Remote Breakfast Cook/Baker - Camps

Assists with the preparation, production, and presentation of a variety of foods, completion of production sheets, direction/training of food service personnel, and other associated food service activities. Produces a wide variety of bakery goods and provides cleaning services to maintain remote camp and industrial facilities, office facilities, living areas, and similar spaces in a clean and orderly condition.

Responsibilities

• Performs all main line food production duties with specific items determined by assigned shift.
• Prepares and produces a wide variety of bakery products in a remote camp setting, including pastry preparations such as mixing, baking, and frying.
• Reviews daily needs with assigned supervisor(s), completes production sheets, reviews maintenance reports, and verifies supply needs and availability.
• Assists with menu and recipe development.
• Monitors and replenishes all kitchen production items using proper rotation procedures.
• Cooks breakfast, lunch, or dinner foods, including coffee, drinks, tray items, sandwiches, salad dressings, meat items, cheese or vegetable trays, and salad bar items.
• Prepares, places, presents, and restocks bulk/fresh vegetables, salads, relish trays, meats, sauces, cheeses, salad dressings, and bakery items.
• Uses production sheets to determine amounts needed for serving areas.
• Utilizes a variety of food preparation procedures and equipment, including cutting instruments.
• Prepares new salads and uses previously made salads as needed.
• Assists other personnel in food production or special duties and serves in the service line as needed.
• Handles special food preparation or cleaning projects as required.
• Rotates food items appropriately and ensures preparation areas, salad bar areas, workstations, and associated equipment are cleaned and sanitized.
• Cleans food service and food preparation equipment storage areas, including glass cleaning, polishing, sweeping, wiping, or mopping.
• Verifies and oversees food serving lines, areas, and bars to ensure proper stocking, setup, and cleaning.
• Removes garbage from assigned areas, sets up or breaks down tables, snack bars, display cases, and serving lines.
• Communicates with supervisors regarding items needed for meals and backups.
• Completes menu display announcements as outlined by a supervisor.
• Handles or organizes freight on a regular basis.
• Cleans, sweeps, vacuums, mops, and restocks hallways, stairways, offices, laundry rooms, clinics, living areas, off-site areas, common areas, and restrooms.
• Performs floor maintenance, including sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, stripping, extracting, waxing, buffing, and vacuuming.
• Dusts both high and low areas using appropriate equipment and cleaning solutions.
• May perform very light facility maintenance and assist with periodically scheduled large cleaning projects and laundry duties.
• Removes garbage from assigned areas.
• Supervises assigned staff, either directly or through lead personnel, ensuring quantity and quality control in food production and overall sanitation.
• Assists in the supervision and training of food service personnel, including instructing on proper rotation procedures for produce and dairy products.
• Maintains food production equipment and storage areas following proper sanitation, safety, and operational procedures.
• Notifies supervisor if safety and sanitation standards are not being met.
• Performs other duties pertinent to the department or unit’s success as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• At least three (3) years of directly related restaurant cooking and/or baking experience, demonstrating a working knowledge of high-volume food and bakery production, food service production, equipment, and supervisory techniques.
• Ability to instruct and train others and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Must have or obtain an Alaska Food Workers Card and/or ServSafe Certification upon hire.
• Must pass all pre-employment contract requirements, which may include drug test, physical and fit-for-duty assessment, and hearing test. Applicants not located near a testing facility are responsible for travel expenses to the nearest testing facility.
• Ability to cooperate and work as part of a team with fellow employees, customers, and clients.
• Ability to make decisions with little to no supervision.
• Must be able to stand for 12 hours per shift for the scheduled rotation.
• Must be able to live in dormitory-style settings and meet cleanliness requirements of the remote camp.
• Must speak, understand, read, and write English to meet contract requirements.
• Must adhere to all safety guidelines and regulations set forth by the company and client.

Requirements

• Working Conditions: Indoor/Outdoor. Frequently exposed to arctic conditions. Moderate to loud noise levels in an industrial kitchen setting located in a remote camp.
• Physical Requirements: Must constantly stand, walk, climb, push, pull, use hands and arms, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Travel: Must be able to travel by plane and/or bus to remote camps.
• Fit For Duty Test:
  • Lift 50 lbs. from floor to knuckle x 2.
  • Lift 50 lbs. from floor to waist x 2.
  • Lift 50 lbs. from floor to shoulders x 2.
  • Lift 30 lbs. from floor to crown x 2.
  • Carry 20 lbs. with two hands for a minimum distance of 20 feet.
  • Push horizontally with a peak force of 50 f-lbs. with two hands.
  • Perform alternate cross-over toe touches x 5 each side, self-paced, continuous.
  • Functionally squat x 5, self-paced but continuous.
  • Kneel on one knee and stand, then repeat on the opposite knee x 5 for each knee, self-paced but continuous.
  • Climb up and down 10 steps x 4 for a total of 40 steps, self-paced but continuous.
  • Climb up and down 10 steps x 2 while carrying 30 lbs. in one hand and using the other hand to grasp a railing for safety, self-paced. Allow a 30-second rest period after climbing.

Candidates Residing Outside Anchorage Area: For pre-employment testing, Anchorage will be considered the point of hire (except for drug testing, conducted near the candidate’s place of residence). Employees are responsible for travel expenses and accommodations related to pre-employment tasks in Anchorage, including safety training and required testing (e.g., physical, DOT physical/medical card, fit-for-duty, audiogram, or other contract/company requirements). For Alyeska Contract candidates residing in Alaska, pre-employment testing will be scheduled near the candidate’s area of residence unless local service providers are unavailable.

All employees are responsible for expenses related to reporting to the point of hire (Anchorage, AK) for scheduled trips to remote locations.