Job Details

Summary of Functions:

As a member of the culinary team for 1898 Public House, you'll help prepare, season, and cook soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, specialty dishes, and other food items for consumption in eating establishments by performing the following duties. While providing superior quality, preparation, presentation, of food and guest service.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, Washington State Regulations and Kalispel Golf & Country Club (KGCC) Policies and Procedures
• Prepares ingredients ahead of schedule according to the prep sheet
• Ensures kitchen equipment and appliances are ready for use
• Perform portion control and minimize waste to keep cost within forecasted range
• Measures and mixes ingredients according to recipe to prepare soups, salads, gravies, desserts, sauces, and appetizers
• Bakes, roasts, broils, steams; meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods
• Carves meats, portions food, heat gravies and sauces, and follows proper plate specifications
• Washes, peels, cuts and shreds vegetables and fruits to prepare them for use
• Butchers chickens, fish, and shellfish.
• Cuts, trims, and bone meat prior to cooking.
• Bakes bread, rolls, and pastries, and desserts
• Perform additional tasks as assigned by the Sous-Chef or Head Chef
• Responsible for maintaining a clean and hygienic work environment, including kitchen equipment, tables and shelves at all times
• Comply with applicable sanitary, health, and personal hygiene standards.
• Follows all food safety, sanitation, guidelines set forth by the FDA.
• Available to work any changes in hours deemed necessary for business levels
• Responsible for maintaining a consistent, regular good attendance record.
• May be required to be a panelist for the Internal Review Hearings.

This job description does not list all of the duties of this position. You may be instructed by management to perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) is preferred.

Experience

• Preferred one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working as prep cook in a fast-paced environment helpful

Skills & Abilities

• Skill in identifying and resolving problems under pressure conditions
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts related to food
• Strong multitasking and organizational skills
• Good understanding of ingredients, recipes, kitchen safety and hygiene
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all levels of the organization and the public.
• Ability to perform tasks with accuracy, speed, and attention to detail
• Ability to read and follow cooking directions
• Ability to remain calm in a fast-paced environment
• Must be organized and self-motivated
• Skill in effectively, communicating information through verbal and written correspondence.

Other Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Kalispel Tribal Work Permit.
• Washington State Food Handlers Card. - obtain within 14 days of start date.
• Hepatitis A vaccination.
• Available and willing to work nights, weekends and holidays as required.

Physical Demands

• Requires the ability to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 80+ pounds.
• Constantly requires the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discrimination in sound.
• Constantly requires verbally expressing or exchanging ideas of important instructions accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Constantly requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm.
• Constantly requires repetitive movement of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Occasionally requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time.
• Occasionally requires ascending or descending stairs or ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Occasionally requires raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires stooping which entails the use of the lower extremities and back muscles. Infrequently requires crouching.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

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 occasionally exposed to tobacco smoke, moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The worker is frequently subject to environmental conditions, which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions and to wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Hiring Preference

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is an Equal opportunity employer. Consistent with federal law, the Kalispel Tribe of Indians applies Indian preference in employment. It is the policy of the Kalispel Tribe of Indians to give preference in hiring, promotions, and transfers into vacant positions to qualified applicants in the following order: 1) Kalispel Tribal Members; 2) Spouses of an enrolled Kalispel Tribal Member; 3) enrolled members of other Indian Tribes; 4) all other applicants.

General Sign-off & Disclaimers

The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies.

At-Will Employment: Employment with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians is at-will and can be terminated with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time, either at the option of the employee or the Kalispel Tribe of Indians.

Drug Testing: The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is a drug free workplace. All applicants are subject to drug testing at the time of hire and at unannounced times during employment.

Background Investigation: All candidates and employees may be subject to a background investigation.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

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