First Cook/Sous Chef

Posting Summary

College

VP Student Affairs-DIV

Executive Area

VP Student Affairs

Department

Student Center Dining

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number

S1331P

Job Type

Full Time, Regular

Pay Type

Nonexempt/Hourly

Pay Grade

F4

Campus Location

WMU-Kalamazoo - Main Campus

Salary Range

$21.43 per hour plus generous benefits

General Summary

• Prepares entrees, roasts, poultry, sauces, soups, gravies, fried foods, and accompaniments and trains and directs other utility/cooking positions in the preparation of these foods.

Major Duties

• Prepares and submits to the storeroom daily requisitions for the foodstuffs required to produce the planned menu items for each day. Reads standardized recipes
  
  and increases or decreases recipes proportionally to produce menu items in appropriate quantities.
• Operates food processing equipment including slicers, mixers, food processors, and buffalo choppers and utilizes hand implements including knives, parers, tomato slicers and other utensils to prepare ingredients; combines ingredients in accordance with standardized menus and production sheets; cooks items; and portions and garnishes finished products.
• Operates all ovens, combi oven/steamers, steam kettles, pasta rethermalizers, tilt skillets, rotary, convection, impinger and hearth stone pizza ovens, flat grills, char-broilers, panini presses, induction/gas woks, hot tops, rotisseries, blast chillers, smokers and deep fat fryers.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to provide leadership, training and direction for other utility/cooking positions is required.
• Must pass a cook's level food safety and allergen training, such as ServSafe and Allertrain U within the first six months of attaining the First Cook/Sous Chef position.
• Must pass a cooking skills evaluation and demonstrate ability to train and direct other cooking positions.
• Must be able to raise containers of ingredients weighing 50 lbs. from floor level to counter height (34") four to five (4-5) times per day and 20 lb. containers from floor level to counter height (34") twenty to forty times per day.
• Must be able to place sheet trays weighing 25 lbs. each on racks in carts from 6" above floor level to 5'6" above floor level, and must be able to move hot and/or cold carts with loads of 220 lbs. distances of 100 feet. The incumbent must be able to place beef rounds weighing 70 lbs into various ovens.
• Must be able to tolerate exposure to extreme temperatures, ranging from -10° F in freezers to 500° F in convection ovens; to high humidity.
• Must also be able to tolerate exposure to cleansers, de-limers, detergents, bleach, ammonia and ammonia-based products, disinfectants and other cleaning and sanitizing agents employed in the kitchens.

Desired Qualifications

Special Instructions to Applicants

Bid Procedures:

• All University employees represented by AFSCME Local 1668, and non-AFSCME regular and temporary University employees, who have the present ability or required qualifications to satisfactorily perform the required work may exercise bidding privileges on this position.
• Current AFSCME employees must complete the on-line Bid Sheet only.
• Non-AFSCME University employees must submit the WMU – Internal Application.
• Temporary University employees must submit the WMU Application.
• External applicants should use the WMU Application.

Additional Position Information

• FTE 1.00; 40 hours per week, fiscal year position.
• Schedule Rotation: 12:30 – 9:00 p.m. or 2:00 – 9:00 p.m. plus a 7.5 hour shift every other weekend.
• A physical examination administered by the employer's designated physician is required to determine the incumbent's ability to perform the essential functions of the job and/or to identify the needs for reasonable job accommodations.
• Western Michigan University offers generous benefits to its employees including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, retirement, and tuition discount for the employee and tuition remission for eligible dependents. To access information about the specific benefits available for this position,
• Above is a summary of the description for the position of First Cook. A complete description for this position may be reviewed upon request in the Department of Human Resources, Room 1300, Seibert Administration Building, or view online at:

Physical requirements and working conditions