Cook-NA-05 INT – 6902

About the role

Cook-05 position at the MWR Buoy Deck in Juneau, AK, working an intermittent schedule (0‑19 hours per week).

Responsibilities

• 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 fries 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.
• May be required to assist with monthly and mid‑monthly food and beverage products inventories.
• 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.
• Disassembles and assembles component parts and accessories for cleaning and follows safety procedures regarding the operation of equipment to avoid personal injury or damage to the equipment.
• Cleans, stores, and maintains all kitchen utensils and cleans and maintains 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 desserts 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.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications required:

• 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.