Cook - Murdoch

Adult Correction; North Carolina; On-site; USD 31,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Murdoch Developmental Center is seeking a Cook (S) to prepare entrées, starches, and vegetables for breakfast, lunch, and supper in a 24/7 residential facility in Butner, North Carolina. The role emphasizes accurate portioning, following prescribed recipes, and ensuring food safety and quality.

All employees at Murdoch Center are designated as essential for adverse weather and emergencies. The position requires experience in quantity cooking, knowledge of dietary modifications, and a valid

Qualifications

• Experience in cooking for large quantities and calculating servings.
• Knowledge of standard food safety practices and how to modify consistencies.
• Experience with commercial kitchen equipment and recipes.
• Ability to interpret and follow medical/standard recipes and perform simple math.
• Valid Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Prepare entrées, starches or vegetables for breakfast, lunch and/or supper.
• Modify food/ beverage consistencies to medically prescribed requirements.
• Prepare medically prescribed dietary meals as needed.
• Maintain food safety and sanitation in the kitchen.
• Assist with portion control and quantity planning.

Skills

Food preparation

Food safety

Kitchen equipment

Recipe interpretation

Driver's license

Job description

Agency

Dept of Health and Human Services Division Murdoch Developmental Center Job Classification Title Cook (S) Position Number 60050516 Grade NC01

About Us

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the largest, most complex agencies in the state, and has approximately 17,000 employees. It is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all North Carolinians, providing human service needs for special populations including individuals who are deaf, blind, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill, and helping poor North Carolinians achieve economic independence.

Description of Work

This is skilled work in preparing/cooking a major portion or all a meal in a commercial kitchen. This position is usually responsible for preparing an entrée, starch, or vegetable for Breakfast, Lunch, and/or Supper meal. Cooks are responsible for all consistency modifications required including thickening products, chopping, mincing and pureeing food and beverage items to medically prescribed consistencies, processing foods for meal substitutions; and preparing special medically prescribed dietary meals, etc.

We are currently recruiting for 3 Cook positions.

ALL employees of Murdoch Center are designated as ESSENTIAL for adverse weather and emergency events.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

Recruitment Range: $31,200.00 - $46,991.00

Candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they meet the minimum education and experience listed on the vacancy announcement.

• Working knowledge of methods of preparation and cooking of food in quantity portions , proven ability to calculate amounts of food needed to supply the number of servings required
• Proven knowledge with the standard tools, methods, and practices utilized to maintain food safety, knowledge of how to properly alter food and beverage consistencies
• Proven experience with the uses and adaptabilities of various commercial kitchen equipment
• Proven ability to interpret and follow standard and medically prescribed recipes and proven ability to perform simple math calculations and understand/follow oral and written instructions.
• Valid Driver's License

Work Schedule: 5:00am - 2:00pm/4:am - 12:00pm

Position #60050156, 60050517 & 60050521

About Murdoch Developmental Center:

Murdoch Developmental Center is a 24/7 state residential facility located in Butner, NC, near the Research Triangle area. Murdoch serves individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD). Murdoch is a caring community where professionals work with people of various ages, cognitive and functional abilities. To be considered for employment, you must be in good standing with the North Carolina Health Care Personnel Registry.

Veteran's and National Guard Preference Applicants seeking Veteran's Preference must