Grill Cook- Monday to Friday, No Weekends!

Guest Services, Inc.•Las Cruces, NM

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The responsibility of the Grill Cook is to prepare, cook, and serve food items on the grill and to coordinate with the Executive Chef on all daily and special function menus. This role involves setting up, restocking, and breaking down the grill station, preparing daily meal items and specials, and ensuring adherence to recipes and product directions. The Grill Cook will operate various kitchen equipment, manage food waste, maintain cleanliness of the station and equipment, and uphold safety standards. This position requires a strong understanding of food safety and sanitation practices, excellent customer service skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with management and colleagues in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

Partial High School education required; High School Diploma/G.E.D. preferred.
Culinary knowledge.
Food Safety certified and strong sanitation habits.
Strong customer service abilities; actively looks for ways to assist customers and coworkers.
Ability to recognize when a problem has occurred and communicate it to management.
Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly frequent movements from place to place within the unit.
Bend, lift, carry, reach/extend arms and hands above shoulder height frequently, or otherwise move in a constantly changing environment.
Lifting, carrying, and pushing up to 25 lbs. regularly, 30-35 lbs. frequently, and up to 50 lbs. occasionally.
Ability to stand for the entire work day.
Ability to climb steps regularly.
Withstanding temperature extremes in freezer, refrigerator walk-in and grill areas.
Reading and writing work-related documents in English.
Speech recognition and clarity, including the ability to understand the speech of customers and co-workers and the ability to speak clearly so that you can be understood by customers and co-workers in English.
Constantly communicates and receives verbal communication with other employees in fast-paced kitchen.
Physical presence at the job site is essential to perform job duties.

Responsibilities

Responsible for setting up, restocking, and breaking down of the grill
Responsible for the daily production of meal items and daily menu specials
Responsible for preparing daily specials, hot sandwich production, and sides to be placed in the hot slide for service
Follow recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking and tasting, meats, vegetables, and other grilled foods
Food preparation will include operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding food, and trimming and cutting meat and poultry.
Report all malfunctioning equipment to the supervisor.
Taste food products, read menus, estimate food requirements, check production, and keep records in order to accurately plan production requirements
Control food production to ensure that extra food products be recycled or disposed of properly to manage food waste
Responsible for cleaning all equipment and utensils used in the grill prep and production area
Maintain temperature logs and signage for the grill station.
Maintain awareness of safety issues, and report them immediately to your manager.