Senior Living Line Cook

Merrill Gardens; Hillsboro (OR); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Merrill Gardens is seeking a Senior Living Line Cook to join their team in Hillsboro. This role involves preparing high-quality meals for seniors, ensuring food safety, and maintaining kitchen standards. Ideal candidates should have extensive food preparation experience and a passion for supporting seniors in a caring environment.

Benefits

Highly competitive pay and comprehensive benefits

Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid time off – 7 holidays, and 11 vacation days

Free daily meal every shift

401(k) with company match and immediate vesting

Tuition reimbursement for career growth

Company-paid short & long-term disability insurance

Pet insurance and team member discounts

Advance Pay benefit – access wages before payday

Opportunities for advancement

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in quality food preparation.
• Experience in scratch cooking in high-volume, fine dining settings.
• 1-year previous dining experience in food preparation.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing all food items following production amounts and proper recipes.
• Ensure all food items are prepared in a timely fashion.
• Maintain kitchen sanitation and safety standards.

Skills

Food Preparation

Sanitation Standards

Time Management

Education

High School diploma or GED

College degree or equivalent preferred

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Word

Job description

Join to apply for the Senior Living Line Cook role at Merrill Gardens.

Are you passionate about working with seniors? Are you dedicated to supporting seniors on their wellness journey to ensure they are provided with an atmosphere that values individualism and dignity? If so, we may have the perfect opportunity for you! Merrill Gardens at Hillsboro is currently accepting applications for Line Cooks to support residents within our beautiful community called home.

If you are compassionate, caring, responsible, and honest, and genuinely love working with the senior population, we would love to speak with you! Please APPLY TODAY.

We are a fifth-generation family business, committed to creating communities and making connections rooted in our history. We build on that family with the people we hire and the teams they form. As a family company, we do things differently, with a long-term commitment to our team members for over 30 years.

We offer our full-time employees:

• Highly competitive pay and comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, life insurance).
• Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Paid time off – 7 holidays, and 11 vacation days.
• Free daily meal every shift.
• 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting.
• Tuition reimbursement for career growth.
• Company-paid short & long-term disability insurance.
• Pet insurance and team member discounts.
• Advance Pay benefit – access wages before payday.
• A stable, growing company with opportunities for advancement.

We offer our part-time employees:

• Free daily meal every shift.
• 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting.
• Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Tuition reimbursement for career growth.
• Pet insurance and team member discounts.
• Advance Pay benefit – access wages before payday.
• A stable, growing company with opportunities for advancement.

Our Line Cooks are responsible for:

• Assisting in preparing all food items following production amounts, proper recipes, and procedures.
• Ensuring all food items are prepared in a timely fashion, using batch-cooking and cook-to-order methods to ensure freshness.
• Preparing food to meet high standards of Food Safety and dietary requirements of residents.
• Attending all dining services meetings and trainings.
• Maintaining kitchen sanitation and safety standards, including cleaning, proper food handling, documentation, and compliance with safety guidelines.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in quality food preparation.
• Experience in scratch cooking in high-volume, fine dining settings.
• Proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, etc.
• 1-year previous dining experience in food preparation.
• High School diploma or GED; college degree or equivalent preferred.

Physical Requirements: This role involves frequent standing, walking, manual handling of materials up to 50 lbs, bending, lifting, and reaching. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Consider applying to become a Line Cook with Merrill Gardens, where our mission is to create an inspiring environment for residents, families, and team members, where every life is defined by possibilities.

Merrill Gardens is an Equal Opportunity Employer.