MWR Cook

About the Role

This position is located in the Food and Beverage Division of the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Department in the Navy Region Southwest. The primary purpose is to perform various duties to facilitate food preparation, food service, and maintain cooking and serving equipment and areas in a clean and orderly condition.

Responsibilities

• Performs a full range of simple cooking tasks by preparing and cooking items requiring little or no processing such as pancakes, sausage, eggs, hamburgers, and fresh or canned vegetables.
• Prepares all forms of hot cereals; broils meats; prepares and cooks concentrated or dehydrated soups, sauces, and gravies; and makes cold sandwich fillings.
• Prepares convenience items such as frozen hash browns, fish fillets, and chicken nuggets. May prepare and bake pizza.
• Prepares foods by peeling, chopping, grinding, paring, cutting, slicing, dicing, pureeing, dredging, flouring, and breading.
• Weighs, measures, and dispenses foods in accordance with portion controls. Mixes ingredients according to precisely written recipes.
• Sets up and replenishes salad bar. Covers, dates, and stores leftovers according to established procedures.
• Cleans and maintains equipment and work areas.
• Maintains accurate food inventories and rotates stock items to prevent spoilage.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment.
• Must meet federal suitability requirements including successful completion of background investigation.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of the methods and procedures relating to food preparation in small quantities, and the skill to apply such information to cook a limited variety of prepared foods.
• Ability to read and understand written food service material such as food labels, standardized recipes, etc.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic computations in multiplying ingredients for a recipe and calculating how many servings.
• Knowledge of the characteristics of various foods such as color, flavor, consistency, texture, and temperature and cooking time required.
• Skill in planning, coordinating, and timing sequence of steps required to have all menu items ready for serving at specified time.
• Knowledge of sanitation principles.

Additional Information

Executive Order 12564 requires a Federal workplace free of illegal drugs. All Federal employees are required to remain drug free throughout their employment. The use of illegal drugs will result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal Service.

All individuals involved in the provision of child care services on a Department of Navy (DON) installation or in a DON-sanctioned program must complete the Installation Records Check (IRC). The IRC includes checks of various databases to determine suitability for the applicant.

Per Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1402.05, incumbents will be automatically disqualified for a conviction in either civilian or military court for any of the following: a sexual offense, any criminal offense involving a child victim, or a felony drug offense. Additionally, the incumbent will be automatically disqualified if held negligent in a civil adjudication or administrative proceeding concerning the death of or serious injury to a child or dependent person.

Non-U.S. citizens with fewer than three years of recent residential history in the U.S. may be determined ineligible for employment. Some positions have special requirements. Selectee may be required to complete a one (1) year probationary period.

Participation in Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer within the first 30 days of employment is required. We utilize E-Verify to confirm selectee's eligibility to work in the United States.