Line Cook – Pizza Focus

Parma Tavern•Buford, GA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Parma Tavern in Buford, Georgia is hiring an experienced, dependable, career-minded Line Cook with a strong focus on pizza. The restaurant serves Italian-inspired pub fare, including stone-oven pizzas cooked in a 600-degree brick oven, fresh pasta, burgers, appetizers, and other menu items. The position involves working in a fast-paced, high-volume scratch kitchen and producing consistent, high-quality food while supporting a collaborative kitchen team. The cook will prepare fresh dough, hand-stretch and build pizzas, manage oven timing and quality, and maintain an organized pizza station. This is not a pizza-only position: the cook will be cross-trained and expected to support sauté, grill/fry, pantry, prep, and other stations as needed. Parma Tavern will train the successful candidate on its recipes and systems. The role requires flexible availability for lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, late-night service, weekends, holidays, special events, and closing responsibilities. The job pays $16–$18 per hour based on experience.

Requirements

Pizza cook or pizza line experience is strongly preferred.
Experience hand-stretching dough and building pizzas in a high-volume restaurant environment.
Ability to manage pizza oven timing and multiple pizzas simultaneously.
Recent line cook experience in a full-service restaurant is preferred.
Strong understanding of recipe execution, portion control, presentation standards, kitchen operations, and ticket flow.
Ability to consistently produce high-quality food during busy services while working quickly and maintaining quality.
Ability to multitask, stay organized and calm under pressure, and take direction.
Dependable attendance and punctuality, a positive attitude, and a team-oriented mindset.
Flexible availability, including nights, weekends, holidays, special events, and closing responsibilities; weekend availability is required.
Willingness and ability to cross-train on sauté, grill/fry, pantry, prep, and other kitchen stations.
Ability to stand for extended periods and lift up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a scratch kitchen.
Experience working with high-temperature pizza ovens.
High-volume restaurant experience.
Experience with sauté, grill, fry, pantry, or multiple kitchen stations.
Working knowledge of ServSafe principles and Health Department standards.

Responsibilities

Prepare fresh pizza dough for service, hand-stretch it to the proper size, shape, and thickness, and build pizzas according to company recipes and specifications.
Portion toppings consistently and manage pizza oven placement, rotation, timing, and removal; monitor pizzas for proper bake and finish them according to specifications.
Maintain organized ticket flow and coordinate pizza timing with other stations so complete tables are served together.
Prepare, stock, clean, and organize the pizza station and its ingredients throughout the shift, minimizing waste through proper portioning and product handling.
Prepare and cook menu items according to company recipes, build sheets, portion standards, and presentation requirements.
Cross-train and work sauté, grill/fry, pantry, prep, and other stations as assigned and as business demands.
Complete line checks, temperature logs, and food-quality checks.
Maintain ticket times while preserving food quality during high-volume service.
Communicate effectively with fellow cooks, expeditors, and management.
Keep workstations clean, organized, sanitized, and service-ready; follow food-safety, sanitation, temperature, labeling, storage, rotation, and cross-contamination-prevention procedures.
Assist with prep, inventory, receiving, cleaning, and opening, running, and closing duties as assigned.
Support teammates, move between stations as needed, and contribute to a culture of teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement.