Prep Cook

Pollo Campero; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 27,552; Part time

Job summary

Pollo Campero in Los Angeles is hiring kitchen team members who will prepare various food products while ensuring quality, cleanliness, and adherence to safety standards. Candidates must have a positive attitude, be able to work in a team, and follow recipes accurately.

The role requires standing for long periods, lifting heavy items, and flexibility to work during nights, weekends, and holidays. The pay rate is USD $20.00 per hour.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Preferred: 1+ year of experience in similar roles.
• Ability to lift and push 50 lbs.
• Ability to stand for long periods.

Responsibilities

• Prepares cold and hot products.
• Controls product availability at shift start.
• Ensures cleanliness of the walk-in cooler.
• Maintains overall sanitation and safety standards.

Skills

Ability to follow recipes

Interpersonal communication skills

Teamwork

Flexibility to work nights and weekends

Job description

Overview

The responsibility of our kitchen team members is to produce the highest quality food with precision and accuracy, continually observing and implementing the proper quality-assurance and food-safety procedures and exceed customer expectations.

Responsibilities

• Prepares cold and hot products.
• Must be able to follow recipes and be well-versed in a variety of food products and techniques
• Controls product availability as the shift starts
• Ensure walk in cooler is clean, with updated labels
• Using label machine to ensure food is label properly
• Thawing frozen products
• Removing all trash
• Maintains overall sanitation, health, cleanliness, and safety standards for food preparation areas, cooking services, and dishes and utensils.
• Follows and abides by all safety rules, policies, and procedures

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Preferred: 1+ year of experience in similar roles
• Ability to lift and push 50 lbs.
• Ability to stand for long periods
• Flexibility to work nights, weekends, and holidays
• Must follow the company Personal Care and Hygiene policies
• Must be able to produce authorized U.S. work documents

Expected Behaviors

• Have contagious energy
• Be a team player
• Must have great interpersonal communication skills to work with others
• Proactively help where it is most needed in the restaurant

Pay Rate

USD $20.00/Hr.