Line Cook / BBQ Pitmaster
As a Line Cook / BBQ Pitmaster, you'll provide superior fast, fresh, and friendly customer service in a fast-paced restaurant environment. You'll prep ingredients for the kitchen and maintain department and food safety / sanitation standards. Key responsibilities include:
Food Service:

• Cuts, slices, dices, chops food for recipe preparation; preps in accordance with recipe specifications and SOPs
• Prepackages condiments (sauces, dressings) for prepared food items
• Completes tasks at assigned work station
• Assists in multiple cooking venues
• Assists in technical areas, and with catering orders, as needed
• Masters recipe preparation, including daily production to account for raw material variations and customer demand
• Prepares, packages, and plates fresh product

Food Safety / Sanitation:

• Ensures compliance with department store and standard operating procedures
• Properly handles / maintains temperature integrity of all ingredients, product, and equipment operation
• Maintains sanitation in food preparation areas
• Properly handles, operates, and maintains equipment
• Performs as a team member to help ensure a safe, clean, productive operation

Customer Service:

• Provides / ensures customers a sense of urgency related to accuracy, speed, and freshness of their order
• Provides superior customer service at all times; provides internal customer service
• Provides detailed knowledge of menu items, ingredients, prep methods, etc.
• Assists guests as needed

Qualifications & Key Requirements:
Age Requirement: 18+
Work Experience: 1+ years of experience in commercial foodservice - Required
Experience in food preparation and equipment - Required
Culinary knowledge - Required
Understanding of nutritional values and ingredients - Required
Strong communication and interpersonal skills - Required
Reading and writing skills - Required
Technology skills - Required
Planning and organizing skills - Required
Culinary math skills for recipe conversion - Required
Ability to execute high-volume production - Required
Education: HS Diploma or GED or equivalent - Required
Licenses/Certifications: Culinary certification, or equivalent combination of culinary training / experience - Required
Physical Demands & Working Conditions:
Function in a fast-paced, retail environment
Work extended hours and / or rotating schedules
Safely maneuver around moving mechanical parts
Constantly reach at waist, grasp
Frequently be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic materials
Frequently stand, walk
Occasionally reach at overhead, reach at shoulder, reach at knee, reach at floor, bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, climb stairs, pivot twist, push / pull with arms, pinch, perform fine motor movements, shoulder circumduction
Occasionally be exposed to wet, cold, ambient temperatures, and loud noise
Frequently be exposed to heat
Demonstrate the ability to lift 80 lbs, and manage in excess of 80 lbs with a team lift
Last revised: 8/1/2019