School Kitchen Cook - Guaranteed Hours, No Nights/Weekends

Taher Incorporated; Waterford (AL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation with bonus

Free daily lunch

Uniforms provided

Safety PPE provided

Employee training and development

Opportunities for advancement

Culture of inclusion and belonging

Job summary

Taher, Inc. is a family-owned, chef-driven food service management company providing K-12 school lunch management, campus dining, senior dining, corporate dining and catering nationwide. Taher, Inc. maintains a Top 25 presence in food service management.

The position involves high-quality guest service, precise recipe execution, food safety, and daily workload coordination in a fast-paced environment. This role offers opportunities for advancement and a supportive team culture.

Qualifications

• Previous food service experience preferred.
• Exceptional customer service skills.
• Ability to adapt and change in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to do simple arithmetic.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Be able to lift 30 lbs and stand for extended periods of time.
• Dependable, Punctual.
• Ability to follow all safe food handling requirements.
• Successfully pass a criminal background check.

Responsibilities

• Provide the highest quality of guest service at all times.
• Execute recipes to the letter.
• Prepare meals by using correct portioning, meeting outlined standards, ensuring that food is at the correct temperature, and is attractive and tasty.
• Follow all food safety and sanitation standards.
• Follows and completes production sheets.
• Ability to meet deadlines in completion of daily workload.
• Stores or discards excess food in accordance with safe food handling procedures.
• Set up and tear down of workstation.
• Receives and unpacks food deliveries.
• Ensures food and supply items are stored per standards.
• Polite and professional communication style.
• Understands and utilized FIFO.
• Performs other related duties as requested by the leadership team.

Skills

Food service experience

Customer service

Arithmetic

Communication skills

Lifting 30 lbs

Punctual

Safety compliance

Job description

Taher, Inc. is a family-owned, chef-driven food service management company providing K-12 school lunch management, campus dining, senior dining, corporate dining and catering nationwide. Taher, Inc. maintains a Top 25 presence in food service management.

The position involves high-quality guest service, precise recipe execution, food safety, and daily workload coordination in a fast-paced environment. This role offers opportunities for advancement and a supportive team culture.