Head Cook

Lunchtime Solutions • Auburn, NE

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Lunchtime Solutions is seeking a dependable, team-focused Head Cook for its school food service program at Auburn School District. The role leads daily food production, preparing nutritious, high-quality meals according to recipes, supporting special diets, and helping with catering and readiness for meal service. The Head Cook helps maintain an organized, clean, safe, and compliant kitchen, including using FIFO for storage and completing HACCP logs, production records, inventories, and participation tracking. The position also assists with ordering, stocking, preparation lists, freezer pulls, and serving meals, trains team members, and fills in for other kitchen duties when needed.

This is an on-site position scheduled Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., during the school year when school is in session. The posting describes a daytime schedule with no weekends or holidays. Physical tasks include lifting up to 50 pounds and frequent standing, bending, and twisting.

Lunchtime Solutions emphasizes customer success, integrity, continuous improvement, passion, gratitude, teamwork, lasting partnerships, and work-life balance. Employment is contingent on a post-offer background investigation, which may include review of criminal convictions and, when appropriate for the position, driving records.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• One year of cooking experience preferred.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and perform frequent standing, bending, twisting, and other physical tasks.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Ability to follow recipes, measure ingredients, and convert quantities for large batches.
• Dependability, integrity, and commitment to excellent customer service.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or GED.
• One year of cooking experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily food production and prepare high-quality meals by following recipes.
• Support special diets, catering, and readiness for serving times.
• Maintain clean, organized work areas and oversee storage organization using FIFO.
• Complete HACCP logs, production records, inventories, and participation tracking.
• Monitor safe food practices and maintain a healthy, compliant workspace.
• Assist with ordering, stocking, preparation lists, freezer pulls, and meal service.
• Help train team members and fill in for other kitchen duties as needed.

Benefits

• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays.
• Free meal each shift.
• Limited medical benefit plan available to employees scheduled for five or more hours every day.
• School-year schedule with built-in breaks when students are out.

What This Job Offers

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