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E-JAM FLL

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Job Description

Job Title: Cook

Available Positions: 10

Approximate Salary: £ (GBP)

Address: Ascension Island

City: Ascension Island

State/Province: Ascension Island

Country: United Kingdom

Education Level: High School Diploma

Experience Level: 5 – 10 Years Experience

Skills Required: Excellent interpersonal skills (People person) , Chef , Food Preperatation

Job Posted Date: 2021-04-02

Job expiry Date: 2021-05-02

Jobs Availability : Full Time

Job Details

The Cook II prepares any or all items on a menu. The incumbent is the shift leader over all other food service workers, and provides technical oversight of a full range of food service activities, such as preparing and/or modifying menus and recipes, maintaining work schedules, assisting with food orders, and assisting with inventory control.

Essential Duties & Job Functions:

Leads food service workers in volume preparation and timely service of food on assigned shift; develops work plans, pull sheets, and cycle menus.
Assigns, reviews, and evaluates the work of assigned food service workers; adjusts work assignments and schedules to maintain adequate staffing levels, and responds to fluctuating workloads.
Prepares food, including regular and specialty items, according to standardized recipes in accordance with management directions, dietary manuals, verbal and written instructions, and/or cycle menus.
Gathers, combines, prepares, bakes, or cooks a variety of foods such as meat, seafood, poultry, fruits, vegetables, soups, sauces, gravies, salads, breads, and deserts as determined by menus or management.
Uses commercial cooking equipment and all associated cooking utensils.
Instructs, assigns, monitors, evaluates, and assists food service workers in serving food and kitchen clean-up including washing dishes, mopping floors, and washing walls as needed.
Assists in billeting operations including assigning rooms, directing billeting staff on daily tasks, and providing guest assistance after-hours as required.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Accountable For:

Timely and cost-effective performance of duties.
Harmoniously working with other employees and customers.
Working with the Project Principals to fully coordinate all activities.
Effectively coordinate a number of projects simultaneously.
Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure.
Effective written and oral communication skills.
Demonstrating initiative and problem-solving skills.
Contributing to the successful completion of project initiatives.

Job Requirements (Education, Experience, Professional Associations):
Mandatory

High School Diploma or equivalent.
Five (5) years of hands-on experience in dining facility operations.
Valid state Driver’s License with acceptable driving record pertinent to the position.
The ability to obtain and maintain a Favorable National Agency Check w/Inquiries (NACI); or the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance at the Secret level, as applicable to the position requirement.
Ability to successfully pass any employment background check and/or drug testing required on the contract.

Preferred