Cook (CYS) NA-08

United States Army Installation Management Command • Fort Stewart, GA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

This Cook position is located at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and supports Child and Youth Services (CYS). The role assists in planning and implementing a comprehensive food service program in accordance with USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) policies and procedures. The Cook reviews recipes, menus, and worksheets to determine ingredients for regular and modified meals, including meals for children with special needs such as diabetes, allergies, or food sensitivities. The position prepares a wide range of foods using varied recipes and cooking methods and commercial kitchen equipment. Work takes place indoors and outdoors and may involve irregular hours, evenings, and weekends. The job also entails exposure to cooking steam, fumes, odors, temperature changes, and potential slips, cuts, or burns. Frequent standing, walking, stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, bending, and lifting are required. A Food Protection Manager Certification from an ANSI-accredited agency must be obtained within the first six months and maintained.

Requirements

• Experience demonstrating knowledge of a full range of food preparation techniques, including developing and revising standardized recipes and coordinating large-quantity cooking with complex recipes and varied methods.
• Experience preparing foods for special or modified diets, including diabetic exchanges, low-sodium diets, and food allergies.
• Experience instructing lower-level cooks.
• Experience using commercial food service tools and equipment and applying cleaning and sanitation practices.
• Basic math skills to modify recipes for large quantities and determine portion sizes.
• Ability to communicate in English verbally and in writing.
• Obtain within the first six months of employment and maintain a Food Protection Manager Certification through an ANSI-accredited agency.
• Meet qualification, eligibility, and background requirements; complete required pre-employment checks and a Child Care Tier 1 background investigation.
• Maintain a current health assessment documenting good mental and physical health, freedom from communicable disease, and required immunizations, including annual influenza vaccination.
• Successfully complete training requirements and demonstrate on-the-job competency.
• Ability to travel to on- and off-post locations when required.
• Ability to frequently lift or move objects up to 40 pounds; occasional lifting of over 50 pounds may be required with assistance or lifting devices.
• Resumes must be two pages or less.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning and implementing a comprehensive food service program that follows USDA CACFP policies and procedures.
• Review recipes, menus, and worksheets to determine ingredients for regular and modified diets, including meals for children with special needs.
• Prepare and cook meats, poultry, seafood, salads, vegetables, grains, pasta, fruits, sauces, gravies, breads, and desserts.
• Use specialized and complex recipes and methods including roasting, broiling, baking, frying, boiling, steaming, and sautéing.
• Use a variety of cooking utensils and equipment, including knives, mixers, steam kettles, ovens, and grills.
• Develop and revise standardized recipes, coordinate large-quantity cooking, prepare special or modified diets, and instruct lower-level cooks.
• Use commercial food service equipment and follow cleaning and sanitation practices.

Benefits

• 100% childcare fee discount for the first child for all CYS employees working at least 15 hours per week.
• 25% childcare fee discount for the second and subsequent children for all CYS employees working at least 15 hours per week.
• Regular full-time and part-time employees are eligible for health and life insurance, 401(k) and retirement plans, paid personal time off, and federal holidays.
• Some NAF employees may have opportunities for professional development, training, education, and certification programs.
• Access to some on-base facilities, including fitness centers and libraries.
• FWS overtime pay for work exceeding 8 hours in a day or 40 hours in a week, whichever provides greater benefit.
• Regular full-time, regular part-time, and regularly scheduled flexible employees may receive Sunday premium pay; employees may also be eligible for extra pay when most scheduled hours fall after 3:00 PM.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed