Hotel Kitchen Cook I — Fast-Paced Prep & Guest Service

Grand Sierra Resort; Reno (NV); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinsley Power Systems in Reno, NV seeks an experienced team member for a high-volume hotel kitchen role. You will safely prepare food per recipes and specs, read forecasts and menus, and coordinate production for your area.

Responsibilities include assisting cooks, managing stock, and ensuring quality and cost controls while maintaining sanitation and safety standards. Applicants must be 21+ and adaptable to shift changes.

Qualifications

• Organized, able to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Comprehend and follow supervisor’s instructions.
• Maintain a neat, clean and well-groomed appearance.
• Able to work with interruptions.
• Reading, writing, math and task completion skills required.
• Skills: coordination, analyzing, precision working, following instructions, memorization, problem solving, independent judgment, decision making.
• Flexible shifts including holidays, nights and weekends.
• Must be at least 21 years old.

Responsibilities

• Safely prepare all food items per standard hotel recipes and specs.
• Read and follow daily forecasts, menus, and recipes for production.
• Complete food order requisitions using computer or pen and paper.
• Interact with guests to accommodate special requests.
• Support cooks and team in prep, cooking, and presenting food per standards.
• Audit storeroom items for quality and rotation; monitor food cost and safety codes.
• Perform other duties as assigned within scope.

Skills

Organization

Deadline focus

Following instructions

Appearance

Reading & writing

Interruption tolerance

Coordination

Analyzing

Precision

Memorization

Problem solving

Independent judgment

Decision making

Job description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Primary duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Safely prepare all food prep and food items in accordance with standard hotel recipes and specifications.
• Read, comprehend, and follow the daily forecasts, menus and recipes in order to produce and delegate the production of all food items for respective work area.
• Complete food order requisitions using a computer, or pen and paper, to procure the necessary items needed for production in work area.
• Interact with hotel guests in order to provide for special requests.
• Participate in activities of cooks and other team members involved in preparing, cooking and presenting food in accordance with hotel productivity standards, cost controls and special needs.
• Audit food storeroom items for quality, consistency and rotation. Work to control food cost and revenues. Follow daily sanitation, hand washing and safety codes.
• Any other duties as assigned within the scope of this position.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES
• Organized, prioritize work, and meet deadlines.
• Comprehend and follow supervisor’s instructions.
• Maintain a neat, clean and well-groomed appearance.
• Able to work with interruptions.
• Ability of simple reading, writing, math, and task completion skills is required.
• Must have the following skills: coordination, analyzing, precision working, following instructions, memorization, problem solving, independent judgment, and decision making.
• Flexible working all shifts including holidays, nights, and weekend hours as business needs dictate.
• Must be a minimum of 21 years of age.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
• Minimum 1 year culinary experience in a high-volume restaurant kitchen required or any combination of education, training, or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
• While performing the duties of this job, the team member is constantly standing, occasionally sitting, walking, reaching overhead, bending over, crouching, kneeling, climbing, and balancing during the duration of their shift.
• Must be able to push/pull 25lbs or less frequently and 75lbs or less occasionally.
• The team member will constantly have repetitive use of both feet, both hands, and require constant dominant light and firm/strong grasping motions. Frequent non-dominant light and firm/grasping motions will be required as well. Finger dexterity of both hands will be constantly required.
• Constant use of vision abilities is required including distance, depth perception, field of vision, and color vision.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
• Work performed consistently indoors alone and frequently with and around others with the occasional work performed outdoors. Team Member will perform work face-to-face including verbal contact with others on extended shifts around computer equipment, mechanical, and other electrical devices.
• Team Member will be exposed to extreme heat, extreme cold, and possible wet and/or humid environments.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud
• Team Member may be exposed to fumes/odor and/or secondhand smoke. Team Member will be around moving objects, slippery surfaces, and flame/heat generated devices.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.