Food Service Cook

Job Details

Job Location

Keller - WA

Salary Range

$20.00 - $22.56 Hourly

Description

LOSING DATE: February 20, 2025

POSITION: Food Service Cook

SALARY: $20.00 - $22.56, per hour DOE

REPORTS TO: Food Service Manager

LOCATION: SPTC Keller, WA

Basic Functions: This is a non-Exempt position. Performs the day-to-day activities of the San Poil Treatment Center's Dietary Department performing duties as a Cook with the preparation of meals under the direction of the Food Service Manager, washing dishes, pots and pans, trays and setting up.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education And Training

• Requires a high school diploma or equivalent
• Two (2) years of experience of restaurant type cooking in food service. Experience in an institutional, military, or large commercial kitchen a plus.
• May require a valid driver's license and be eligible for the Tribes' vehicle insurance.
• Requires a Food Handler's Card. First Aid & CPR Card.
• Requires a TB test with negative results within 15 days of hire.
• Required to maintain all licenses and certifications throughout employment.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Requires knowledgeable of the practices, methods, and equipment used in preparing, cooking, and serving food in large quantities.
• Must be able to read and understand product labels, recipes, and menus.
• Must have knowledge of basic computer skills.
• Must have knowledge of behavior of persons in treatment facilities.
• Must have knowledge of sanitation methods in cleaning and caring of equipment.
• Must have knowledge of storing and inventory methods of large quantities of food.
• Must be knowledgeable of the common weights and measures of food proportion requirements.
• Must be knowledgeable of the federal, state and Tribal standards, guidelines and regulations governing this facility.
• Must have knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions of kitchen areas and equipment.
• Requires the ability to speak and read the English language.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Requires the ability to prepare, cook, and coordinate cooking processes so that nutritional meals are prepared and served on time.
• Requires the ability to complete assigned tasks with minimal supervision.
• The ability to understand specific verbal or written instructions and procedures.
• Requires the ability to guide and instruct residents in semi-skilled food preparation, service, and cleaning tasks.
• Requires the ability to perform basic mathematical operations to determine and proportions of ingredients with a minimum of waste.
• Requires the ability to cut, slice, and grind meat and poultry.
• Requires the ability to follow oral and written directions.
• Requires the ability to maintain personal cleanliness and neatness.
• Requires the ability to maintain effective working relationships with treatment center staff.
• Requires the ability to orientate the residents on post orders and kitchen rules and regulations.
• Requires the ability to maintain effective security of kitchen equipment and utensils.
• Requires the ability to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, taste, and smell.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls.
• Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Routinely required to perform manual labor associated with food preparation for large groups, and to stand for long periods of time.
• While performing the essential functions of the job, the employee if routinely exposed to hot equipment, cookware and utensils; is occasionally exposed to the possibility to injury from moving mechanical parts; and is occasionally exposed to fumes and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The employee may be required to work outside normal business hours, including rotating shifts, weekends and holidays.
• This position is identified as a safety sensitive position and is subject to pre-employment, post-accident, random, and reasonable suspicion drug testing.
• Must have no history of substance abuse of a period of three (3) years prior to time of employment and must refrain from the use of illicit substances or prescription medications not prescribed by a health care provider during the term of employment.
• Must submit to and successfully clear an extensive criminal background inquiry (BIA, Tribal, & State ) and maintain clearance throughout employment.
• Work history must reflect better than average attendance.
  
  

Note: Pursuant to Tribal Policy, if this position is safety sensitive it is subject to pre-employment drug testing. In addition, this position is subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing.

TRIBAL MEMBER AND INDIAN PREFERENCE WILL APPLY; PREFERENCE WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS WHO ARE MINIMALLY QUALIFIED.

THIS POSITION WILL BE SUBJECT TO PRE-EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND CLEARANCES. THESE CLEARANCES MUST BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT EMPLOYMENT.

INFORMATIONTanya Ives, HR Technician Senior, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Human Resources Office, P.O. Box 150, Nespelem, WA 99155, (509) 634-2201. tanya.ives.hrs@colvilletribes.com