Full Time Cook
Full Time Cook - 40 hours / week
Explore a career as a cook caring for our residents! Join a fun, team environment! This 40 hour / week Cook position serves our Dining Service Team in our skilled and personal care residential areas. Fairmount Homes is located on a beautiful 50+ acre campus in rural Ephrata, PA.Founded on Christ’s love and Mennonite values, we strive to enrich the lives of those we serve. We would love for you to apply and join our team!
Positions:
- 40 hours / week, including every other weekend
- Position includes both early and late shifts: 5:30am to 1:30pm and 10:30am to 6:30pm; includes every other weekend
Shift Differential: Additional $1/hr for evening hours, and $1.25/hr for weekends
Generous wages, competitive shift differentials for evening and weekends, and opportunities for advancement for a motivated individual!
Job Benefits of Cook- Paid 30 Minute Lunch Break
- Employee discounts at the Fairmount Café
- Paid Time Off (PTO) plan
- 401K plan
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Health Insurance
This position is responsible for maintaining high standards of quality in the preparation and service of quantity food using standardized recipes. Maintaining sanitation standards according to regulations. The Cook is also responsible for the general supervision of the Dining Services Team in the absence of the Lead Cook
Employment Qualifications of Cook:
- Experience in large quantity food production preferred.
- Personal hygiene and dress must conform with required standards.
- Must be able to read, write and follow written instructions.
- Must have basic knowledge of safe and sanitary equipment handling
- Gifted in hospitality and genuine desire to serve others.
- Ability to add and subtract and do basic culinary calculations
Essential Duties of Cook:
- Prepares meals according to recipes and instructions. Adjusting for altered diets and diets specific to the resident, ensuring quantity, nutritional, and quality standards are met.
- Participates in Special catering functions as needed.
- Complies with all safety standards and ensure that dining team members maintain a safe work environment
- Responsible to follow safety guidelines in the event of staff injury
- Complies with all regulations governing handling and storage of food supplies, equipment and methods of sanitation.
- Notifies the Maintenance Department of broken or malfunctioning equipment via work requisitions.
- Also Responsible for:
- Maintaining foods at safe temperatures
- Checks and records refrigerator and freezer temperatures
- Locking/unlocking kitchen and dining room doors
- Assist in the cleaning jobs, including refrigerators, ranges, ovens, grills, appliances and work areas.
- Ensuring food is within use by dates, and discarding items that are past those dates.
- Participates in facility-wide in-service training program.
- Regularly interacts with residents during meal time.
- Provides input for the facility menu cycles.
- Performs other duties as required by facility needs.
Compensation details: 20.25-21.9 Hourly Wage
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