P/T PREP COOK/PIZZA COOK

Nooksack Northwood Casino • Lynden, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Prep Cook/Pizza Cook promotes customer service and prepares, assembles, and cooks pizzas in a wood-fired oven, ensuring quality, consistency, and timely preparation. The role also prepares and produces items for daily kitchen food production, with particular attention to food safety. It maintains proper product rotation using the first-in, first-out policy and follows company and department policies and procedures while supporting positive customer and employee relations.

The position provides accurate and timely documentation and reporting when requested, keeps the work area neat and professional, represents the company positively, and maintains the confidentiality of company and player information. Other job-related duties may be assigned by management.

The role works in a noisy, hot, and sometimes cramped workspace, with a fast-paced and demanding workload depending on business levels. The employee routinely uses commercial kitchen equipment and may work in a loud, crowded, cigarette-smoke-filled casino environment. Shifts may vary and include nights, weekends, and holidays. The position involves standing or walking for extensive periods, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, repetitive motions, and potentially long or irregular hours.

Requirements

• Obtain and maintain a valid Non-Gaming Nooksack Tribal Gaming Agency License.
• Obtain and maintain a valid Washington State Food Workers Card or Indian Health Services Food Training Card within 14 days of initial employment.
• Have proper knife-handling skills as applied to the job duties and responsibilities.
• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Knowledge of general kitchen operations, proper food rotation and food safety, and cooking times and temperatures.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Skill in proper cooking techniques, knife handling, and hand/finger dexterity.
• Ability to work in a sometimes difficult and fast-paced environment, change plans at short notice, and react calmly and effectively in demanding situations.

Responsibilities

• Promote customer service as a priority.
• Prepare, assemble, and cook pizzas in a wood-fired oven while ensuring quality, consistency, and timely preparation.
• Prepare and produce items needed for daily kitchen food production, paying attention to food safety.
• Maintain proper product rotation according to the first-in, first-out policy.
• Comply with company and department policies and procedures and practice positive customer and employee relations.
• Provide accurate and timely documentation and reporting of department activities and status as requested.
• Maintain a neat and professional work area and represent the company positively.
• Maintain confidentiality of company and player information.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned by management.

What This Job Offers

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