Lead Cook 2 | On-site Premium & Evening Diff

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Grand Mound (IA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Evening shift differential

On-site premium pay

Job summary

DSHS Maple Lane Cook 2 on Maple Lane Campus in Centralia, WA, is responsible for leading kitchen personnel, preparing high-quality meals, and ensuring food safety and nutrition for patients. The role emphasizes culinary leadership within a hospital food service team and offers on-site work with opportunities for premium pay on certain shifts.

Shifts run 11am–7:30pm, with evening/night differentials and on-site premium pay for eligible days.

Qualifications

• Two years' cooking experience in a large-scale food service or culinary operation.
• Completion of course in large-scale cooking may be substituted for one year of experience.
• One year as a Cook 1 in State service.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned kitchen personnel to ensure that all regular and special diets are correctly and safely prepared by complying with instruction and standard procedures.
• Collaborate with the cooks to prepare meals in a timely manner, checking your work by taste and smell of the prepared foods to determine quality and palatability.
• Establish work methods and instruct others in routine kitchen work, train assigned staff, plan and assign work duties.
• Cook products as needed according to the standardized recipe, measuring and assembling ingredients for menu items, planning and initiating cooking schedule for food preparation to meet meal schedule.
• Properly stores food items at appropriate temperatures and routinely checks equipment to ensure proper performance.
• Completes food inventory requisition from storeroom, maintains an accurate and rotated food inventory of supplies for production and restocks the kitchen for subsequent shifts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Cooking experience

Food safety

Leadership

Job description

DSHS Maple Lane Cook 2 on Maple Lane Campus in Centralia, WA, is responsible for leading kitchen personnel, preparing high-quality meals, and ensuring food safety and nutrition for patients. The role emphasizes culinary leadership within a hospital food service team and offers on-site work with opportunities for premium pay on certain shifts.

Shifts run 11am–7:30pm, with evening/night differentials and on-site premium pay for eligible days.