Cook Shift Coordinator

AECOM; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in healthcare is seeking a Culinary Services Lead to manage food preparation at Primary Children's Hospital. The successful candidate will oversee kitchen operations, ensuring safety and quality standards while leading a diverse team. Full-time shifts primarily cover evenings and weekends, focusing on creating exceptional dining experiences for patients and staff.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and communicate effectively in English.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in using safe food handling techniques.

Responsibilities

• Plans, prepares, and cooks foods for various settings.
• Leads culinary team in the absence of the manager.
• Maintains an organized and sanitary working environment.

Skills

Food Handling

Food Safety and Sanitation

Food Production

Communication

Education

Food Handler Permit or ServSafe certification

Job description

**Job Description:**

Under general direction, plans, prepares, and cooks foods for cafe, patient and/or catering settings. This position is also responsible to lead the culinary team when other leadership is not on-site within the Culinary Services department. Resolves immediate issues and escalates to manager as appropriate.

**Join our team at Primary Children’s Hospital Behavioral Health Center at the Taylorsville Campus We are growing!**

**Posting Specifics**

**Pay Rate** **:** Based on Experience

**Shift Details:** Full-time (40 hrs/wk) **Primarily working** **Closing Shifts/Evenings** **(10:30am - 7:00pm / 11:00am - 7:30pm - Weekdays) & (9:30am - 6:00pm / 10:00am - 6:30pm - Weekends).**

However, the caregiver will also cover call-outs on the days they are scheduled, so they will need to be able to work other shifts if necessary. This position will be working weekends and holiday as they will be the team lead and responsible for the department when the manager is not on-site.

**Department:** Primary Children's Hospital Taylorsville Campus

**Additional Details:** Caregiver will need to be able to learn all of the positions within Nutrition Services at the facility to be able to help with coverage when necessary. Caregiver will also be the department leader when the manager is not on-site or unavailable.

**Essential Functions**

+ Follows recipes and/or instructions in the preparation of food items

+ May prepare bulk food items, large scale production, line cook or complete assembly of specialty meals and catered items

+ Maintains an organized and sanitary working environment

+ Maintains proper quantities of production with appropriate rotation of product

+ Interacts with customers in any venue-catering, retail outlets or patient care

+ May be required to deliver patient meals, cashier, stock, use automatic and manual ware-washing machines

+ Supports a disciplined environment and provides after hours supervision in the absence of the supervisor or Chef

**Skills**

+ Food Handling

+ Food Safety and Sanitation

+ Food Production

+ Follows Instructions

+ Recipes – ability to understand and execute

+ Reading

+ Organizing

+ Communication

**Qualifications**

+ Food Handler Permit (as required by State/County) or ServSafe certification is required by first day of work.

+ Demonstrated ability to read and communicate effectively in English.

+ Demonstrated ability to work independently and part of a team.

+ Demonstrated ability to utilize safe food handling techniques, in all applications

+ Understands workflow, prioritizes, uses timelines, understands deadlines

+ Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional customer service (preferred)

+ Understands and prepares food according to modified diets using appropriate techniques where applicable (preferred)

+ Demonstrated ability to utilize commercial cooking equipment (preferred)

**Physical Requirements**

+ Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.

+ Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.

+ Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.

+ Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment. Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

+ Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.

+ Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemicals.

**Physical Requirements:**

**Physical Requirements**

+ Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.

+ Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.

+ Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.

+ Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment. Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

+ Remain standing for long periods of time to perform work.

+ Tolerate extremes in temperature such as performing work at a grill or in a refrigerator and tolerate exposure to cleaning chemicals.

**Location:**

Primary Childrens at Wasatch Canyons

**Work City:**

Salt Lake City

**Work State:**

Utah

**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$19.46 - $25.74

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/benefits) .

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