Prep Cook (Grill)**
**Job Description**
Join our dynamic culinary team as a Prep Cook, where you will focus on preparing sides, appetizers, and desserts to delight a diverse student body. This role is essential in supporting the daily meal preparation for approximately 3,000 students, contributing to their educational experience.
**Responsibilities**
+ Prepare food items such as sides, appetizers, and desserts.
+ Assist in maintaining cleanliness of the kitchen after preparation and serving.
+ Store or discard excess food in compliance with safe food handling procedures.
+ Support the ordering and receiving of food supplies.
+ Foster positive relationships with coworkers and the student body.
**Essential Skills**
+ Proficiency in food preparation, handling, and production.
+ Customer service skills with a focus on interacting positively with students and faculty.
+ Reliability in fulfilling job duties and maintaining a consistent work schedule.
**Additional Skills & Qualifications**
+ Experience in cooking is preferred but not required, with less than one year needed for prep cooks.
+ Flexibility for shifts and hours, including availability for nights and weekends.
+ Reliable transportation is preferred but not mandatory, as the location is accessible via public transport.
**Why Work Here?**
Enjoy free shift meals and comprehensive benefits once you become permanent, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a 401K plan, and additional perks such as pet and commuter benefits.
**Work Environment**
The position is located at a vibrant college campus featuring a main dining hall with buffet-style and made-to-order dishes, a retail area in the student center with various eateries, grab-and-go offerings, coffee shops, and an on-campus pub. The environment is lively and offers a great opportunity for those passionate about hospitality and food service.
**Job Type & Location**
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Needham, Massachusetts.
**Pay and Benefits**
The pay range for this position is $17.00 - $18.50/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
**Workplace Type**
This is a fully onsite position in Needham,MA.
**Application Deadline**
This position is anticipated to close on Aug 13, 2025.
**About Aerotek:**
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
**Job Description**
Join our dynamic culinary team as a Prep Cook, where you will focus on preparing sides, appetizers, and desserts to delight a diverse student body. This role is essential in supporting the daily meal preparation for approximately 3,000 students, contributing to their educational experience.
**Responsibilities**
+ Prepare food items such as sides, appetizers, and desserts.
+ Assist in maintaining cleanliness of the kitchen after preparation and serving.
+ Store or discard excess food in compliance with safe food handling procedures.
+ Support the ordering and receiving of food supplies.
+ Foster positive relationships with coworkers and the student body.
**Essential Skills**
+ Proficiency in food preparation, handling, and production.
+ Customer service skills with a focus on interacting positively with students and faculty.
+ Reliability in fulfilling job duties and maintaining a consistent work schedule.
**Additional Skills & Qualifications**
+ Experience in cooking is preferred but not required, with less than one year needed for prep cooks.
+ Flexibility for shifts and hours, including availability for nights and weekends.
+ Reliable transportation is preferred but not mandatory, as the location is accessible via public transport.
**Why Work Here?**
Enjoy free shift meals and comprehensive benefits once you become permanent, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a 401K plan, and additional perks such as pet and commuter benefits.
**Work Environment**
The position is located at a vibrant college campus featuring a main dining hall with buffet-style and made-to-order dishes, a retail area in the student center with various eateries, grab-and-go offerings, coffee shops, and an on-campus pub. The environment is lively and offers a great opportunity for those passionate about hospitality and food service.
**Job Type & Location**
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Needham, Massachusetts.
**Pay and Benefits**
The pay range for this position is $17.00 - $18.50/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
**Workplace Type**
This is a fully onsite position in Needham,MA.
**Application Deadline**
This position is anticipated to close on Aug 13, 2025.
**About Aerotek:**
We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.
Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Job ID: 489048919
Originally Posted on: 8/12/2025
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