Full-Time Kitchen Pro | ServSafe Certified

The Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University is seeking a food service worker to handle hot and cold item preparation, station setup, and efficient customer service in a high-volume kitchen. The role emphasizes strict adherence to HACCP, ServSafe, and health/safety standards, with a focus on teamwork and reliability in a busy dining environment.

Responsibilities include preparing recipes, maintaining par levels, logging temperatures, cleaning stations, and ensuring proper storage and portion control.

Qualifications

• Strong passion and motivation to create great food.
• General culinary knowledge of basic kitchen practices, protocols, and procedures.
• 2 years of equivalent experience working in a high-volume restaurant kitchen.
• Understanding of typical culinary units of measure.
• Ability to work safely and efficiently with large volume culinary equipment including grill, fryers, steamers, tilt skillets, and convection ovens.
• Ability to follow all health and safety standards.
• Possess the ability to meet specific uniform standards for this position.
• Utilize all Personal Protective Equipment’s per guidelines.
• Wear a cut resistance glove whenever using a sharp or potentially sharp tool or instrument.
• Ability to use time keeping system to properly record time worked for payroll processing.

Responsibilities

• Prepares hot and cold items per recipes and production guidelines.
• Washes, peels, cuts, and seeds vegetables and fruits; weighs and measures designated ingredients.
• Ensures par levels are maintained for your station; takes temperatures and logs.
• Carries pans, kettles, and trays of food to and from workstations.
• Properly stores foods with wrapping, dating, and rotation procedures.
• Cleans work areas, equipment, and utensils; distributes supplies and equipment.
• Follows recipe, production and presentation standards.
• Completes end of shift production sheets and logs.
• Set up station or section in time for service and serve customers efficiently.
• Interacts with co-workers to ensure compliance with standards.

Skills

Passion for food

Culinary knowledge

Kitchen experience

Food safety awareness

Uniform and PPE compliance

Timekeeping proficiency

Teamwork and communication

Education

ServSafe certification

Allertrain certification

Job description

Johns Hopkins University is seeking a food service worker to handle hot and cold item preparation, station setup, and efficient customer service in a high-volume kitchen. The role emphasizes strict adherence to HACCP, ServSafe, and health/safety standards, with a focus on teamwork and reliability in a busy dining environment.

Responsibilities include preparing recipes, maintaining par levels, logging temperatures, cleaning stations, and ensuring proper storage and portion control.