Grill Cook - Pentagon

Guest Services, Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Guest Services, Inc. is hiring a Grill Cook in Arlington, VA to prepare, cook, and serve grilled items. You will coordinate with the Executive Chef on daily and special function menus and ensure quality and consistency across all grill presentations.

Responsibilities include setting up and breaking down the grill, producing daily items, and maintaining safety and sanitation practices. The role requires good culinary knowledge and strong customer service skills in a fast-paced kitchen.

Qualifications

• Culinary knowledge required to prepare and cook grilled items.
• Food safety certification and sanitation habits required.
• Strong customer service abilities to assist customers and coworkers.
• Ability to recognize problems and communicate with management.

Responsibilities

• Set up, restock, and break down the grill area.
• Produce daily meals and menu specials for service.
• Prepare daily specials and hot sandwich items for the hot slide.
• Follow recipes and directions for cooking meats, vegetables, and grilled foods.
• Operate kitchen equipment, measure and mix ingredients, and prep food.
• Estimate production needs, keep records, and manage waste.
• Clean equipment and utensils in the grill area; maintain logs.
• Maintain temperature logs and grill station signage.
• Monitor safety and report issues to the manager.

Skills

Culinary knowledge

Food safety

Sanitation

Customer service

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Summary

The responsibility of the Grill Cook is to prepare, cook, and serve food items on the grill and to coordinate with the Executive Chef on all daily and special function menus.

Compensation Amount

18.00 USD Hourly

Job Description

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Responsible for setting up, restocking, and breaking down of the grill
• Responsible for the daily production of meal items and daily menu specials
• Responsible for preparing daily specials, hot sandwich production, and sides to be placed in the hot slide for service
• Follow recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking and tasting, meats, vegetables, and other grilled foods
• Food preparation will include operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding food, and trimming and cutting meat and poultry. Report all malfunctioning equipment to the supervisor.
• Taste food products, read menus, estimate food requirements, check production, and keep records in order to accurately plan production requirements
• Control food production to ensure that extra food products be recycled or disposed of properly to manage food waste
• Responsible for cleaning all equipment and utensils used in the grill prep and production area
• Maintain temperature logs and signage for the grill station.
• Maintain awareness of safety issues, and report them immediately to your manager.

SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

• Partial High School education required; High School Diploma/G.E.D. preferred.
• Culinary knowledge.
• Food Safety certified and strong sanitation habits.
• Strong customer service abilities; actively looks for ways to assist customers and coworkers.
• Ability to recognize when a problem has occurred and communicate it to management.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly frequent movements from place to place within the unit. Bend, lift, carry, reach/extend arms and hands above shoulder height frequently, or otherwise move in a constantly changing environment.
• Lifting, carrying, and pushing up to 25 lbs. regularly, 30-35 lbs. frequently, and up to 50 lbs. occasionally.
• Ability to stand for the entire work day.
• Ability to climb steps regularly.
• Withstanding temperature extremes in freezer, refrigerator walk-in and grill areas.
• Reading and writing work-related documents in English.
• Speech recognition and clarity, including the ability to understand the speech of customers and co-workers and the ability to speak clearly so that you can be understood by customers and co-workers in English.
• Constantly communicates and receives verbal communication with other employees in fast-paced kitchen.
• Physical presence at the job site is essential to perform job duties.

EQUIPMENT USED

• Standard commercial cooking machinery and utensils.

Founded in 1917, Guest Services has worked tirelessly to earn the reputation as the premier hospitality management company and National Park Service concessionaire in the United States. Guest Services takes great care and pride in providing best-in-class services across a wide variety of client sites including luxury communities, hotels, resorts, government and business dining facilities, full-service restaurants, state and national parks, outdoor recreation, boathouses, marinas, museums, conference centers, senior living communities, health care systems, school and university dining facilities, and specialty retail stores.

Guest Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and promotion without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.