Line Cook

About the role

Do you feel called to serve in a Christian Ministry? Do you want to serve where you make a difference in the lives of others? Are you looking for a life-changing work experience? If so, consider joining us at the Atlanta Mission, where we provide life-transforming experiences for everyone that joins our team: employees, clients, donors, and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Serve within our ministry by performing various food preparation duties.
• Prepare a wide variety of foods for 300 + people.
• Follow a recipe and improvise when there is a shortage of ingredients.
• Prepare components of each dish from our menu.
• Adequately adhere to serving portion sizes and basic meal prep procedures.
• Set up and breakdown workstations to serve meals, while adhering to a schedule.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization in kitchen and dining area as required by established standards.
• Work with a team of clients, temps, and/or volunteers to do prep work for other shifts.
• Monitor product freshness and rotate dates using the FIFO method (First In, First Out).
• Maintains cleanliness and organization in kitchen and dining area as required by established standards.
• Monitors, organizes, disperses, and properly stores inventory.
• Leads clients, temps, and/or volunteers when the Supervisor is not present.
• Aid in loading the van for lunch and dinner transport.

Qualifications

• Uphold the following Christ-Centered values:
• Humbly Serve: You strive to live, Love and Lead like Jesus
• Faithfully Steward: You honor and wisely use the time, talent and treasures that God has provided
• Courageously Innovate: You are driven towards excellence, you continuously learn, adapt and improve
• Joyfully Celebrate: You intentionally appreciate and recognize all that God is doing in and through all the stakeholders of Atlanta Mission.
• Strength in Unity: You embrace God’s desire for oneness and kingdom-focused unity.
• Minimum of 1 year of food service operation experience
• Knowledge of various cooking procedures and methods (grilling, baking, boiling etc.)
• Comfortable working with a team in a fast-paced kitchen environment
• Flexible with menus and meal prep and can problem-solve when ingredients are not available
• Ability to receive and incorporate instruction, feedback, and coaching effectively.
• Clean MVR Record
• Certification and License Requirements: ServSafe certification preferred, Valid Driver's License

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand for eight hours or more a day
• Must be able to communicate accurate information
• Must be able to occasionally lift up to 50lbs
• Comfortable working in both hot kitchen environments and cold, cooler, and freezer environments.

Environmental Job Requirements

• Moderate noise as in a kitchen environment
• Moderate exposure to communicable diseases as outlined by OSHA

What We Offer

• Employee Benefits: Retirement Savings with Matching Contribution
• Medical Insurance
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Employer Paid Benefits
• 3 Weeks Paid Time Off accrued during your first year
• 10 Paid Holidays
• 1 Mental Health Day/year
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Travel Assistance Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Medical Concierge
• Spiritual & Professional Training & Development