Line/Prep Cook

10 Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI, seeks a Prep Cook Team Lead for day shift. The role blends leadership with on‑the‑line cooking, overseeing daily food preparation, guiding team members, and ensuring compliance with safety standards, recipes and production sheets.

You will train cooks, monitor sanitation, manage production schedules, and serve meals to customers while upholding HACCP guidelines and the organization’s mission.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is preferred.
• 1–6 months related experience and/or training; or equivalent.
• Food Handler’s Permit and ServSafe training as required by state/county.

Responsibilities

• Trains new cooks for all proper procedures.
• Monitors cleanliness, sanitation, date marking and temperature recording for all cooks. Reports issues to management.
• Demonstrates and promotes teamwork and positive attitudes from kitchen staff.
• Completes regular audits of cook’s line and stations as assigned by management.
• Obtains daily production schedule and preparation requirements from the Chef.
• Prepares items on production sheets, following quantities and recipes.
• Completes and utilizes daily production worksheets and waste log sheets.
• Tastes completed meals to ensure quality.
• Stores, labels and dates all food items according to policy and HACCP guidelines.
• Follows HACCP guidelines to ensure quality and safety of food supply.
• Serves customers at multiple stations and takes orders.
• Uses approved recipes and production standards to ensure proper quality and portions.

Skills

Customer service

Hand-eye coordination

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Day Shift (United States of America) Full/Part time Opportunities Pay: 18-20$ an Hour

Summary The Prep Cook Team Lead supports Nutrition Services leadership by overseeing daily food preparation operations, guiding and training team members, and ensuring compliance with food safety and sanitation standards. This role combines leadership responsibilities with hands‑on food preparation, including preparing menu items according to production sheets, operating and maintaining kitchen equipment, and completing required documentation and logs. The Prep Cook Team Lead ensures efficient, high-quality meal service while fostering a positive customer experience and maintaining alignment with the organization’s mission, values, and goals, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Trains new cooks for all proper procedures
• Monitors cleanliness, sanitation, date marking and temperature recording for all cooks. Reports any ongoing issues to management team.
• Demonstrates and promotes teamwork and positive attitudes from all kitchen staff
• Completes regular audits of cook’s line and stations as assigned by management
• Obtains daily production schedule and preparation requirements from the Chef.
• Prepares items on production sheets, following established quantities and recipes.
• Completes and utilizes daily production worksheets and waste log sheets.
• Tastes completed meals to ensure quality.
• Operates and cleans equipment per department procedures after each use.
• Stores, labels and dates all food items according to policy and HACCP guidelines.
• Completes all required documentation, reports, and logs
• Complies with federal, state and local health and sanitation regulations and department sanitation procedures.
• Takes orders from customer and prepare items requiring short preparation time.
• Serves customers in an efficient and friendly manner.
• Completes orders from steam tables and grill and serves customers at multiple stations.
• Utilizes approved food recipes and production standards to ensure proper quality, serving temperatures and standard portion control.
• Operates and cleans equipment per department procedures after each use.
• Stores, labels and dates all food items according to policy.
• Follows HACCP guidelines to ensure quality and safety of food supply.
• Resolves customer concerns.
• Other job duties that may be assigned.

Leadership Must-Haves will be followed for patient and staff interactions

• We’ll embrace all people by:
  • Treating everyone with dignity and respect.
  • Opening more doors to opportunity for others to succeed.
  • Growing talent and people.
  • Ensuring a welcoming experience for all we serve, regardless of origin, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status.
  • Taking action against discrimination.
  • Honoring our differences and how we collaborate.
  • Educating staff, patients and the communities we care for.
  • Restoring hope and freedom, together.
• Rounding
• Thank You Notes
• Employee Selection/Peer Interviewing
• Key Words at Key Times
• AIDET + Promise
• Standards of Behavior

Customer Service Responsibilities

Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members. This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co‑workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.

Responsibilities in Quality Improvement Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions. Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.

Essential Job Qualifications

• Communication and customer service skills, good hand-eye coordination.
• Ability to follow written and oral directions.
• Ability to use standard measures required.

Preferred Job Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent preferred.
• 1 - 6 months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Food Handler’s Permit by applicable state and county.
• ServSafe training and certificate as required by applicable state and county.

Physical Requirements for Essential Job Qualification Levels

• None (No specific requirements)
• Occasionally (Less than 1/3)
• Frequently (1/3 to 2/3)
• Majority (More than 2/3)
• Remain in a stationary position: Frequently
• Traverse or move around work location: Frequently
• Use keyboard: Occasionally
• Operate or use department specific equipment: None
• Ascend/Descend equipment or ladder: None
• Position self to accomplish the Essential Functions of the role: None
• Receive and communicate information and ideas for understanding: Frequently
• Transport, position, and/or exert force: Up to 10 pounds: Frequently
• Up to 25 pounds: Frequently
• Up to 50 pounds: _____
• Up to 75 pounds: _____
• More than 100 pounds: _____
• Other weight: Up to___ pounds _____
• Other: _____

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

the policy of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail].

Mary Free Bed is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristic.

About Mary Free Bed

At Mary Free Bed, we work towards putting everybody in motion. Fueled by our passion for innovative, integrated rehabilitation care, our teams work together to elevate everyone’s potential. Whether you’re here to ensure a safe environment at our hospitals, provide clinical care or help our patients navigate their next appointment, we’re united by the same mission: to restore hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

Everyone plays an integral role in defining a better future for ourselves, our patients, and our communities.

You included.