Commissary Cook II

About the role

MSU’s Culinary Services hires motivated team members who are excited to actively participate in the ever-changing world of the high-paced food industry.

Responsibilities

• Works in the commissary kitchen to produce high volume batches of fresh produce and menu production ingredients.
• Skillfully prepares, cooks, and packages high volume product in accordance with standard operating procedures.
• Follows recipes.
• Assists with leading a shift of employees.
• Provides direction and training for students and temporary staff.
• Assists with executing production to ensure quality product is being produced in an appealing manner while following portion control guidelines for packaging.
• Properly follows sanitation guidelines and handles food in accordance with FDA food codes and as directed by MSU’s Registered Sanitarian.
• Affixes sanitation guidelines are being followed at their station.
• Regularly assists with the cleaning, disposition and storage of foods (hot and cold), supplies, and equipment in accordance with the sanitarian’s recommendations.
• May assist with assigning tasks.
• Assists with developing and testing recipes at various times of year.
• Assists with maintaining inventory, controlling food and waste costs at their station, and maintaining records per the standard operating procedures.
• Performs other general kitchen duties and is trained in other areas of the food service to assist during employee absences or high volume serving.
• Actively contributes to the team by performing other duties as needed in support of the department’s mission.

Requirements

• Experience cooking in a high volume restaurant and/or cooking multiple cuisines or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Basic experience leading and/or training staff.
• Experience providing excellent customer service.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with inventory control.

The Successful Candidate Will

• Exhibit interest in the culinary arts and exercise critically good judgment concerning taste and aesthetics of food quality.
• Work effectively and efficiently in close cooperation with CS staff in a team-oriented environment with the ultimate goal of providing excellent customer service.
• Work well individually or on a team.
• Exhibit strong communication skills both verbally and in writing.
• Consistently exercise initiative and good judgment.
• Exhibit excellent attention to detail and accurate record keeping skills.
• Prioritize and organize workload in order to complete tasks in a timely manner.
• Quickly adapt to changing priorities.
• Represent the department and the University to others in a professional and courteous manner.

Position Special Requirements/Additional Information

• This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job.
• Normal service areas, kitchen, cooler, freezer, dock environments.
• Stationary and/or moving about for long periods of time.
• Frequently moving, transporting, and placing containers/product weighing up to 50 lbs and occasionally up to 100 lbs.
• Occasionally moving product up and down stairs.
• Bending, kneeling, stretching and general moving about while stocking products.
• Gripping handles on small kitchen utensils and other equipment.
• Performing repetitive motions related to job duties.
• Regular exposure to cleaning chemicals.

Physical Demands

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Normal service areas, kitchen, cooler, freezer, dock environments.
• Stationary and/or moving about for long periods of time.
• Frequently moving, transporting, and placing containers/product weighing up to 50 lbs and occasionally up to 100 lbs.
• Occasionally moving product up and down stairs.
• Bending, kneeling, stretching and general moving about while stocking products.
• Gripping handles on small kitchen utensils and other equipment.
• Performing repetitive motions related to job duties.
• Regular exposure to cleaning chemicals.

This position has supervisory duties?

No