Cook-05 INT - 6832

Duties

• Prepares and cooks a variety of menu items such as hamburgers, grilled sandwiches, eggs, quick meals, cold sandwiches and salads.
• Operates a variety of kitchen equipment which utilizes gas, electricity, steam, or microwave heat sources.
• Grills or frys steaks, chops, poultry, pancakes, bacon, sausage, etc., by watching while the items are cooking, turning as required and removing when done.
• Prepares and cooks fresh, frozen or canned vegetables and fruits for serving as directed.
• Prepares desserts, juices, and other items as directed by higher-grade cooks.
• Places cooked food in serving dishes, steam carts and food trucks.
• Maintains rotation of food inventories to prevent spoilage.
• Maintains proper temperature for all foods during holding, transport, reheating, and serving to assure quality control and food safety.
• Covers, dates and properly stores all food items at the close of business or shift.
• Verifies and stores food supplies properly.
• Maintains assigned area in a neat and orderly manner and in compliance with fire, safety, sanitation and security regulations.
• Cleans and maintains equipment and work areas.
• Disassemble and assemble component parts and accessories for cleaning, and follow safety procedures regarding the operation of equipment to avoid personal injury or damage to the equipment.
• Clean and use a variety of cooking utensils required to measure, weigh, and process food items.
• Clean, store, and maintain all kitchen utensils and clean and maintain all equipment and work areas after each use practicing a "clean as you go" concept.
• Removes soiled dishes, glasses, and flatware from tables and carries to dishwashing area.
• Cleans tables of paper, other trash, or soiled linen, salt, pepper, sugar, glasses, and flatware; serves butter, salads, and deserts as instructed.
• Scrapes and pre-rinses dishes, glasses and flatware for washing.
• Separates food waste and trash.
• Loads dishes into dishwasher.
• Hand washes dishes.
• Stacks and stores clean dishes.
• Performs various other cleaning tasks (e.g., walls and ceilings, floors, work tables, and walk-in refrigerators) following an established cleaning schedule.
• May carry out bar related duties such as filling ice bins, replacing empty beer kegs, stocking beer coolers.
• Helps set up service bars and portable bars.

Qualifications

• Experience in methods and procedures relating to food preparation, presentation, reading and following recipes.
• Experience following oral and written instructions and performing simple arithmetic.
• Must be physically able to frequently lift objects weighing up to 40 pounds.
• Must be able to continuously stand, walk, stoop, reach, push, pull and bend for long periods of time.
• Must be able to obtain a Food Handler's Certificate and/or complete food handler's training.

Preferred

• One year or more of experience as a cook in food preparation, presentation, reading and following recipes gained in a grill, snack bar, restaurant, club or similar food activity.

Benefits

• Paid Annual and Sick Leave
• Holiday Pay
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible/Dependent Spending Account
• Pension Plan 401k Savings Plan
• Life Insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid Parental Leave

Essential Information

• Location: New London, CT
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• Work Schedule: Intermittent (0-19 hours/week)
• Position: Cook-05
• Salary: $20.83/hour
• Pay Plan/Series/Pay Band: NA-7404-05
• Opening Date: 08 July 2026
• Closing Date: Until Filled
• Who May Apply: All Sources
• Residency Requirements: Non-U.S. nationals must have resided within the United States, or U.S. territories, for at least three of the last five years.
• Background Check: Must satisfactorily complete a Federal Background check and all pre-employment requirements.
• Reasonable Accommodations: Provided for applicants with disabilities.