Cook - Senior-Monday-Friday/Fist Day Benefits Eligible
Company: Sodexo
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: June 24, 2022
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Job Description:
**UNIT DESCRIPTION**Sodexo Account in Santa Clara CA looking for
an experinced cook. schedule will be Monday through Friday. First
day benefits eligible**Position Summary**The Sr. 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.The
general responsibilities of the position include those listed
below, but Sodexo may identify other responsibilities of the
position. These responsibilities may differ among accounts,
depending on business necessities and client requirements.**General
Responsibilities:**+ May prepare food and serve customers at an a
la carte station.+ Prepares foods 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.+ Provides the highest quality of
service to customers at all times.+ Tastes products, reads menus,
estimates food requirements, check production, and keep records in
order to accurately plan production requirements and requisition
supplies and equipment.+ May clean and sanitize work stations and
equipment and must follow all Sodexo, client and regulatory rules
and procedures.+ Attends all allergy and foodborne illness
in-service training.+ Complies with all Sodexo HACCP policies and
procedures.+ Reports all accidents and injuries in a timely
manner.+ Complies with all company safety and risk management
policies and procedures.+ Participates in regular safety meetings,
safety training and hazard assessments.+ Attends training programs
(classroom and virtual) as designated.+ Produces small to large
batch goods using advanced and full range of classical and
contemporary cooking, plating and garnishing techniques.+ Follows
complex 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.+ May assist with the supervision of kitchen
personnel.+ Selects recipes per menu cycle, prepares bakery items,
receives inventory, moves and lifts foodstuffs and supplies and
prepares meals for customers requiring special diets.+ Serves as a
lead cook guiding and assisting in the training of less experienced
cooks.+ Under minimal supervision, independently performs advanced
cooking duties in preparing food items to be served to customers.+
Advanced knife skills required.+ May have oversight over the
production staff and assign tasks.+ May use production software to
enter pre- and post-production data software.+ May take inventory,
and/or enter inventory into the production.+ May perform other
duties and responsibilities as assigned.**Qualifications &
Requirements**+ 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.**Experience/Knowledge:**+ High School
diploma, GED or equivalent.+ 4 or more years of related work
experience.+ Knowledge of basic operation of equipment and
cash-handling procedures preferred.**Skills/Aptitude:**+ Presents
self in a highly professional manner to others and understands that
honesty and ethics are essential.+ Ability to maintain a positive
attitude.+ Ability to communicate with co-workers and other
departments with professionalism and respect.+ Maintains a
professional relationship with all coworkers, vendor
representatives, supervisors, managers, customers, and client
representatives.+ Ability to use a computer.+ Requires complete
knowledge of kitchen equipment.+ Must be able to read and follow a
recipe unsupervised+ Involved with the more complex requirements of
the position.+ Applies advanced cooking skills.+ Adapts procedures,
processes, tools, equipment and techniques to meet the requirements
of the position.+ Substantial working knowledge of food
preparation.**Physical Requirements:**+ Close vision, distance
vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to
adjust focus, with or without corrective lenses.+ Significant
walking or other means of mobility.+ Ability to work in a standing
position for long periods of time (up to 8 hours).+ Ability to
reach, bend, stoop, push and/or pull, and frequently lift up to 35
pounds and occasionally lift/move 40 pounds.**Working Conditions
(may add additional conditions specific to defined work
location):**+ Generally in an indoor setting; however, may
supervise outside activities and events.+ Varying schedule to
include evenings, holidays, weekends and extended hours as business
dictates.+ While performing the duties of this job, the employee is
primarily in a controlled, temperate environment; however, may be
exposed to heat/cold during support of outside activities.+ The
noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to
loud.Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran
employer.**Benefits Eligibility**Full Time Benefits: At Sodexo, we
believe every employee should have the resources to be their best.
As part of our overall rewards, we offer benefits programs designed
to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle including health, dental
and vision insurance. Eligible employees can enroll in their
benefits, which will be effective beginning on their first day with
Sodexo. We also offer other benefits like paid time off, financial
and savings programs and access to our employee assistance program
and other discounts (eligibility varies by unit and may not be
available to all employees).**Job Locations** _US-CA-SANTA
CLARA_**System ID** _804949_**Category** _Food Service_**Employment
Status** _Full-Time_**Unit Name** _HARVEST PROPERTIES CAFE_**Unit
Contact** _Efrain.Roman@sodexo.com_
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