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Head Cook

1 month ago

Miami

The Head Cook is responsible for preparing the food that is sold by the pound or individual servings ensuring customer satisfaction and excellent service. Essential duties and responsibilities include: • Regularly plan menus and write up orders for department supervisor to place; order may be placed in conjunction with weekly sales flyer to promote certain products, • Routinely conduct inventory with department supervisor, • Upon arrival in the morning, light the gas ovens, check for gas leaks, turn on the extractor, • Prepare meat and vegetables for that day or the following day by marinating, soaking, cutting, etc., whatever is necessary for the recipe, • Typically by 9:30 a.m. some foods are cooked and ready to go out to display; next batch of food is complete by 11:30 a.m. in order to serve lunchtime customers, • Ensure all standards of cleanliness are maintained, including the use of gloves and hair net, • Ensure safety measures are taken upon oneself when preparing, handling or carrying hot food or hot trays of food, • Place food trays on display or replenish food into trays on display as needed, • Maintain awareness of floor conditions; ensure all safety measures are taken to protect customers, vendors and employees, • Organize and maintain organization in the pantry, coolers and freezers; typically pork, chicken, fish vegetables and long term items are placed in freezer; meat and short term items are placed in cooler, • Verify that display cases, coolers, refrigerators and freezers are at the proper temperature, • Maintain all requirements for a sanitary work area to keep food safe from contamination; adhere to department procedures with all aspects of federal, state, local and company health, safety and sanitation codes, • Keep work area clean, orderly, and free from safety hazards; wash, sanitize, and store knives and other department utensils and equipment properly, • Use all equipment in the kitchen properly such as the stoves, ovens, fryers, steamers, etc., according to company guidelines; call for repairs when equipment malfunctions occur, • Sweep and/or mop floor as needed, • Report all accidents promptly according to company procedures, • Attend and participate in departmental and store meetings, • Punctuality and good attendance in compliance with company policies; ensure work responsibilities are covered during foreseeable absences, • Performs other work-related duties as required to accomplish the objectives of the position Secondary duties and responsibilities include: • Assist with training of newly hired or promoted cooks, possibly from other stores, • Wash dishes, knives, plates and other department utensils and equipment, • When working the end-of-day shift, prepare food for the next day when necessary; clean the kitchen area for use the next morning Minimum requirements include: • High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred; minimum 18 years of age, previous cooking experience, and current food safety training certificate required which must be renewed every three (3) years Competencies, skills and/or qualifications include: • Ability to read and speak English and Spanish preferred, • Ability to understand and follow instructions in both English and Spanish preferred, • Ability to effectively present and receive information and respond to questions in one-on-one and small group situations with managers, customers (both internal and external) and the general public, • Excellent interpersonal skills, • Ability to use department equipment properly to accomplish essential duties of the position, • Possess adequate knife handling skills, • Takes responsibility for own actions, • Demonstrates organization, accuracy and thoroughness, • Ability to work hours and days scheduled, including holidays and weekends, • Basic math, numeral recognition, • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral or diagram form Physical demands include: • Stand in one place for extended periods of time, • Walk, • Use fingers and hands; substantial hand strength, • Reach with hands and arms; use repetitive motion with hands and arms, • Talk and hear, • Use sense of smell, • Carry, lift and/or move necessary departmental supplies, food and equipment, • Close vision, have eye-hand coordination and peripheral vision The employee is frequently required to: • Stoop or bend at the waist, • Crouch or bend at the knees, • Twist back and neck The employee is occasionally required to: • Push and pull carts of necessary departmental supplies, food and equipment, • Kneel The employee is rarely required to: • Climb ladder, • Balance, • Sit The individual performs duties in a grocery store and kitchen environment. He or she maintains frequent contact with supervisors, employees and customers. The noise level in the work environment is low to moderate. In this position, there is the possibility of using knives, food processor, chopper, blender, can opener, hot/cold temperature exposure with hot pots, pans, oil or water, fryer, steamer, gas ovens, coolers, freezers, and cleaning supplies and equipment. The characteristics and requirements set forth herein are representative of those routinely encountered by an employee in this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position. It is understood that this job description is an outline and basic description of expected duties and responsibilities and is not intended to be an employment contract, nor guarantee of employment, nor interferes with my "employment-at-will." Sedano's Supermarkets reserves the right to make necessary revisions to this job description at any time.

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