Cook - Caltech Dining Services

Job Summary

Looking for an exciting place to work? Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute harboring some of the world's brightest minds. Our Caltech Dining Services Department (CDS) is in search of hiring and cultivating equally talented individuals who are positive, enthusiastic, and passionate about what they do. We are fast-paced, creative, hands-on, and round-the-clock. If you have a great team work ethic, positive attitude, and are indispensably flexible and quick to adapt to an always changing environment, join us and be a part of this leading edge and innovative community.

About the Role

CDS operates four dining units (Browne Dining Hall, Red Door Marketplace, Broad Café, and Avery Kitchen) for a campus community of 2,000. We also serve over 850 students, 7 days a week, through our Board Program, and maintain a burgeoning Catering Department.

Responsibilities

• Performs full array of cooking skills as required for main dishes and side orders.
• Works quickly and efficiently within a fast-paced work environment.
• Prepares and cooks meats, fish, vegetables, gravies, sauces, cereal, soups, fruits, bakery products, and other foods according to recipes or member orders.
• Cooks from scratch or makes substitutions as requested.
• Cleans and sanitizes work areas and equipment according to protocol, maintaining clean and organized storage and work areas at all times; deep-cleans equipment and work areas per schedule.
• Maintains timely service for meals and events.
• Ensures that all kitchen equipment is in proper working condition, informing the managing chefs in the event equipment is not in proper working order.
• Absorbs location shifts according to business needs.
• Responsible for set-up, breakdown, maintaining a clean and organized workspace at all times.
• Performs work in accordance with Institute and regulatory agency safety standards and practice and performs all job duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience cooking in a high-volume restaurant or food service facility.
• Proficient knife skills, ingredient knowledge, cooking skills.
• Able to work as a member of a team with the ability to take direction with a positive attitude.
• Flexibility, ownership, and initiative are a must.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to stand for long periods at a time, move, bend, twist, lift, push, pull, squat, reach, and walk with ease, without injury, and with a sense of urgency and purpose.
• Maintain attendance and arrive on time for all shifts.
• Must possess a food handler’s certificate or ability to obtain one by the time of hire.
• Must have the ability to perform basic mathematics: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and percentage conversion to decimals and count, as related to calculating or converting units of measure for determining proper amounts of food ingredients for large food production.

Benefits

Selected candidate must maintain attendance and arrive on time for all shifts. Must possess a food handler’s certificate or ability to obtain one by the time of hire. Must have the ability to perform basic mathematics: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and percentage conversion to decimals and count, as related to calculating or converting units of measure for determining proper amounts of food ingredients for large food production.

Pay

Hiring Range: $20.00 - $26.25 Per Hour

Schedule

This position should expect location shifts according to business needs. Depending on shift, may be required to work some weekends, extended shifts, and overtime.