

Education

High school diploma or equivalency

Tools

Kitchen equipment

Job description

The kitchen and living room of the University of Arizona, where everyone can eat, play, relax, and get involved!

The Arizona Student Unions is looking for talented cooks to join our team.

YOUR ROLE:As a Cook, you are part of a team that creates great tasting food with food safety in focus. You will be preparing food in a variety of forms using a unique combination of equipment. 85 North is an All You Care To Eat restaurant where cooks will be making food to order and preparing recipes in bulk. We are located inside the W.A. Franke Honor's College dorm where our main focus is to fuel the Wildcat Community! This position performs cooking and food preparation for 85 North. This position will cook/prep according to recipes and requires knowledge of basic kitchen equipment, knife skills and food safety knowledge.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Duties & Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepares hot and cold food items per recipes and methods, ensuring quality, freshness, and safety.
• Coordinates food orders with sous chef or supervisors and ensures food availability for the Wildcat Community.
• Maintains cleanliness, sanitation, and safety standards, including proper handwashing, glove use, and allergy procedures.
• Prevents cross-contamination and ensures correct food storage, labeling, rotation, and temperature control per Pima County Health Codes.
• Multitasks efficiently in a fast-paced environment, adapting to changing needs while keeping work areas clean and organized.
• Follows menus, prep and cleaning lists, and performs additional duties to support efficient kitchen operations.
• Cleans and sanitizes all kitchen and front-of-house areas, including equipment, surfaces, utensils, and waste disposal.
• Works collaboratively with staff and students, greets customers courteously, and provides feedback to supervisors.
• Identifies and solves problems proactively to maintain smooth operations.
• Additional duties as assigned by supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of food service operations, including large quantity food preparation.
• Knowledge of job content, practices and procedures.
• Skills necessary to fully perform all aspects of the job.
• Skills in operating various institutional/commercial kitchen equipment.
• Ability to effectively communicate with customers and coworkers.
• Ability to multi-task under stressful situations.
• Ability to accept and integrate feedback in a professional and productive manner.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to transport and/or lift a maximum of 50 lbs.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or high school diploma equivalency is required.
• Must be able to work nights, holidays, weekends, and days.

Preferred Qualifications

FLSA Non-Exempt

Full Time/Part Time Full Time

Number of Hours Worked per Week 40

Job FTE 1

Work Calendar Fiscal

Job Category University Operations

Benefits Eligible Yes - Full Benefits

Rate of Pay $16.50-$18.75

Compensation Type hourly rate

Grade 2

Compensation Guidance The Rate of Pay Field represents the University of Arizona’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. The University considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, and internal equity.

The Grade Range represent a full range of career compensation growth over time. The university offers compensation growth opportunities within its career architecture. To learn more about compensation, please review our Applicant Compensation Guide and our Total Rewards Calculator .

Career Stream and Level OC1

Job Family Culinary & Food Services

Job Function University Operations

Type of criminal background check required: Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive)

Number of Vacancies 2

Target Hire Date

Expected End Date

Contact Information for Candidates Michelle Ward
[e-mail]

Open Date 6/13/2025

Open Until Filled Yes

Documents Needed to Apply Resume

Special Instructions to Applicant

Notice of Availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), each year the University of Arizona releases an Annual Security Report (ASR) for each of the University’s campuses.Thesereports disclose information including Clery crime statistics for the previous three calendar years and policies, procedures, and programs the University uses to keep students and employees safe, including how to report crimes or other emergencies and resources for crime victims. As a campus with residential housing facilities, the Main Campus ASR also includes a combined Annual Fire Safety report with information on fire statistics and fire safety systems, policies, and procedures.
Paper copies of the Reports can be obtained by contacting the University Compliance Office at [e-mail].