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Product Strategy Manager
Chino, CA · On-site
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Hot/Cold Bar Prep
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$16.90 - $22/hr
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Hot/Cold Bar Prep
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Chino, CA · On-site
$23 - $28/hr
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Product Development Manager
Chino, CA · On-site
$23 - $28/hr
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Chino, CA · On-site
$23 - $28/hr
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| Employer & Industry Usage | Food companies, culinary testing labs | Food product companies, culinary testing teams |
| Common Search & Comparison | Often compared for leadership roles in culinary testing | Compared for entry-level support roles |
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$16.25 - $20.25/hr
Full-time
Re-posted 23 days ago
Job description
Description
Position Summary: A Line Cook is employed to prepare much of the food that comes out of the kitchen. They work under a head chef or sous chef, and each line cook is typically assigned a particular place on the line, such as the grill, stove or prep area.
Reasonable Accommodations Statement:
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Knowledge of cooking techniques such as braising, baking, roasting (oven or rotating spit) and high level skillet/saute work
- Knowledge of all kitchen equipment, including adjusting thermostat controls to regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, roasters and steam kettles
- Ability to inventory product, read menus (BEOs, Restaurant Orders) and estimate food requirements to create a production plan
- Knowledge of basic butchering
- Maintains standards and specifications related to food preparation and food handling on a daily basis, understands measurement requirements
- Knowledge and understanding of food safety and sanitation guidelines including temperature requirements and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) while understanding the science in cooking temperatures
- Responsible for checking and maintaining proper temperatures throughout preparation, cooling, holding and serving of food items including adjusting thermostat controls to regulate temperatures
- Observes and tests food being cooked by tasting, smelling and piercing with cooking utensil to determine that food is cooked properly, according to specifications
- Cleans kitchen equipment
- Ability to handle special dietary requests and to work with guests requiring special requests due to dietary concerns
- Creates seasonings, cures and rubs
- May bone and clean shellfish, cut, trim or grind meats, fish or poultry
- Must demonstrate advanced culinary technical skills required in food preparation and use of kitchen equipment
- Must demonstrate ability to present and discuss menu item preparation with kitchen manager and Chef-de-Cusine
Resumen de posicion: Un Line Cook se emplea para preparar gran parte de la comida que sale de la cocina. Trabajan con un jefe de cocina o un nuevo chef, y a cada cocinero de linea generalmente se le asigna un lugar particular en la linea, como la parrilla, la estufa o el area de preparacion.
Declaracion de adaptaciones razonables:
Para realizar este trabajo con exito, un individuo debe ser capaz de realizar, con o sin ajustes razonables, cada funcion esencial satisfactoriamente. Se pueden hacer ajustes razonables para ayudar a las personas calificadas con discapacidades a realizar las funciones esenciales.
Deberes / responsabilidades esenciales:
- Conocimiento de tecnicas de coccion tales como estofado, horneado, asado (horno o asador giratorio) y sarten / salteado de alto nivel.
- Conocimiento de todos los equipos de cocina, incluido el ajuste de los controles del termostato para regular latemperatura de hornos, asadores, parrillas, asadores y hervidores de vapor.
- Capacidad para inventariar productos, leer menus (BEO, pedidos de restaurantes) y estimar los requisitos de alimentos para crear un plan de produccion
- Conocimiento de carniceria basica.
- Mantiene las normas y especificaciones relacionadas con la preparacion y manipulacion de alimentos diariamente, comprende los requisitos de medicion
- Conocimiento y comprension de las pautas de seguridad alimentaria y saneamiento, incluidos los requisitos de temperatura y HACCP (Analisis de riesgos y puntos criticos de control) al tiempo que comprende la ciencia en las temperaturas de coccion
- Responsable de verificar y mantener las temperaturas adecuadas durante la preparacion, enfriamiento, conservacion y servicio de los alimentos, incluido el ajuste de los controles del termostato para regular las temperaturas.
- Observa y prueba los alimentos que se cocinan probando, oliendo y perforando con utensilios de cocina para determinar que los alimentos se cocinan adecuadamente, de acuerdo con las especificaciones
- Limpia equipo de cocina
- Capacidad para manejar solicitudes dieteticas especiales y trabajar con invitados que requieren solicitudes especiales debido a preocupaciones dieteticas
- Crea condimentos, curas y roces.
- Puede deshuesar y limpiar mariscos, cortar, cortar o moler carnes, pescados o aves de corral
- Debe demostrar habilidades tecnicas culinarias avanzadas requeridas en la preparacion de alimentos y el uso de equipos de cocina.
- Debe demostrar la capacidad de presentar y discutir la preparacion de elementos del menu con el gerente de cocina y el Chef de Cusine
Requirements
Basic Qualifications:
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Minimum 5 years experience in culinary field/high volume restaurant or Culinary Degree and 2 years related experience
- Previous experience in a high-volume Restaurant
- Strong communication, proven leadership and interpersonal skills
- Adept at troubleshooting and can calmly handle difficult situations
- Proven ability to read and understand recipes
- Understands the purpose of the knife and when to use it
- Strong organizational skills; Ability to lead a team in a very fast paced environment
- Exhibits a positive, friendly and helpful attitude to our guests and your co-workers
- Motivates and encourages co-workers through daily reinforcement and coaching
- Demonstrates passion and enthusiasm for working in the kitchen.
- Proven knowledge of culinary techniques and terminology
- Valid Food Safety Certification or equivalent
- Must be flexible and able to work a variety of shifts, including days, nights, weekends, holidays and special events
- This position may including nights and holidays
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bilingual preferred
- Certification from CIA or equivalent
- Vocation school training or high school certification
- Culinary degree or equivalent
- Recommendation from school
Physical Requirements
- Standing or walking for up to 8 hours at a time on tiled floors
- Hand and wrist strength as needed to manipulate product during production; ability to use your hands to handle, control or feel objects, tools or controls
- Ability to repeat the same movements
- React quickly using hands, fingers or feet
- Use one or two hands to grasp, move or assemble objects
- Use stomach and lower back muscles to support the body for long periods with getting tired; must be able to bend stretch, twist or reach out.
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs
- Ability to bend repeatedly throughout entire shift as needed for production
- Ability to work in high-heat environments for up to 8 hours at a time
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Occasionally Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 10 hrs/day)
Frequently Position requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 10 hrs/day)
Constantly Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (10 hrs/day)
Physical Demands
Stand (up to 10 hrs/day) Constantly
Walk (up to 10 hrs/day) Constantly
Sit Occasionally
Manually Manipulate Constantly
Reach Outward Constantly
Reach Above Shoulder Constantly
Climb Occasionally
Crawl Occasionally
Squat or Kneel Occasionally
Bend Occasionally
Grasp Constantly
Speak Constantly
Lift/Carry
21 - 50 lbs Frequently
Push/Pull
13-25 lbs Frequently
Other Physical Requirements
- Vision (near, distance, color)
- Sense of sound - ability to converse with people in a loud environment
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment is moderately loud to loud.
Calificaciones Basicas:
- Debe tener al menos 18 anos de edad
- Experiencia minima de 5 anos en el campo culinario / restaurante de alto volumen o titulo culinario y 2 anos de experiencia relacionada
- Experiencia previa en un restaurante de gran volumen. ? Comunicacion fuerte, liderazgo comprobado y habilidades interpersonales.
- Experto en la resolucion de problemas y puede manejar con calma situaciones dificiles
- Capacidad probada para leer y comprender recetas
- Comprende el proposito del cuchillo y cuando usarlo
- Fuertes habilidades de organizacion; Capacidad para liderar un equipo en un entorno de ritmo muy rapido.
- Exhibe una actitud positiva, amigable y servicial con nuestros huespedes y sus companeros de trabajo.
- Motiva y alienta a los companeros de trabajo a traves del refuerzo diario y el entrenamiento.
- Demuestra pasion y entusiasmo por trabajar en la cocina.
- Conocimiento probado de tecnicas culinarias y terminologia.
- Certificacion de seguridad alimentaria valida o equivalente
- Debe ser flexible y capaz de trabajar en una variedad de turnos, incluidos dias, noches, fines de semana, dias festivos y eventos especiales.
- Esta posicion puede incluir noches y dias festivos.
Calificaciones preferidas:
- Bilingue preferido
- Certificacion de la CIA o equivalente
- Formacion vocacional o certificacion de bachillerato
- Grado culinario o equivalente
- Recomendacion de la escuela
Requerimientos fisicos
- De pie o caminando hasta 8 horas seguidas en pisos de baldosas
- Fuerza de manos y munecas segun sea necesario para manipular el producto durante la produccion; capacidad de usar sus manos para manejar, controlar o sentir objetos, herramientas o controles
- Posibilidad de repetir los mismos movimientos.
- Reacciona rapidamente con las manos, dedos o pies.
- Use una o dos manos para agarrar, mover o ensamblar objetos
- Use el estomago y los musculos de la parte baja de la espalda para sostener el cuerpo durante largos periodos con el cansancio; debe poder doblarse, estirarse, torcerse o estirarse.
- Capacidad para levantar hasta 50 libras
- Capacidad para doblarse repetidamente durante todo el turno segun sea necesario para la produccion
- Capacidad para trabajar en entornos de alta temperatura durante hasta 8 horas a la vez.
DEMANDAS FISICAS
De vez en cuando El puesto requiere esta actividad hasta el 33% del tiempo (0-10 horas / dia)
Frecuentemente El puesto requiere esta actividad del 33% - 66% del tiempo (2.5 - 10 horas / dia)
Constantemente El puesto requiere esta actividad mas del 66% del tiempo (10 horas / dia)
Demandas fisicas
Soporte (hasta 10 horas / dia) Constantemente
Caminata (hasta 10 horas / dia) Constantemente
Sentar De vez en cuando
Manipular manualmente Constantemente
Alcance hacia afuera Constantemente
Alcance sobre el hombro Constantemente
Escalada De vez en cuando
Gatear De vez en cuando
En cuclillas o arrodillarse De vez en cuando
curva De vez en cuando
Agarrar Constantemente
Hablar Constantemente
Levantar / llevar
21 - 50 libras Frecuentemente
Empujar tirar
13-25 libras Frecuentemente
Otros requisitos fisicos
- Vision (cerca, distancia, color)
- Sentido del sonido: capacidad de conversar con personas en un entorno ruidoso
ENTORNO DE TRABAJO
El ambiente de trabajo es moderadamente alto a alto.