Cook Helper

Serrato Corporation • Flint, MI

9d

About The Position

Assists the Cooks in preparing, serving, and sanitation of the dining facility, equipment, and surfaces. This role involves setting up and breaking down the serving line, maintaining cleanliness and organization in the dining and kitchen areas, restocking items, rotating perishable goods, serving customers courteously, assisting with dishes, managing trash receptacles, and ensuring personal neatness and proper attire. The position also requires familiarity with emergency communication systems, assisting with programming and activity events, and performing various food preparation tasks such as washing, peeling, cutting, and grinding ingredients. Additionally, the Cook Helper is responsible for breading food items, stirring and straining soups and sauces, weighing ingredients, transporting food, storing food correctly, cleaning and sanitizing kitchen areas and equipment, distributing supplies, assisting with inventory, and operating kitchen equipment like dishwashers, slicers, and mixers. Adherence to safety and sanitation regulations, performance standards, company policies, and core values is essential. The role also involves modeling career success skills and helping students become more employable, with mandatory participation in staff training.

Requirements

• Knowledge of basic sanitation and cleaning procedures.
• Knowledge of general kitchen equipment and appliances.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work under direction of senior personnel.
• High level of organization, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• One to three months food service/preparation experience or related experience.
• NRA Food Service Sanitation or equivalent/Safe Serve.
• Valid State Driver's License

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the set up and breakdown of serving line.
• Responsible to help keep the dining and kitchen area clean and organized.
• Notify staff of items that need to be replenished and restocked.
• Responsible for helping to rotate perishable items at the end of the shift, to help ensure fresh product.
• Responsible for serving students, staff, and guests in a pleasant, efficient, courteous and professional manner.
• Responsible for assisting with dishes when necessary.
• Responsible for the changing and emptying of trash receptacles.
• Responsible for coming to work neat and clean and in proper attire.
• Be familiar with the communication system in the event of an emergency.
• Responsible for assisting with some programming and activity events when required.
• Assists workers engaged in preparing foods by performing any combination of duties to include washing, peeling, cutting, and seeding vegetables and fruits.
• Cleans, cuts, and grinds meats, poultry, and seafood.
• Dips food items in crumbs, flour, and batter to bread them.
• Stirs and strains soups and sauces. weighs or measures designated ingredients.
• Carry pans, kettles, and trays of food to and from workstations, stove, and refrigerator.
• Stores foods in designated areas, utilizing knowledge of temperature requirements and food spoilage.
• Clean and sanitize kitchen and commons area(s), equipment and utensils, segregates and removes garbage, and steam-cleans or hoses garbage containers.
• Distributes supplies, utensils, and portable equipment, using hand truck.
• Assists in inventory of expendable and non-expendable supplies and materials.
• Operate kitchen equipment including dishwasher, slicer, mixer, etc.
• Know and follow all safety and sanitary rules and regulations related to food handling.
• Works towards meeting performance standard goals.
• Follows CDSS plan and Code of Conduct system daily.
• Adheres to required property control policies and procedures.
• Maintains good housekeeping/sanitation in all areas and complies with safety practices.
• Complies with all DOL guidelines, OFCCP regulation, Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) Serrato policies and procedures, Job Corps notices and bulletins, and Center policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates and abides by Serrato Corporation's core values and operating principles.
• Models, mentors, and monitors appropriate career success skills.
• Helps students become more employable through continuous reinforcement.
• Participation in PRH mandated staff training is mandatory. Failure to participate may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Paid Short Term / Long Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance.
• Health care insurance available (medical, dental, vision, critical illness, accident, HSA, and FSA)
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Counseling Service Programs Available

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED