Pizza Cook - Winter 2026/27

Priority Dispatch Corp.; Jay (VT); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Sick Time

401k program eligibility

Season passes for employee and depends

Job summary

Priority Dispatch Corp. at Jay Peak in Jay, VT 05859 is hiring a Cook 4 for the seasonal resort season. The role focuses on food preparation for service to guests, with duties ranging from storage and handling to daily kitchen tasks.

Wage is $17.00–$20.00 per hour, with paid sick time, 401k eligibility after a year of service, and season passes for employee and dependents. Availability nights, weekends, and holidays is required.

Qualifications

• No prior experience or training.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Ability to read safety rules and operate procedures.

Responsibilities

• Cooks, ensures proper storage/handling of food and cleans within the kitchen.
• Prepares quality food with presentation and adheres to ServSafe standards.
• Performs all side duties necessary for daily business.
• Prepares standard kitchen items (e.g., mire poix, potatoes, labeling).
• Stocks and maintains product for daily use.
• Maintains kitchen cleanliness and supports dishwasher and staff.

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: Jay Peak - Jay, VT 05859 Position Type: Seasonal Salary Range: $17.00 - $20.00 Hourly WHY WORK AT JAY PEAK?

We’re a team of good-natured folks at the heart and soul of a growing resort community. Our co-workers are our friends, so we happily go the extra mile for each other and our guests. We’re rewarded fairly for our collective efforts and encouraged to pursue individual goals. We’re a family, one that gets to choose its members. We strive for an authentic, community driven Resort that derives its vitality from the on-mountain experience, respect for its history & what has come before it, and its employees whose energy and spirit are its foundation. It’s not for everyone but we’re not looking for everyone-we’re looking for you.

IF YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES, HERE'S WHAT YOU’LL GET

• Wage: $17.00 - $20.00 per hour, depending on work experience.
• Paid Sick Time
• 401k program eligibility with employer match after a year of employment with 1,000 hours of service
• FREE or deeply discounted season passes for you and your dependents
• Employee Recognition Programs (including daily, monthly, yearly, and seniority programs)
• Seasonal employee parties
• Regular free employee breakfasts/lunches, family events, and parties

SUMMARY

The Cook 4 prepares food for service to resort guests. This position performs any duties that relate to the operation of a food preparation area by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES (include the following, other duties may be assigned)

• Cooks, ensures proper storage/handling of food and cleans within the kitchen.
• Prepares quality food with the best presentation at all times while staying in line with ServSafe.
• Performs all side duties necessary for daily business.
• Prepares standard kitchen items (ie. cutting mire poix for soup, peeling potatoes, labeling and dating food, etc)
• Stocks and maintains product for daily use.
• Performs all duties to keep the kitchen clean (ie. breaking down boxes, taking out garbage, supporting the dishwasher in washing dishes, etc.)
• Supports the Raised Jay vision and values.
• Works in other Food & Beverage outlets as needed.
• Makes important decisions regarding the safety of staff/guests, including safety and cleanliness of the kitchen.
• Comes to work in proper uniform and adheres to proper grooming practices.
• Other duties as assigned, which could be directly related, or unrelated to original position.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

No prior experience or training.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read & interpret documents such as safety rules, operating & maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability apply common sense understanding to carry out simple on or two step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

Must be 18 years of age or older. Must be available to work nights, weekends, holidays and fill in as needed.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand or taste or smell and frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision requirements of this position include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet or humid (non-weather) conditions and occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions and extreme heat (non-weather). The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

RESORT CONDITIONS

This is a Winter Resort Area. It requires that work venues are varied, and in many cases include steep stairways, multilevel buildings and outdoor work areas, subject to very cold, sometimes wet or very sunny work sites. Some facilities are located at the base or bottom area and some are semi-remote and can only be reached by traveling via chair lift(s), skis or snowboards. Walking surfaces are frequently frozen, sloped and slippery. Proper footwear is a must, indoors and out. Work days and hours, as well as the number of hours required will vary, with an emphasis on weekends and holidays.