Cook - Medtronic LA
Aramark · Northridge, California, United States · 1 wk ago
On-siteManagement$21/hrFull-time
About the role
Join our team as a Cook and bring recipes to life while flexing your creativity. Surrounded by fresh ingredients and top-tier equipment, you’ll experiment with diverse cuisines, flavors, and cooking styles in an environment that prioritizes your health through production guidelines and safety procedures.
Pay
The hourly rate for this position is $21.00.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Work/life resources
- Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k))
- Paid days off, including parental leave and disability coverage
Benefits vary by location, legal requirements, and employee eligibility.
Responsibilities
- Prepare a variety of food according to production guidelines and standardized recipes
- Set up workstations with ingredients and equipment
- Measure, weigh, mix, chop, trim, and peel ingredients
- Safely use utensils, including knives, and operate equipment such as ovens, stoves, slicers, and mixers
- Apply cooking methods like baking, roasting, broiling, steaming, and sautéing to meat, vegetables, and other foods
- Arrange, garnish, and portion food following established guidelines
- Store food properly in compliance with food safety policies
- Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, and utensils
- Maintain excellent customer service and a positive demeanor toward guests, clients, and coworkers
- Adhere to Aramark safety policies, including food safety and sanitation
- Ensure security of company assets
Job duties may change or new ones may be assigned without formal notice to meet business needs.
Requirements
- Experience as a cook or in a related role
- Knowledge of food preparation principles, cooking methods, and food safety regulations (e.g., handling, sanitation, storage)
- Ability to acquire food safety certification
- Basic math and counting skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
Physical Demands
- Lifting, bending, pushing, pulling, and extended walking/standing
- May require uniforms and/or Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)