Line Cook

Pompton Plains, NJ

Full time

R0102008

Location:

Cedar Crest Village by Erickson Senior Living

At Cedar Crest Village, our Line Cooks do more than execute recipes — they help create an experience our guests look forward to every day. If you love cooking, teamwork, and want a schedule that doesn’t burn you out, this is a restaurant where your skills and your time are respected.

Our restaurants serve 300+ guests each night in a high volume fast-paced setting. Experience in a la minute restaurants highly preferred!

Compensation: $21-$24/hour plus a $1,000 Sign-On Bonus

What you'll do:

• Prepare and cook menu items using proper techniques, recipes, and food safety standards

• Execute cook-to-order meals with consistent quality, portioning, and presentation

• Maintain a clean, organized, and sanitary workstation

• Work side-by-side with fellow cooks, sous chefs, and culinary leadership during service

• Contribute to a dining experience that keeps residents coming back

What we offer:

• Quality of life – most of our restaurant's team members are out before 9pm

• Predictable schedules, real work-life balance and fewer late nights

• Encouragement (and training) to grow into Sous Chef and management roles!

• Restaurant-level cooking without restaurant-level burnout

• PTO, volunteer hours, and competitive benefits packages including medical, dental, vision for eligible team members, in accordance with applicable state law

• Onsite medical centers, providing wellness visits and sick care for all team members over 18 years of age

• 401k for all team members 18 and over with a company 3% match

What you need:

• At least 1 year of cook-to-order experience

• Must be able to work weekends and holidays.

• Be able to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 50 pounds

• Ability to work in varying temperatures, from hot kitchens to cold refrigerators and freezers

Please note that specific state regulations and requirements may be applicable. These regulations take precedence over the requirements outlined in the job description.

Cedar Crest is a beautiful 130-acre continuing care retirement community in Pompton Plains, New Jersey. We’re part of a growing national network of communities managed by Erickson Senior Living, one of the country’s largest and most respected providers of senior living and health care. Cedar Crest helps people live better lives by fulfilling our promises of a vibrant lifestyle, financial stability, and focused health and well-being services for those who live and work with us. As part of our team, you'll enjoy flexibility and work-life balance to meet your personal and professional goals, and we are committed to providing you with opportunities to learn and grow.

Erickson Senior Living, its affiliates, and managed communities are Equal Opportunity Employers and are committed to providing a workplace free of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, veteran status, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.

Since 1983, Erickson Senior Living’s national network of managed communities has been devoted to one mission—helping people live better lives. If you're driven to make a difference and feel passionate about what you do, you'll thrive in an Erickson Senior Living career. Experience a work and social environment beyond the traditional office setting, with access to multiple on-campus dining choices, health and wellness facilities, lush green spaces, and so much more. Come see why we’re among the most respected names in senior living, now serving 27,000 residents with a team of more than 14,000 employees.