Chef- 90348641 - Chicago
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no /, no markdown code fences.
We need to parse the posting and extract sections.
Let's read the posting:
"Your success is a train ride away! As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees. Are you ready to join our team? Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future. Summary Of Duties The Chef/Line Cook is responsible for meal preparation in the kitchen on board our dining cars. The Chef/Line Cook must have the ability to offer our passengers a wide variety of full-course meals that are freshly prepared in our kitchens. They must assist with loading/unloading, verification, handling and storage of all food and service products as well as cooking, plating, supplies, food prep, pantry, and providing to the servers all items on the current menu. They will wash any and all utensils, pots and pans, and will keep the entire lower level of the car clean. Essential Functions Prepare full-course meals for Amtrak passengers. Assist with all phases of meal preparations. Wash all items used in the preparation of meals in compliance with FDA sanitation regulations and standards. Must complete all end-point duties. Minimum Qualifications Previous work experience in a restaurant as a Chef/Line Cook. High School Diploma/GED Communications And Interpersonal Skills Must have excellent written and oral communication skills. The hourly range $21.00 per hour during classroom training. After classroom training, the rate of pay increases to $30.29 - $40.39 per hour (with opportunity for increases, as per the applicable collective bargaining agreement, after beginning employment). Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental and vision plans; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan; life insurance; paid time off; reimbursement of education; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Some benefits are subject to the collective bargaining agreement. Learn more about our benefits offerings here . Requisition ID:166125 Band Zone:[[req_bandZone]] Posting Location(s):Illinois Relocation Offered:No Travel Requirements:Up to 100% Recruiter Name:Nicole Donnelly Recruiter Email: [[recruiterEmail]] You power our progress through your performance. We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions. Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen. Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law. In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions. In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. 1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses. Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Amtrak is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/color, to include traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, such as lactation), national origin/ethnicity, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law."
We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, etc. The last paragraph about EEO is boilerplate; we should remove it. Also the part about drug testing, background check, etc. Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The drug testing and background check might be considered legal boilerplate? Possibly we should keep if it's substantive? The instruction says remove legal boilerplate. The drug testing and background check are legal requirements; likely considered boilerplate. However, we need to preserve ALL substantive information; but legal boilerplate is to be removed. So we should drop the paragraphs about background check, drug test, marijuana, DOT regulations, security checks, etc. Also the EEO paragraph at the end.
We also need to drop duplicated lines, application instructions (like "Learn more about our benefits offerings here ." maybe keep? It's a link but not instruction to apply. Might be okay. But we can keep as part of benefits.
We need to include sections only when there is real specific content.
Let's identify substantive sections:
- Intro about Amtrak, values, core capabilities: could be "About the role" or "About Amtrak". We'll use
About the role
with paragraphs.
- Summary Of Duties: responsibilities. Could be Responsibilities
with - items.
- Essential Functions: maybe part of responsibilities; but we can combine.
- Minimum Qualifications: qualifications. Could be
Qualifications
with - .
- Communications And Interpersonal Skills: skills. Could be
Skills
with - .
- Pay: The hourly range $21.00 per hour during classroom training. After classroom training, the rate of pay increases to $30.29 - $40.39 per hour (with opportunity for increases...). That's specific pay info. So we need a Pay section.
- Benefits: Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental and vision plans; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan; life insurance; paid time off; reimbursement of education; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Some benefits are subject to the collective bargaining agreement. Learn more about our benefits offerings here . That's specific benefits. So Benefits section.
- Schedule? Not mentioned. Travel Requirements: Up to 100% (maybe schedule/travel). Could be Schedule? The instruction says include Schedule section only if posting actually states them. Travel Requirements could be considered schedule? Might be better to include a "Travel" or "Schedule" section? The allowed headings list includes Schedule. Travel Requirements: Up to 100% indicates travel required. Could be placed under Schedule. But we need to decide if we should include Schedule section. The posting includes "Travel Requirements:Up to 100%". That's specific. So we can include a Schedule section with that info.
- Other metadata like Requisition ID, Band Zone, Posting Location(s), Relocation Offered, Recruiter Name, Recruiter Email: these are minor metadata; we should fold into a short
or drop. Probably we can include a short paragraph at the end with location etc. But instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include a
with location and maybe recruiter info. But we might drop it entirely as not substantive? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Location is substantive: Posting Location(s):Illinois. Relocation Offered:No. Travel Requirements:Up to 100% (we already used). Recruiter name/email maybe less substantive but could be included. However, we might choose to drop recruiter info as minor metadata. Keep location and relocation.
Thus we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Benefits, Schedule (travel). Possibly also a short paragraph for location.
We need to use
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not repeat the job title as a heading. The job title is Chef/Line Cook; we won't use that.
We must not include markdown fences.
Now craft content.
About the role: combine introductory paragraphs about Amtrak, values, core capabilities, and the invitation to join team. We'll make a couple paragraphs.
Responsibilities: from Summary Of Duties and Essential Functions. Let's list items:
- Responsible for meal preparation in the kitchen on board dining cars.
- Offer passengers a wide variety of full-course meals freshly prepared in kitchens.
- Assist with loading/unloading, verification, handling and storage of all food and service products.
- Assist with cooking, plating, supplies, food prep, pantry.
- Provide to the servers all items on the current menu.
- Wash any and all utensils, pots and pans.
- Keep the entire lower level of the car clean.
- Prepare full-course meals for Amtrak passengers.
- Assist with all phases of meal preparations.
- Wash all items used in the preparation of meals in compliance with FDA sanitation regulations and standards.
- Must complete all end-point duties.
We can combine duplicates. Let's produce a concise list but preserve all info. Might combine similar items.
Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications: Previous work experience in a restaurant as a Chef/Line Cook. High School Diploma
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no /, no markdown code fences. We need to parse the posting and extract sections. Let's read the posting: "Your success is a train ride away! As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees. Are you ready to join our team? Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future. Summary Of Duties The Chef/Line Cook is responsible for meal preparation in the kitchen on board our dining cars. The Chef/Line Cook must have the ability to offer our passengers a wide variety of full-course meals that are freshly prepared in our kitchens. They must assist with loading/unloading, verification, handling and storage of all food and service products as well as cooking, plating, supplies, food prep, pantry, and providing to the servers all items on the current menu. They will wash any and all utensils, pots and pans, and will keep the entire lower level of the car clean. Essential Functions Prepare full-course meals for Amtrak passengers. Assist with all phases of meal preparations. Wash all items used in the preparation of meals in compliance with FDA sanitation regulations and standards. Must complete all end-point duties. Minimum Qualifications Previous work experience in a restaurant as a Chef/Line Cook. High School Diploma/GED Communications And Interpersonal Skills Must have excellent written and oral communication skills. The hourly range $21.00 per hour during classroom training. After classroom training, the rate of pay increases to $30.29 - $40.39 per hour (with opportunity for increases, as per the applicable collective bargaining agreement, after beginning employment). Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental and vision plans; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan; life insurance; paid time off; reimbursement of education; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Some benefits are subject to the collective bargaining agreement. Learn more about our benefits offerings here . Requisition ID:166125 Band Zone:[[req_bandZone]] Posting Location(s):Illinois Relocation Offered:No Travel Requirements:Up to 100% Recruiter Name:Nicole Donnelly Recruiter Email: [[recruiterEmail]] You power our progress through your performance. We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions. Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen. Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law. In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions. In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. 1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses. Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Amtrak is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/color, to include traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, such as lactation), national origin/ethnicity, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law." We need to remove boilerplate: EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, etc. The last paragraph about EEO is boilerplate; we should remove it. Also the part about drug testing, background check, etc. Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The drug testing and background check might be considered legal boilerplate? Possibly we should keep if it's substantive? The instruction says remove legal boilerplate. The drug testing and background check are legal requirements; likely considered boilerplate. However, we need to preserve ALL substantive information; but legal boilerplate is to be removed. So we should drop the paragraphs about background check, drug test, marijuana, DOT regulations, security checks, etc. Also the EEO paragraph at the end. We also need to drop duplicated lines, application instructions (like "Learn more about our benefits offerings here ." maybe keep? It's a link but not instruction to apply. Might be okay. But we can keep as part of benefits. We need to include sections only when there is real specific content. Let's identify substantive sections: - Intro about Amtrak, values, core capabilities: could be "About the role" or "About Amtrak". We'll use
About the role
with paragraphs. - Summary Of Duties: responsibilities. Could beResponsibilities
with- items.
- Essential Functions: maybe part of responsibilities; but we can combine.
- Minimum Qualifications: qualifications. Could be
Qualifications
with- .
- Communications And Interpersonal Skills: skills. Could be
Skills
with- .
- Pay: The hourly range $21.00 per hour during classroom training. After classroom training, the rate of pay increases to $30.29 - $40.39 per hour (with opportunity for increases...). That's specific pay info. So we need a Pay section.
- Benefits: Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental and vision plans; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan; life insurance; paid time off; reimbursement of education; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Some benefits are subject to the collective bargaining agreement. Learn more about our benefits offerings here . That's specific benefits. So Benefits section.
- Schedule? Not mentioned. Travel Requirements: Up to 100% (maybe schedule/travel). Could be Schedule? The instruction says include Schedule section only if posting actually states them. Travel Requirements could be considered schedule? Might be better to include a "Travel" or "Schedule" section? The allowed headings list includes Schedule. Travel Requirements: Up to 100% indicates travel required. Could be placed under Schedule. But we need to decide if we should include Schedule section. The posting includes "Travel Requirements:Up to 100%". That's specific. So we can include a Schedule section with that info.
- Other metadata like Requisition ID, Band Zone, Posting Location(s), Relocation Offered, Recruiter Name, Recruiter Email: these are minor metadata; we should fold into a short
or drop. Probably we can include a short paragraph at the end with location etc. But instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can include a
with location and maybe recruiter info. But we might drop it entirely as not substantive? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Location is substantive: Posting Location(s):Illinois. Relocation Offered:No. Travel Requirements:Up to 100% (we already used). Recruiter name/email maybe less substantive but could be included. However, we might choose to drop recruiter info as minor metadata. Keep location and relocation. Thus we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Pay, Benefits, Schedule (travel). Possibly also a short paragraph for location. We need to use
for section headings. Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must not repeat the job title as a heading. The job title is Chef/Line Cook; we won't use that. We must not include markdown fences. Now craft content. About the role: combine introductory paragraphs about Amtrak, values, core capabilities, and the invitation to join team. We'll make a couple paragraphs. Responsibilities: from Summary Of Duties and Essential Functions. Let's list items: - Responsible for meal preparation in the kitchen on board dining cars. - Offer passengers a wide variety of full-course meals freshly prepared in kitchens. - Assist with loading/unloading, verification, handling and storage of all food and service products. - Assist with cooking, plating, supplies, food prep, pantry. - Provide to the servers all items on the current menu. - Wash any and all utensils, pots and pans. - Keep the entire lower level of the car clean. - Prepare full-course meals for Amtrak passengers. - Assist with all phases of meal preparations. - Wash all items used in the preparation of meals in compliance with FDA sanitation regulations and standards. - Must complete all end-point duties. We can combine duplicates. Let's produce a concise list but preserve all info. Might combine similar items. Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications: Previous work experience in a restaurant as a Chef/Line Cook. High School Diploma
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
- .
- Pay: The hourly range $21.00 per hour during classroom training. After classroom training, the rate of pay increases to $30.29 - $40.39 per hour (with opportunity for increases...). That's specific pay info. So we need a Pay section.
- Benefits: Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental and vision plans; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan; life insurance; paid time off; reimbursement of education; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Some benefits are subject to the collective bargaining agreement. Learn more about our benefits offerings here . That's specific benefits. So Benefits section.
- Schedule? Not mentioned. Travel Requirements: Up to 100% (maybe schedule/travel). Could be Schedule? The instruction says include Schedule section only if posting actually states them. Travel Requirements could be considered schedule? Might be better to include a "Travel" or "Schedule" section? The allowed headings list includes Schedule. Travel Requirements: Up to 100% indicates travel required. Could be placed under Schedule. But we need to decide if we should include Schedule section. The posting includes "Travel Requirements:Up to 100%". That's specific. So we can include a Schedule section with that info.
- Other metadata like Requisition ID, Band Zone, Posting Location(s), Relocation Offered, Recruiter Name, Recruiter Email: these are minor metadata; we should fold into a short
- .
- Communications And Interpersonal Skills: skills. Could be