MWR Cook

Navy Region Southwest Fleet and Family Readiness (FFR); Lemoore (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Navy Region Southwest Fleet and Family Readiness (FFR) at NAS Lemoore requires a cook to prepare and cook food for the MWR Bowling Center. Responsibilities include cooking a wide range of items, from breakfast staples to hot cereals, broiled meats, soups, and sandwiches, while adhering to portion controls and safety standards.

Candidate must maintain high cleanliness, proper sanitation, and accurate inventory; English communication is essential for effective team coordination.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of food handling techniques, personal hygiene standards, and safe work procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of food preparation principles for large quantities.
• Understanding sanitation standards to prevent contamination and proper cleaning.
• Ability to develop standardized recipes for quantity cooking and adjust based on equipment.
• Strong English communication skills, both oral and written.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook items such as pancakes, eggs, burgers, vegetables.
• Prepare hot cereals, broil meats, and make soups, sauces, and gravies.
• Prepare frozen and convenience items; assist with baking pizzas.
• Weigh, measure, and portion foods; set up and replenish salad bar.
• Maintain inventory, rotate stock, and clean equipment and work areas.

Skills

Food handling techniques

Personal hygiene

Sanitation procedures

Recipe execution

English communication

Job description

Summary

This position is located in the MWR Bowling Center for Naval Air Station Lemoore. The primary purpose of this position is to provide skills and experience preparing and cooking food.

Duties

• Performs a full range of simple cooking tasks by preparing and cooking items requiring little or no processing such as pancakes, sausage, eggs, hamburgers, and fresh or canned vegetables.
• Prepares all forms of hot cereals; broils meats; prepares and cooks concentrated or dehydrated soups, sauces, and gravies; and makes cold sandwich fillings.
• Prepares convenience items such as frozen hash browns, fish fillets, and chicken nuggets.
• May prepare and bake pizza.
• Prepares foods by peeling, chopping, grinding, paring, cutting, slicing, dicing, pureeing, dredging, flouring, and breading.
• Weighs, measures, and dispenses foods in accordance with portion controls.
• Mixes ingredients according to precisely written recipes.
• Sets up and replenishes salad bar.
• Covers, dates, and stores leftovers according to established procedures.
• Cleans and maintains equipment and work areas.
• Maintains accurate food inventories and rotates stock items to prevent spoilage.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment.
• Must meet federal suitability requirements including successful completion of background investigation.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and understanding of food handling techniques, personal hygiene standards, and safe work procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of the full range of food preparation principles including the techniques and procedures necessary to develop new or revise current recipes and to prepare and cook food in large quantities.
• Working knowledge of sanitation standards and procedures to prevent contamination, such as the need to clean equipment previously used for raw food before further use and the need to use a chemical sanitizer or maintain proper water temperature when cleaning dishes.
• Skill to perform tasks involving several procedures to prepare and cook food in large quantities.
• Skill to overcome practical production problems, evaluate final food products, and initiate corrective action when an item does not meet established quality standards.
• Skill to develop standardized recipes for quantity cooking; able to expand and modify recipes according to the capacity of the equipment in the kitchen as well and in response to adjustments in the number of servings required.
• Skill to manage various cooking processes so that food items are served at their peak taste, texture, and appearance with minimum holding periods and so that safe and critical temperature and time control points are met.
• Ability to coordinate a full range of food preparation activities involving quantity food production where a number it items are cooked simultaneously and require varied cooking methods, timing requirements, many ingredients, and numerous interrelated steps.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing, and possess strong interpersonal communication skill.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement.

Additional information

Executive Order 12564 requires a Federal workplace free of illegal drugs. According to the Executive Order, all Federal employees are required to remain drug free throughout their employment. Commander, Navy Installations Command is a Drug-Free Federal Workplace. The use of illegal drugs will not be tolerated, and use of or intoxication by illegal drugs will result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal Service.

Non-U.S. citizens with fewer than three years of recent residential history in the U.S. may be determined ineligible for employment.

Some positions have special requirements. Selectee may be required to complete a one (1) year probationary period. Participation in Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer within the first 30 days of employment is required.

In accordance with the Real ID Act of 2005, if a candidate or new hire requires access to a military installation and does not have a REAL ID, identity will need to be established. Identity is established by presenting either one (1) Acceptable Credential or by presenting an acceptable combination of Source Identify Documents. Acceptable Credentials are listed in List A and Acceptable Source Identity Documents are listed in Lists B and C in the link below (page 3). If using an Acceptable Credential, only one (1) from List A is required and if using Acceptable Source Identity Documents, one (1) from List B and one (1) from List C is required. https://www.oni.navy.mil/Portals/12/Vistors/Base%20Access%20Form.pdf?ver=2017-08-28-065204-693

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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