Grill Cook - Pentagon

Guest Services, Inc.•Arlington, VA

1d•$18•Onsite

About The Position

The Grill Cook is responsible for preparing, cooking, and serving food items on the grill. This role involves coordinating with the Executive Chef on all daily and special function menus. Key responsibilities include setting up, restocking, and breaking down the grill station, preparing daily meal items and specials, and ensuring food quality and presentation meet standards. The position requires operating various kitchen equipment, following recipes, managing food waste, and maintaining a clean and safe work environment. The Grill Cook must also maintain temperature logs and signage for the grill station and report any safety issues immediately.

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

Setting up, restocking, and breaking down of the grill
Daily production of meal items and daily menu specials
Preparing daily specials, hot sandwich production, and sides for service
Following recipes and product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, and tasting meats, vegetables, and other grilled foods
Operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding food, and trimming and cutting meat and poultry
Reporting all malfunctioning equipment to the supervisor
Tasting food products, reading menus, estimating food requirements, checking production, and keeping records to accurately plan production requirements
Controlling food production to ensure extra food products are recycled or disposed of properly to manage food waste
Cleaning all equipment and utensils used in the grill prep and production area
Maintaining temperature logs and signage for the grill station
Maintaining awareness of safety issues, and reporting them immediately to your manager