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Cook*, *How would you like to work with a national leader in food service management in a top Retirement Community in Pittsburgh? We are one of the largest national staffing firms in the country and we are currently seeking experienced Cooks to work a premier Retirement Community in the Oakmont, PA area. This position can come with huge career growth potential! This is *NOT *a temporary position!

We offer: Cook

• Weekly Pay
• Starting at $18/HR
• Full Time positions available
• Fortune 500 PAID training
• Working at a premier Retirement Community
• Full medical, dental, vision, 401K, short and long term disability insurance and benefits
• HUGE career growth potential

Job Description: Cook

The Cook will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods: to include Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special/Catered Events. Maintains a friendly, efficient, and positive customer service attitude toward customers, clients, and co-workers.

• Prepares and cooks to order foods that may require short preparation time.
• May prepare food and serve customers at an a la carte and may operate a grill station.
• Prepares food in accordance with current applicable federal, state and corporate standards, guidelines and regulations to ensure high-quality food service is provided.
• Reads food order or receives verbal instructions on food required by patron, and prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
• May produce some batch goods using basic cooking techniques.
• Provides the highest quality of service to customers at all times.
• Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts and other foodstuffs for consumption in eating establishments.
• Prepares foods under direct supervision or instruction by operating a variety of kitchen equipment to measure and mix ingredients, washing, peeling, cutting and shredding fruits and vegetables, and trimming and cutting meat, poultry or fish for culinary use.
• Tastes products, reads menus, estimates food requirements, checks production, and keeps records in order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition supplies and equipment.
• May receive inventory, move and lift foodstuffs and supplies and prepare meals for customers requiring special diets.
• May clean and sanitize work stations and equipment and must follow all Sodexo, client and regulatory rules and procedures.
• Follow defined food sanitation guidelines in preparation of food product and maintaining work environment.
• Enforces all company safety and risk management policies and procedures; reports all accidents and injuries in a timely manner and identifies and corrects unsafe work conditions with management oversight.
• Attends all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training.
• "Our Company is committed to equal opportunity principles."

Job Requirements: Cook

• High School diploma, GED or equivalent.
• Knowledge of basic operation of food equipment and kitchen knives

General Qualifications: Cook

• Willingness to be open to learning and growing.
• Maturity of judgment and behavior.
• Maintains high standards for work areas and appearance.
• Maintains a positive attitude.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule helpful.
• Must comply with any dress code requirements.
• Must be able to work nights, weekends and some holidays.
• Attends work and shows up for scheduled shift on time with satisfactory regularity.
• Must get TB Tested
• Ability to pass a drug screen and background check