Cook

The Cook prepares quick service menu items at select Food locations, maintains a clean kitchen/work environment following all Stone Mountain Park and Georgia State Health Department guidelines, actively monitors safe food temperatures, and effectively rotates inventory to maintain freshness and quality of all food products.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Additional duties may be assigned. Management retains the discretion to change or add to the duties of this position at any time.

Inspect food preparation and serving areas to ensure observance of safe, sanitary food-handling practices

Turn or stir foods to ensure even cooking

Ensures day dot procedures are in place: follows First in First Out

Know, understand and enforce the use of the Start Fresh program when necessary

Season and cook food according to recipes

Observe and test foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently, using methods such as tasting, smelling, or piercing them with utensils

Regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, and roasters

Regulate temperatures of foods

Substitute for or assist other cooks during emergencies or rush periods

Wash, peel, cut, and seed fruits and vegetables to prepare them for consumption

All other duties as assigned

Required Skills & Experience

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Must understand, read, write and speak the English language

Must be at least 17 years old

Must be able to maintain a good working relationship with coworkers

Must have the ability to work days, nights, weekdays, weekends, and holidays

Must be able to understand and follow a number of simple recipes and cooking technique procedures in written and oral form

Must have the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedural manuals

Must have the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure

Must feel comfortable safely handling basic kitchen utensils such as knives

High school diploma or educational equivalent preferred

Minimum of 6 months of cooking experience in at a restaurant or fast food location required

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk and hear, and regularly required to taste and smell. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Must be able to take directional cues directly and indirectly.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions

The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts, extreme cold, extreme heat; risk of electrical shock; and vibration

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud

Employment at Stone Mountain Park is contingent on the completion of a criminal background check and a drug screen, with the results being negative. Stone Mountain Park employees are subject to pre-employment, post-injury, post-accident, reasonable suspicion and random testing for illegal drug usage.