Cook I - Red 8

Wynn Resorts • Everett, MA

2d • $33 - $33 • Onsite

About The Position

The Encore Boston Harbor Cook I is responsible for cooking meals based on established recipes set by the Executive Chef, cooking on multiple hot and cold stations in the kitchen. This role actively contributes to departmental performance, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and thoroughness in departmental policies, procedures, records, and reports. The Cook I follows all applicable internal policies, federal and state laws, rules, and regulations, and property-wide controls within the department. They are dedicated to delivering and maintaining a maximum level of property-wide service and satisfaction, contributing to company-wide communication and best practices, and assisting in providing training opportunities for new team members. This position requires staying informed of all new developments within the department, balancing multiple priorities simultaneously, and meeting deadlines, often in stressful and high-pressure situations. The Cook I prepares food of high quality according to standard recipes, manages multiple cold and hot stations, and assists with the preparation, presentation, decoration, and storage of all food items. They communicate any difficulties, guest or internal customer comments, and other relevant information to their superior. Additionally, they notify the chef on duty prior to the end of their shift if unable to complete assigned tasks within the allotted time, attend and participate in daily briefings and other scheduled meetings, and prepare in advance food, beverage, material, and equipment needed for service. The role involves cleaning and re-setting their working area, working with safety as a priority, and following department and company safety standards. Maintaining relevant knowledge of the industry through continuing education and training is also a key aspect of this position, along with performing any other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 18 years of age or above.
• Will be required to obtain and maintain registration or a license issued by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.
• High school degree or equivalent preferred.
• Culinary arts or a related field education or experience preferred.
• Sanitation and culinary knowledge, and demonstrated knife skills and safe food handling practices preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of cooking experience preferred.
• Outstanding organizational and interpersonal skills as well as excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents, such as policy and procedure manuals, maintenance instructions, and other related documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries from other employees or guests.
• Conversational English required, second language a plus.
• Ability to write instructions.
• Ability to present information.
• Ability to compute basic mathematical calculations.
• Ability to decipher various reports and maintain reports upon request.
• The employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The employee is also regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls.
• The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, and to sit, climb or balance, and stoop, stretch, bend, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Essential responsibilities include moderate physical ability such as lift or maneuver at least fifty (50) pounds, and varied instances of standing/walking.

Nice To Haves

• ServSafe or equivalent certification preferred.
• Conversational English required, second language a plus.

Responsibilities

• Adheres to all Encore Boston Harbor core values and property and department standards are implemented and applied.
• Actively contributes to departmental performance, and the accuracy, confidentiality, and thoroughness of departmental policies and procedures; records and reports.
• Follows that all applicable internal policies, federal and state laws, rules, regulations and property-wide controls within the department.
• Delivers and maintains a maximum level of property-wide service and satisfaction.
• Contributes to company-wide communication and best practices.
• Assists in providing training opportunities for team new members.
• Keeps informed of all new developments within the department.
• Balances multiple priorities simultaneously and meets deadlines, often in stressful and high-pressure situations.
• Cooks food of high quality according to standard recipes.
• Manages multiple cold and hot stations
• Assists with the preparation, presentation, decoration and storage of all food items.
• Communicates to his/her superior any difficulties, guest or internal customer comment and other relevant information.
• Notifies chef on duty prior to end of shift if unable to complete assigned task(s) within allotted time.
• Attends and participates in daily briefings and other meetings as scheduled.
• Prepares in advance food, beverage, material and equipment needed for the service.
• Cleans and re-sets his/her working area.
• Works with safety as a priority, and follows department and company safety standards.
• Maintains relevant knowledge of industry through continuing education and training.
• Performs any other job-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Wynn Resorts is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. Wynn Resorts does not discriminate on the basis of disability, veteran status or any other basis protected under federal, state or local laws.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED