Team Member Dining Room - Cook I - Full Time & Part TIme

Grand Sierra Resort; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinsley Power Systems is seeking a skilled line cook for our Reno, NV facility. You will prepare food to standard hotel recipes, read daily forecasts and menus, delegate production to ensure all items meet service needs, and ensure proper portions, presentation, and sanitation codes are followed.

You must have at least 1 year of culinary experience in a high-volume kitchen, be able to work all shifts including nights and weekends, maintain a clean, safe workspace, follow recipes precisely, and

Qualifications

• Organized, able to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Able to comprehend and follow supervisor’s instructions.
• Maintain a neat, clean and well-groomed appearance.
• Able to work with interruptions.
• Basic reading, writing, math and task completion skills required.
• Skills: coordination, analyzing, precision, following instructions, memorization, problem solving, independent judgment and decision making.
• Flexible working all shifts including holidays, nights, and weekends.
• Must be a minimum of 21 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Safely prepare all food items in accordance with standard hotel recipes and specifications.
• Read, comprehend, and follow daily forecasts, menus and recipes for production in the work area.
• Complete food orders using computer or pen and paper to procure items for production.
• Interact with hotel guests for special requests.
• Collaborate with cooks and team members to prepare and present food according to standards and cost controls.
• Audit storeroom items for quality and rotation; monitor food cost and sanitation codes.
• Perform any other duties within the scope of the position.

Skills

Organized

Prioritize work

Meet deadlines

Follow instructions

Coordination

Analyzing

Precision working

Memorization

Problem solving

Independent judgment

Decision making

Flexibility (shifts)

Reading/writing/math basics

Attention to detail

Education

1 year culinary experience in high-volume kitchen

Job description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Primary duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Safely prepare all food prep and food items in accordance with standard hotel recipes and specifications.
• Read, comprehend, and follow the daily forecasts, menus and recipes in order to produce and delegate the production of all food items for respective work area.
• Complete food order requisitions using a computer, or pen and paper, to procure the necessary items needed for production in work area.
• Interact with hotel guests in order to provide for special requests.
• Participate in activities of cooks and other team members involved in preparing, cooking and presenting food in accordance with hotel productivity standards, cost controls and special needs.
• Audit food storeroom items for quality, consistency and rotation. Work to control food cost and revenues. Follow daily sanitation, hand washing and safety codes.
• Any other duties as assigned within the scope of this position.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Organized, prioritize work, and meet deadlines.
• Comprehend and follow supervisor’s instructions.
• Maintain a neat, clean and well-groomed appearance.
• Able to work with interruptions.
• Ability of simple reading, writing, math, and task completion skills is required.
• Must have the following skills: coordination, analyzing, precision working, following instructions, memorization, problem solving, independent judgment, and decision making.
• Flexible working all shifts including holidays, nights, and weekend hours as business needs dictate.
• Must be a minimum of 21 years of age.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 1 year culinary experience in a high-volume restaurant kitchen required or any combination of education, training, or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• While performing the duties of this job, the team member is constantly standing, occasionally sitting, walking, reaching overhead, bending over, crouching, kneeling, climbing, and balancing during the duration of their shift.
• Must be able to push/pull 25lbs or less frequently and 75lbs or less occasionally.
• The team member will constantly have repetitive use of both feet, both hands, and require constant dominant light and firm/strong grasping motions. Frequent non-dominant light and firm/grasping motions will be required as well. Finger dexterity of both hands will be constantly required.
• Constant use of vision abilities is required including distance, depth perception, field of vision, and color vision.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Work performed consistently indoors alone and frequently with and around others with the occasional work performed outdoors. Team Member will perform work face-to-face including verbal contact with others on extended shifts around computer equipment, mechanical, and other electrical devices.
• Team Member will be exposed to extreme heat, extreme cold, and possible wet and/or humid environments.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud
• Team Member may be exposed to fumes/odor and/or secondhand smoke. Team Member will be around moving objects, slippery surfaces, and flame/heat generated devices.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.