Cook/Food Production Specialist

Position Summary:
The Food Production Specialist is responsible for assisting the Food Service leadership team in implementing a world-class quality food service program. This position is responsible for participating in the daily production and preparation of food for patients, staff, and visitors in the floor bistros and/or main cafeteria.

Posting closing date: August 28, 2025

Rate of pay: $19.58 - $28.20 per hour based on experience

Schedule: Tuesday - Wednesday 6:00am - 2:30pm, Thursday - Friday 9:30am - 6:00pm, and Saturday 6:00am - 2:30pm

Position Requirements:

• Licensure/Certification/Registrations: None
• Education: High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Experience: One 1-3 years of high volume cooking and/or baking experience required. Knowledge of special diets preferred.
• Skills & Abilities: Strong written and verbal communication skills required. Ability to read and write in English and perform basic arithmetic calculations. Maintain strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build cooperative working relationships with all staff members, patients, families, and visitors required. Strong ability to work as a team. Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure and concentrate in a noisy environment. Adhere to hospital and department-specific safety standards and guidelines. Demonstrate exceptional customer service and interact effectively with patients, families, visitors, and staff.

• Prepare all menu items for patients, staff, and visitor meals and catering events, following all departmental policies and procedures for sanitation, food quality, and presentation.

• Use a variety of large-volume cooking equipment, including, but not limited to, convection ovens, steamers, steam-jacketed kettles, tilt skillet, range, and mixers.

• Ensure high standards of sanitation, cleanliness and safety at all times, including principles of time and temperature and the proper use of gloves.

• Prep food according to prep sheets and/or departmental procedures for all ingredients that can be washed, peeled, cut, and measured in advance. Clean and sanitize the prep sink after each use.

• Measure, mix, and prepare all menu items using standardized recipes. Suggest improvements to standardized recipes.

• Prepare food for special diets, including, but not limited to, puréed and ground diets.

• Assist in determining production needs using production sheets, historical data and experience. Accurately record the amount prepared and leftover on production sheets.

• Ensure food is cooked and held at its proper temperature at all times. Keep hot foods stored above 140 degrees. Keep cold foods stored below 40 degrees. Accurately complete temperature logs.

• Schedule and prepare the cooking of menu items that promotes freshness as close to service time as possible and continue to cook throughout service so that, no matter what time a guest arrives, the food is of maximum quality.

• Communicate with cafeteria and floor personnel to ensure food is available in the cafeteria and floors. Transport food to the cafeteria and patient floor as needed.

Craig Hospital Benefits:

Benefit Eligible Positions:

At Craig Hospital we offer a wide range of outstanding benefits that allow our employees to tailor a benefits package that meets their individual needs. Planning a family or looking forward to retirement, we have options. Our medical insurance is a self-funded plan administered by Allegiance Benefit Plans with a CIGNA network of providers offering two different comprehensive plans. We offer dental insurance through Delta Dental, and vision insurance through EyeMed . Craig offers Health Care and Dependent Care Spending Accounts . Craig also provides, and pays for both Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance plans for every benefit-eligible employee. We offer generous time-off benefits to allow you to enjoy your time away from work too! Additionally, we have a 403b Retirement Plan with a generous matching contribution through Empower Retirement that you are eligible for upon hire. Want to go back to school? We have Tuition Assistance. Unexpected emergency? We have Employee Assistance Programs and an Employee Emergency Assistance Fund .

At Craig, we believe in offering best-in-class benefits and prioritize benefits to support you.